Just one week after my first meeting with Mauro in Sydney I backed up for another workshop with him, this time in Canberra.

The tree I had this time is a Juniper x media possibly, or it could be a Juniper Sabina and one day soon I will have it positively identified. This tree was dug in 2011 and has lived in a polystyrene box since it was dug.

This tree has a wild and strange look about it and I was very interested to see what Mauro thought of it, and what outcomes he could design for it.

Well again I was very impressed with his skill and vision and the end product gives me hope that I may now be able to turn this into a bonsai in the coming years. Some care over the winter months and then hopefully it will power away with plenty of water and fertilizer. A new pot in the near future will also improve this tree and I am on the lookout for something suitable.

The after workshop look

The before workshop look

Nabari close up

Excavating part of the branch to allow the branch to be bent into position

It was unfortunate that there are not many photos of this tree being worked on as I didn’t have time, but moving a branch from one side of the tree to the other was a fascinating experience, and it has worked out very well.