Have you ever wanted to learn the art of Bonsai?
I never really took much interest in the art form till I saw the cutest little Bonsai Maple tree last summer at our county fair. It was in one of the booths (all dedicated to Bonsai trees!) and if my memory serves me right it was 20 or 25 years old. I wanted this beauty so bad, but had already set aside money for a trip I was going on.
The next day I started googling bonsai trees and came across the most fascinating website of Michael Hagedorn: https://crataegus.com/ - who has written two books about Bonsai and also has a Bonsai podcast, this guy is hardcore. I love it.
He lives in Oregon and teaches classes incase you were wondering. Something that has been added to my future wishlist of activities I would love to do with my husband and our son, when he's older of course.
But what caught my attention on Michael's website was this Mountain Hemlock Bonsai!
Enchanting and magical are words that come to my mind when I look at this pic. When I clicked on the image I wasn't expecting what I saw. I thought it was maybe 2 feet tall...
Nope!
So you get some sort of the same reveal as I did, i'm going share Michaels two books first and below those will be more picks of this amazing Bonzai.
I never thought i'd be interested in reading books about Bonsai but these two actually sound pretty entertaining! If they are anything like his website commentary then i'm sure they'd be a hit.
Okay, back to the Mountain Hemlock!!
I still can't get over this size of this conifer! Imagine having something like this in your home just casually resting in your living room or if you're fortunate to have a room just for books... sitting on a beautiful round table with books encircling it. I would never want to leave.