I have joined the Hong Kong Institute of Lingnan Penjing recently (“Lingnan” means Southern style, and “Penjing” is bonsai in Chinese, and sorry guys, the Lingnan Penjing website is only in Chinese), and attended its mini bonsai class. The class was good. I have learned a lot and met many bonsai enthusiasts in the class. And by the end of the class, each of us was given two bonsai trees. Now, we can experiment and practice all the theories we have learned.
|
|
|
Here are my two bonsai trees. The one on the left is a Fukien Tea (福建茶 in Chinese, aka Ehretia microphylla) and the one on the right is an Elm (榆樹 in Chinese). These photos were taken after I did all the cutting, pruning, and wiring. The tree is wired only for the time being. I will remove the wire once the shapes of the tree and its branches are established. Oh yes, I have also repotted the trees too 🙂
Hong Kong Institute of Lingnan Penjing has a workshop in Yuen Long, and here is more about it.