Many moons ago whilst walking through the Central Plateau, I noticed a prostrate totara that wasn't nivalis (podocarpus totara nivalis, snow totara), or at least didn't look quite like other podocarpus nivalis I'd seen through the area...

June 7th & 8th I was fortunate to be asked to demonstrate at the fantastic Auckland Bonsai Show, held in Kumeu, Auckland. A great...

Below documents the first styling of an old stone pine (pinus pinea). Originating from a collection in Auckland, this first came to our...