<p>Hawthorns have been the bedrock of my personal collection, and many of my top award-winning trees have been from this genus. There is hardly a time when I am <em>not </em>working on a hawthorn, and what that means, as you will probably have gathered, is that my favourite tree and favourite bonsai are one and the same.</p>

Hawthorns have been the bedrock of my personal collection, and many of my top award-winning trees have been from this genus. There is hardly a time when I am not working on a hawthorn, and what that means, as you will probably have gathered, is that my favourite tree and favourite bonsai are one and the same.

Hawthorn and why its the best species for creating deciduous bonsai

I had a regular column in the Bonsai Focus magazine for many years, writing about all aspects of bonsai from discussions about exhibiting, Bonsai as therapy, Women in bonsai, Judging, Carving, ethics on yamadori and many more issues. Here I read some of the columns. They are never more than 10 minutes long and I welcome discussion about these podcasts.
Prizes include: My first Ginkgo award in 1997, In 2017 I won “Best Deciduous Bonsai” at the prestigious Noelanders Trophy in Belgium. In October 2018 I won a Bonsai Clubs International excellence award, only one of three presented that year.

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I had a regular column in the Bonsai Focus magazine for many years, writing about all aspects of bonsai from discussions about exhibiting, Bonsai as therapy, Women in bonsai, Judging, Carving, ethics on yamadori and many more issues. Here I read some of the columns. They are never more than 10 minutes long and I welcome discussion about these podcasts. Prizes include: My first Ginkgo award in 1997, In 2017 I won “Best Deciduous Bonsai” at the prestigious Noelanders Trophy in Belgium. In October 2018 I won a Bonsai Clubs International excellence award, only one of three presented that year.

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