Anonymouse
Sapling
I got a bonsai a while back just to see what bonsai was, and well it was AMAZING to see the tree become a beautiful work of art. And bonsai has stuck with me ever since.
The reason
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LemonBonsai
Shohin
I started because I have always loved art and I never have tried to grow things, I always thought that I havent had a green thumb so I wanted to change that and at the same time I have always had a secret love for bonsai trees so I wanted to try something new and so far I have loved it!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Yeah, ok. I see. That makes more sense than it being some special tree I never heard of.
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Au pair.Yeah, ok. I see. That makes more sense than it being some special tree I never heard of.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
O boy
Bunch of grammar nazis
Orion_metalhead
Masterpiece
Ive always loved nature and the peace and reflection it offers. As a kid... maybe 10 or 12, I read a book on bonsai, and tried growing a maple tree in a pot on my deck. It died pretty much immediately.
20 yrs later and I now have the time and space to enjoy the hobby properly. When I am spending time with my trees, it is a way to once again feel the peace and solace I get when I am hiking or out in the wild. Its a wonderful form of meditation and creativity combined. This is why I dont mind the slow pace at which I grow my trees... im not in it for speed, Im in it for slowing down my life for a small individual moment each day when I water them.
I like to collect seeds when I go on trips and start trees from them as a way of remembering the places ive been. Ive done this with lodgepole, pitch pine, larch, crabapples, and others.
20 yrs later and I now have the time and space to enjoy the hobby properly. When I am spending time with my trees, it is a way to once again feel the peace and solace I get when I am hiking or out in the wild. Its a wonderful form of meditation and creativity combined. This is why I dont mind the slow pace at which I grow my trees... im not in it for speed, Im in it for slowing down my life for a small individual moment each day when I water them.
I like to collect seeds when I go on trips and start trees from them as a way of remembering the places ive been. Ive done this with lodgepole, pitch pine, larch, crabapples, and others.
Coppersdad
Mame
For me, I had just reached one of those "milestone" birthdays in retirement. Two of my daughters, the two smarta** ones, said to me, "Hey Dad, you're the hotshot Master Gardener and Master Pruner, prune this!" As they spoke, they handed me a totally inappropriate small, tropical bonsai.
I still have it, despite the others I've killed on my journey. My only regret is not discovering bonsai 60 years ago.
ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
I just love trees. My fondest memories as a child are of climbing the giant three trunk mulberry in the backyard. The one my mother would threaten my siblings and me with life and limb if we climbed because the berries would ruin our clothes. "Were you in that tree again?" Mouth and fingers black with berry juice. "Uh uh."
Yeah, The Karate Kid thing was where I learned that bonsai was a thing, but far from my real inspiration. I've always noticed odd shaped trees in nature. But I had no encouragement to engage in growing things. My dad ran down with the lawn mower every one of those free trees they sent home from school on Arbor Day, and when I complained about it to my mom she would say, "but boys don't usually like to grow plants and things." I argued farmers, and landscapers, and even the British tradition of gardening. She just smiled and gently blew it off.
When I first got home from the army, my ex-wife humored me with one of those little seed kits. I tended it every day, until one day I get home from work to find it had been knocked of the window sill where it sat and left to die. She didn't even take her eyes off the TV to say, "I'm sorry," or anything. That's not the reason, but we didn't last a year after that because of that sort of attitude.
And I just gave up for about 15 years, until one day my oldest daughter asked me if it was possible to put a cool looking tree like she'd recently seen in a pot to take home. That was about a year ago, and I've learned a valuable lesson about our loves in life: fuck everyone. I like my goddamned trees, so fuck off, bitches.
Yeah, The Karate Kid thing was where I learned that bonsai was a thing, but far from my real inspiration. I've always noticed odd shaped trees in nature. But I had no encouragement to engage in growing things. My dad ran down with the lawn mower every one of those free trees they sent home from school on Arbor Day, and when I complained about it to my mom she would say, "but boys don't usually like to grow plants and things." I argued farmers, and landscapers, and even the British tradition of gardening. She just smiled and gently blew it off.
When I first got home from the army, my ex-wife humored me with one of those little seed kits. I tended it every day, until one day I get home from work to find it had been knocked of the window sill where it sat and left to die. She didn't even take her eyes off the TV to say, "I'm sorry," or anything. That's not the reason, but we didn't last a year after that because of that sort of attitude.
And I just gave up for about 15 years, until one day my oldest daughter asked me if it was possible to put a cool looking tree like she'd recently seen in a pot to take home. That was about a year ago, and I've learned a valuable lesson about our loves in life: fuck everyone. I like my goddamned trees, so fuck off, bitches.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Or genuinely confused? Not being a native speaker I realize I do not know all names and species in English or American. So... I ask, rather than AssUMe.Bunch of grammar nazis
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Yup. Welcome to the English languages.
Jluke33
Mame
I've always loved Chinese and Japanese culture. My mom is an artist and my dad is a landscaper. Recently left a religious context I grew up in my whole life and 2020 landed me at home 90% of the time. Then playing The Ghost of Tsushima, with all the insanely stylized landscapes and trees pushed me over the edge earlier this year. I started googling cloud pruning and Japanese gardening techniques for my back yard....one thing led to another and now I'm all in on all of it!
