The Japanese Cultural Exchange
Date: 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th of March 2025
Location: BSoA
The Japanese Cultural Exchange is a 4-day event showcasing Bonsai in Bermuda whilst
collaborating with local companies to add a Bermudian twist each day.
Thursday: VIP Pre Show Pre View
Friday: Bonsai and Beer. Bermuda Craft Brewery will serve exclusive Japanese Rice Lager
Saturday: Sake Samurai with Roger Dagorn. Roger is 1 of 8 wine sommeliers in the world appointed by the Japanese Government as a Sake Samurai in acknowledgement of his expertise in Sake. Roger will provide a 5 Sake tasting exerience paired with 5 Canopes prepared by Fourways Inn.
Only 88 tickets available for this Sake Samurai event. $125.00 each
Sunday: Peter Chan, presented by the Bermuda Bonsai Club. Peter Chan has won 21 Gold Medals at Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Shows, was Chairman of the British Bonsai Association (1980-1987), founding member of the Federation of British Bonsai Societies and patron and sponsor of the Bonsai collection at the RHS gardens in Wisley, UK. He has appeared on radio and television on many occasions to talk and demonstrate Bonsai and still demonstrates and judges at Bonsai shows.
Coming Soon
Bermuda Bonsai Club
The Bermuda Bonsai Club will be for amateur Bonsai enthusiasts, but open to everyone.
This club enables everyone to share advice and knowledge or just to chat informally with other enthusiasts.
We’ll have a regular meeting every month, possibly held at Fourways Inn Bonsai Garden with guest speakers, workshops and Bonsai shows.
Warwick Bonsai Garden Design
Pictures coming soon
Smith's Bonsai Garden Design
With only a month to complete, 12 of those days off Island, this was a challange I couldn't refuse!
Fourways Bonsai Garden before and after
This walled garden was overgrown and tired. The space was not being used and it was time for a change. After completing the Koi Pond area, General Manager Andy, asked me for some ideas for the back walled garden....... The Bonsai Garden was born. This garden features award winning Bonsai, handmade Bonsai stands, solid granite Japanese lantern posts, Sanjuno-To Pagoda, Nishino lantern and a traditional Tetsu Bachi Basin. Marble gravel calms the entire space, while rocks and planting contrast the incredible central Bonsai display.
The walled garden, then and now
Fourways Koi Pond then and now
The main objective was to clear the area of the overgrowing Mondo grass and add a Bonsai or two however, the pond water was pea green, it hadn't been clear in 20 years. So, the first job was to clear the water. I changed the filters and pumps, added UV clarifiers and today, it is so clear, you can see the bottom! The Mondo grass was removed and a higher rockery was built. The filters were hidden with a removable wooden enclosure. A bespoke Japanese fence was made and installed on the north side to protect the Bonsai from wandering hands, and planters were constructed to replace the old pots that were loitering around the edge of the pond. 3 Bonsai on stands sit alongside the pond edge on the north side, a single Bonsai stands on top of a Bermuda Cedar slice and a Bonsai is situated on top of the filter enclosure
Fourways Koi Pond
Bonsai Available to Purchase
I have over 100 Bonsai Trees for sale, the Bonsai below are on display at Fourways Bonsai Garden. More pictures to follow, or message for further pictures.
About Bonsai Garden Design
Bonsai:
“Bon” (dish or thin bowl) “Sai” (tree or other growing plant) The literal translation of Bonsai is “tree in pot”
But what is the meaning of a Bonsai tree? A bonsai tree is a replication of nature, in the form of a miniature tree, without displaying the human intervention too clearly.
Bonsai Garden Design has successfully grown Bonsai trees in Bermuda for the last 8 years. Our Bonsai Specialist has perfected the growing techniques of suitable trees for Bermuda’s climate as well as developing our own Bonsai soil.
We have Bonsai trees for beginners and Bonsai trees for the more advanced enthusiast We also make our own ceramic Bonsai pots that you can personalise, you can even choose the colour!
We offer restyling, re-potting and we can even create a Bonsai from a tree of your own. We also offer an aftercare/maintenance service if required.
Bonsai Garden Design can also advise on how to display your newly purchased Bonsai tree. This could be a one-off Bonsai stand to a full Japanese style Bonsai Garden, including irrigation. We can meet your Bonsai garden design needs.
Our logo is a sacred symbol in Zen Buddhism meaning circle. It is traditionally drawn using only one brushstroke as a meditative practice of letting go of the mind. It symbolizes enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and the void. The Enso (circle) symbolizes a moment when the mind is free to simply let the body/spirit create. Which is what we do at Bonsai Garden Design.
Whatever your interest is in Bonsai, our in-house bonsai specialist can guide and assist you in choosing the best Bonsai tree for your needs.
My Handmade Bonsai Pots
These handmade stoneware pots are just a small selection of the type of Bonsai pots available.
If you have a pot and color in mind, let me make it!
Workshop September 21st 2024
At the end of this course, you will own a Juniper Bonsai tree, one of my handmade Bonsai pots (combined value of $475). You will recieve a Bonsai tool kit and the knowledge and understanding to apply these new skills to new trees.
Retail $925.00 per person
Intro offer at only $695.00 per person
maximum of 10 places
$350.00 deposit. Balance payable by 31st of April
Please hurry!
Workshop April 20th 2024
At the end of this course, you will own a Juniper Bonsai tree, one of my handmade Bonsai pots (combined value of $475). You will recieve a Bonsai tool kit and the knowledge and understanding to apply these new skills to new trees.
Retail $925.00 per person
Intro offer at only $695.00 per person
maximum of 12 places
$350.00 deposit. Balance payable by 31st of April
Please hurry!
