Canadian Bonsai Master David Easterbrook Presents His Legacy

A long anticipated tour of the private bonsai collection of David Easterbrook who has been practicing the art of bonsai for over 50 years.
Discover the amazing specimens and species that form this eclectic and vast collection located in Montreal, Canada.

[@brianparnell2256]

Bonsai is undoubtedly an art in patience but waiting 10yrs for an air layer to root is going beyond the call of duty. Absolute respect for that. Your collection is awe inspiring. Thanks for the tour.

[@slythedragon7017]

The cameraman lied on their resume

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I loved the tour David and it was nice seeing you at the National Show!!!!

[@thomasherceg684]

I feel moved by viewing this absolutely outstanding collection !

[@ericstrees]

Love hearing you talk ab your own collection. Wish the cameraman focused a little more on each tree though

[@jameslangschied7900]

There's no question that you are a master artist. All of Canada should be proud of you. Thanks for sharing the view of the Dwarf Alberta Spruce forest. It, and all of your other trees, are an inspiration!

[@Johnkhuu830]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful bonsai. Love from Northern California.

[@gracepeterson7483]

Wow. What a fabulous collection. I'm 62 and although I've been a gardener all my life, it's only in the past few years that I've taken to bonsai. If only I would have started when I was younger! Greetings to your sweet Oreo.

[@hendrikmilitzer441]

Really great Bonsai. Thank you for this amazing view in your collection.

[@deepanjanbanerjee3491]

What a treat for us! Thank you David.

[@moonhussain2467]

Incredible collection

[@brendancahill3376]

Superb collection of bonsai trees , and thanks for the tour of your collection David .

[@jagged6373]

So jealous of these trees. I only have a couple, store bought, I tried to order some starter kits and I’m never able to get them started. Impressive

[@ericor79]

Thanks for sharing David. Your collection is very impressive and your garden is a paradise on earth.

[@Ollieslife101]

Loved the tour. You're such an inspiration to do many

[@Dononcall]

That is the finest personal collection I have ever viewed.. Thank-you for sharing.

[@Minty-Fresh_]

Thank you for taking the time to give us a plant tour. This video was extremely humbling and inspiring.

[@soonzach4017]

I am a new subscriber, your Bonsai trees very interesting 👍❤️

[@GlumMrspartan]

Incredible and inspiring collection. Thank you so much for the tour!

[@chuckeecheese162]

That’s incredible. Thank you.

[@obiecabella9592]

Thank you…brought joy to my day!

[@nevnaidoo9801]

I love watching your channel!!! I have learned so much from you. Thank you so much!

[@bonsaibro]

Amazing collection. You can see the passion in every tree. Thanks for sharing

[@shivangnisharma9448]

Thank you for sharing your lovely collection ❤

[@T_Barrington]

thank you for sharing your collection!!

[@qnprogrammer]

Mr. David Easterbrook is a bonsai badass. Thank you for all the awesome videos.

[@bilalkassem1443]

Wonderful tour and collection. Happy to see you david.

[@user-xf5hb6fc1p]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful bonsai. You are a Master.

[@ultrahd2000]

What a amazing display of bonsai.

[@jesusarmendariz9128]

Beautiful place Mr.David, thanks for sharing.

[@razor2ts]

Amazing collection, thank you for sharing David ( UK )

[@pankajbawiskar3086]

It nice to go through ur bonsai benches I have already watch that Benjamina vedios

[@mrjeffryson4449]

Love your videos David!

[@craighunter3273]

Thank you. That was a wonderful video. Your collection is remarkable. Well done . Cheers Craig

[@mikayelmikayelyan8935]

Thank you for such a great tour This is a very outstanding collection. It is now on my list to visit you when I am in Montreal

[@andoionutdan9670]

Very beautiful collection of bonsai I love your work, God bless you!

[@Amanda-rr1hj]

What a treat have seen glimpses of your collection on your channel.Amazing how many you have nurtured over the years.Great inspiration for a newbie like myself .Loving the shirts can’t wait till available Take care sir🌳

[@nicholascartwright2089]

Top quality stuff. Thanks for sharing

[@soufianeserji4504]

Thanks a lot for sharing. I wanted to see your collection in person, and now I have a chance to see it from KZbin. Thanks again

[@Chris-oq6kn]

Just gonna say im glad u started this channel because we need the knowledge u guys have for us who just started or still learning to continue this amazing hobby from now to the future. Thanks dave

[@greenhawk1592]

Amazing! wonderfull work 🙏👍🏼 thankyou 🌳🌲🌳

[@cesarelisete]

beautiful bonsai. I want to get one as a Christmas present. I am from Brazil...❤❤

[@vladimirtrousil677]

Very precious video it shows your whole dedication of your entir life Thank you so much for sharing that David

[@LetsDoBonsai]

Great to meet you at the US show - very kind of you to share some of your time

[@glennsuyat4290]

Very interesting collection indeed, so inspiring in all your memories of working for so many years on each and every single pieces of your bonsai!.what a beauties❤

[@OjaiBonsai]

Awesome collection. Cheers from Ojai California

[@septo7572]

Amazing ! Thank you David for sharing all your passionated work with us, you are so inspiring ! Always excited when I see a new video from your channel. Eric ( Longueuil )

[@claudedanis5712]

Wow ! Superbe belle collection David (Et quel talent 👍)

[@zachdrummond4180]

Fantastic collection and I really enjoyed David's narration. Definitely do an announcement for when merch drops, love the design!

[@mcbabs7495]

Un grand merci à vous pour cette magnifique promenade parmi les arbres de votre vie!

[@ginettecharbonneau5814]

OMG so much work, patience and years went into those gorgeous bonsais . Such a collection !!! You are a bonsai genious and have such knowledge ...Merci énormément pour ce que vous faites et ce que vous nous apprenez . Will follow you and Nicolas on the adventure . Thank you for all your videos.

[@ArendvanWerven]

It would be amazing to have a book about your collection. With many photographs and the stories about the trees. I for one would love to purchase that. Great collection and awesome stories.

[@deineath]

Amazing collection 😍 Great to meet you in person the other day at the nationals. Cheers.

[@darlwineecita1575]

Hi sir... Watching here all the way from the Philippines... I admire your works and it inspires me... Keep up the good job...

[@jgreen8336]

Love to see some well designed bonsai apparel.

[@ldalcantara]

Thanks David for sharing such an amazing Bonsai collection with the viewers, will be awesome If you can open this collection for local enthusiasts a few times by year.

[@minli2584]

Great collections!

[@hanskleinjan]

Stunning ❤️🙏🏻

[@egoebonsai37]

Wow many beautiful Bonsai Colection Sir. I am appretiate for your activity n hobby. Greeting one Hobby Bonsai From Indonesia.

[@aidenwalsh4320]

Thank you David for taking the time and effort to show us all your personal collection. It is magnificent. Your knowledge and experience is a wellspring for all of us to learn from. Thank you sir.

[@aapreborn]

Wow amazing ❤

[@terryvirta311]

Thank you.

[@Tore1972Wisdom]

I´m sure we are many, who would have liked that tour was 4 ours long. So many amazing trees waaauuuu.

[@fredaufschlager5131]

Loved the tour, Dave. Jerry Stowell was my second teacher at a night class he gave at a high school. He gave me a Japanese Barberry. Fred

[@bobduff2648]

David, it was great for the whirl wind tour of the collection. I remember several visits to the MBG when I lived on Montreal to see the collection. For future videos maybe you could select one of your favorite trees and give us the back story of how it was obtained, what was your design/styling consideration in its development and how it has evolved/ changed/matured over time as teaching video.

[@NotAnotherBonsaiChannel]

What a beautiful collection you have Dave and I like the name change. To be honest you had me confused with the name change! 😊 I thought 'Bonsai Society' - Who's that? I like the merch, looks good Best of luck with the new camera man and set up! Let's hope your Channel can grow and more people follow your channel. Yes, I would like to see updates on some of those trees!

[@ManoloFranhan]

Linda coleção ! não da vontade de parar de assistir kkk

[@CGKFPV]

very nice collection. I wish more of the trees looked like trees... Shout out to Nigel Saunders whose collection is very natural

[@teresagalbreath7452]

Wonderful collection of bonsai David; you have amazing knowledge and skills.Thank you for sharing it with us! Is it just me or is this video slightly out of focus? It is also pretty swoopy and swaying for the work professional videographer to me. I don't mean to be rude, just my observation.

[@rontrnkus547]

Terrific tour of your collection David, how do you keep all of your trees looking so healthy. Please share your secret with us.

[@LtDan-co5tk]

Cool to see your collection. My only input would be to have the cameraman learn a little about bonsai so he can capture the important aspects of your videos. Very excited to see what’s coming!

[@Bonsaicrazy]

Great video David I love to see D ficus it’s looking fantastic. Funny enough, I’ve actually been likened to Nick Len’s myself because of the pots I make I believe he made some crazy pots and was a great BONSAI artist, not that I am myself, but I do make some crazy pots. I was wondering if you had any formal upright double plantings that you could possibly work on as I have just bought myself two massive trees that I plan to make a twin planting of, but have no information about how to go about it so video on a double planting would be Brilliant if you could. Great video 👍👍👍

[@slycer98]

Bonjour David, on s'est rencontré à St-Alphonse (Gros-Becs) il y a plus de 20 ans, tu as été un grand guide à l'époque et tu continue à me fasciner! Je parie qu'il ya des arbres du regreté Louis-Philippe Coiteux dans cette collection!?

[@fabricantdarbres]

Beautiful trees David, and I 'd be interested to hear more about your Caragana trees and techniques for them, as I just started 3 from seeds this spring. There is not much information about them as a bonsai! For the camera work and sound in this video, It was ok and I'm sure experience will be gained as the channel prospers in the future. This episode might be a standalone one, and was good but please consider focusing a bit longer on the overall height and width of the tree before focusing more on the trunk and pot. Also a glimpse of the underside of the canopy and branches is always graciously accepted! Merci beaucoup!

[@jonasrugna6446]

David, thank you for showing us your collection and for putting the effort into hiring someone to improve the quality of the videos. One thing I believe would be beneficial from the filming I saw in this video is to zoom out a bit on the trees. Many of them were cut on the top or bottom and I could not properly see the "big picture". Overall, it looks great!

[@jasonkim3287]

Every single bonsai is breathtaking! Thank so much for the tour! Just the camera man needs more practice though. :)

[@jtkruk]

Super!

[@aaronschelstraete8062]

Great collection! Thanks for the tour! Love the Acers. No oaks? (Don’t have much luck with them myself) Greetings from Belgium 🤗

[@akwd1]

Hello David, lovely collection you have. You are a master of your craft. What is the purpose for thr nails in the soil?

[@bonsaijayachanel7328]

Very good bonse bonsenya,

[@tobywilson4876]

Is the audio quality distorted for anyone else? Amazing quality trees though :D

[@clintbuhs7708]

What a great tour! I'm curious about the plastic cap head nails. Are they just stabilizing moss and whatnot? They don't look like any fertilizer spike I'm familiar with.

[@larrynelson9611]

Hi David. Just wondering what you do with your trees in the winter. I live in Northern Wisconsin and get very harsh winters. I have mostly Ficus trees and I can bring them in my home in the winter. Also I was wondering when you use for fertilizer. Do use the same for all your trees. Also I take my trees to Florida for 3 months every year. Love watching your videos. Thank you so much.

[@geraldrandall1566]

Great collection. I notice that the trees seem to get a lot of shade. I suspect it is so that the pots can be smaller and shallow.

[@creightonfreeman8059]

I have an Elaeagnus angustifolia that I dug up in Spring of 2022. It is still in a training pot and only had preliminary structural pruning but I should be able to start wiring secondary branches next Spring. I wanted an Olea europaea; I've seen some people in warmer climates have beautiful old Olive trees but the climate is too cold here in Ohio so I decided to see if I could imitate the effect with Elaeagnus. It is good to know it has been done by you also. When you air layer trees in the ground doesn't the Winter freeze kill the air layered roots? I assume with trees in pots you put the air layered trees in a greenhouse over Winter to keep the air layer from freezing?

[@rrocapu]

This is a very impressive collection, David. Really amazing! One question for you: where do you overwinter your trees, especially those small projects obtained through air-layering? Cheers,

[@sean4661]

Wow!

[@Frankh1]

Awesome video, amazing! Just some feedback; please, use a different setting/lense for the focus. Really hard to see the nice details of some branches.

[@vinniecharity]

Great content as always David! What kind of turntables are you using under your trees? I’d love to get a few for my largest trees that I would prefer to not have to lift…😅 Also, have you ever successfully grafted a Chamaecyparis?

[@hashiramabonsai]

Maybe another small critique for the video, it would be nice to see the whole tree including the apex :)

[@rep1973]

Camera work was a little hard to follow. Need to back up a little and focus on the bonsai. Incredible collection and like the new name.

[@updates3044]

Love from kerala❤

[@mhylton]

Thanks for the tour. How many trees do you have in your collection? I have around 30, which is manageable for me. Hi from the San Francisco Bay Area and the East Bay Bonsai Society!

[@hashiramabonsai]

Constructive critique: The audio of your voice sounds bad! Your collection is amazing and i already subbed liked and shared :) Im trying to open my own bonsai nursery in Switzerland so I would love to be a part of a bonsai society, if you have any tips on how i should launch my nursery please help :) much love from Switzerland, looking forward to every video!

[@cocheez4425]

What kind of spray nozzle are you using to water your trees at the end of the video?

[@francispilon5329]

bonjour de montréal!

[@brianjanku4549]

I would like to see how you feed these trees.

[@hermanvandervoort4807]

Dave ,you are a good chap,God bless sir.Herman,South Africa.

[@amess2248]

Glad to see some else is watching from South Africa im in Cape Town ✌🏼

[@TheTickpicker1]

A Society Grows Great When Old Men Plant Trees Whose Shade They Know They Shall Never Sit.

[@elfappo9330]

Oreo is wonderful