Niwaki Hunting in Osaka | Life in Kyoto | Ep. 7

[@777greglee]

I've really enjoyed going along for the ride with you. It's much less stressful watching someone else's build!

[@Gonecrazy666]

Good call on wild w/manicured mixture for your garden 👍🏻 loving your videos, such a nice mellow tone to them, good vibes to you and yours! Keep us posted on your progress Bjorn! Thank you!

[@TeamFishweights]

Damn this is exciting! Thanks for sharing the process. This would make a great full length documentary 😊

[@kristiankragt3430]

I like the enthusiasm the owner still has. Passion.

[@simonbergagna]

I've been loving this new chapter!

[@TenzoBonsai]

This series is amazing! Thanks for sharing

[@corywadedavis]

I'm an arborist who has specialized in tree preservation during construction projects. You haven't made it clear what the order of operations is but I'm hoping the house will be built BEFORE any landscape trees and plants are installed. It is very difficult, especially on small lots, to adequately protect special vegetation during construction projects. Cool series btw.

[@robertobreglia9224]

Bjorn thank you very much for sharing another interesting video about your life in Japan! Have nice time! 👍👍👍👍

[@fernandoceratti7105]

Living and sharing the bonsai dream. Congrats Bjorn! And thanks for sharing!

[@dk2614]

I love how the nursery is quite literally a part of the ecosystem!

[@PacaGrossete]

🎉 Saludos 🎉 Seductor video🎉 Es un honor ver y escuchar estos trabajos. Gracias. ❤

[@JurijsJutjajevs]

What happened to video part 6?! 😢

[@johnpienta4200]

I need to read more carefully, I thought it was "Niwashi" hunting, and I thought: wow you built the whole house and nursery and now you're putting in a garden? Awesome! This is really cool.

[@loveDRAGONCON]

This is so amazing. The people and time and care put into selecting one tree for the garden and house build. If America put even 1% of that effort and thought into things, would start getting better.

[@themichaellerner]

I second that emotion!

[@raymondplodzien7459]

Your videos never disappoint Bjorn!

[@marshmallowbop]

Hey Bjorn, what happened to Episode 6? I had that on my watch later list for a couple of weeks :)

[@darkseas3846]

I definitely wasn’t expecting the niwaki to all be planted in the ground

[@creperanch8968]

I love the way the Niwaki are grown, i had no idea there was a dedicated grower of natural style Niwaki. I'd hate to have to be the one to dig them out though being so closely grown together (presumably there is equipment especially for that). The aesthetic of the natural style garden trees will be the perfect offset to the highly refined bonsai as you say. The massive triple trunk maple was very impressive, but the one you reserved is far more beautiful.

[@ryanaugustus]

Bjorn I’m loving these videos thank you so much for sharing!

[@jg00000]

Really interesting to see this natural style of nursery vs the mass manufactured identical trees we see in the west.

[@jeanhawken4482]

Just beautiful. So exciting for the future.

[@LessTalkMoreDelicious]

Niwaki, my first/main love before bonsai. ✨✨ I have that book too! It’s good, but it’s doesn’t get too much into the whys/hows/whens of pruning JBP or junipers or even maples… for that, you gotta study bonsai.

[@JosephSAi2HT]

I absolutely love the juxtaposition vision Bjorn! 🙏 in health and prosperity!

[@NoCoastGolf]

Loving every episode, Bjorn. Looks great.

[@dracokaiser]

Love the Morin khoor music in the background

[@UWE-UnterWEgs]

Danke fürs zeigen 😊

[@TheBonsaiGarden]

Jake Hobson’s book is great and well worth checking out.

[@bjornlennartson]

This is a really cool journey to follow.

[@mcbabs7495]

Un grand merci pour la vidéo!

[@Donpapibonsai]

Another great video thank you

[@nowgaku]

今後どうなっていくのか本当に楽しみです。

[@mtwhatley3253]

Bjorn our fuyu persimmon performed excellent this year. We used Shultz fertilizer which has a super high phosphorus count 10-54-10 something like that. We also put small mesh bags on each fruit early in the season for insect protection. My wife who is Japanese said they were better than Japan grocer quality. One question will your new bonsai garden be open to the public. We’ll be in Tokyo, Atami and possibly Kyoto in 2025. Cheers

[@TJPenitencia]

Great video! Question: Do transplanted fruit trees ever hold back their fruit due to stress from the transplanting process? Excited to see more about the progress of the gardens.

[@Slippedndipped]

Those japanese maples are something else!

[@DarthMasiah]

awesome

[@juancarlosjcbravophotography]

hola Bjorn, thank you for sharing this experience I know for experience that is not easy to leave your country and start in another one with new culture, different language , different food and over all a total change of life. I wish you all the success and hope you reach your goals. is there a place in Tennessee that you could suggest good quality bonsais ?

[@tuclance]

Fantastic❤

[@SultonBonsai]

Nice...❤❤❤

[@LinusCello75]

Any future shopping plans for shrubs/bushes like azalea, camellias or fatsias?

[@danhip2442]

Hi Bjorn, are you planning to plant a monkoburi pine in front of your house?:)

[@LinusCello75]

Or a dragon eye pine

[@triple_alpha]

👌👍

[@kl5818]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@brucedeacon28]

👍👌🙂

[@mione3690]

Is it me, or did I miss episode 6? 🙈

[@richardmutt1033]

I have the same question ahah

[@bjornlennartson]

I bit off topic here, but since you have such insightful knowledge of japanese culture and bonsai i was hoping you could shed some light on something. Out of all the native japanese species used for bonsai, why isnt the japanese larch used more by the japanese masters and japanese practitioners? I know there is a strong tradition of using conifers in Japan, but still? Personally i think its a great and versatile species for bonsai, and its also a tree that can last for generations.

[@jg00000]

I actually think Bjorn has spoken about this in a previous video. As I recall they were used at one point in time but fell out of fashion as they are unable to reach heritage or specimen age/status due to their tendency to lose old branches over time with an inability to grow new ones. Effectively putting a hard limit on how old they can get.

[@bjornlennartson]

@jg00000 oh really? I thought larch as bonsai were durable for centuries? But when you mention it, i have not heard of one being handed down for generations..

[@janzacharias3482]

Kevin Wilson talked about it a little bit in the last video of Herons Bonsai. He said that you can prevent this problem by pruning the branches back every year after they shed their needles. Only if you let them grow out, they will lose branches. European larches are a bit less complicated