The Toronto Fall Bonsai Show, Oct 2018

See the Kings, Queens and Demons at this year's fall bonsai show in Toronto Ontario, Canada.
For more information on the Toronto Bonsai Society....
torontobonsai.org/
For Canadian bonsai supplies, tools, soil and trees, visit the Bonsai Guy....
www.bonsaiguy.ca/
Music from the KZbin Library....
Aurora Borealis Expedition
Bittersweet
Dream of the Ancestor
Fresh Fallen Snow
Victoria
Retreat... Jason Farnham

[@torontobonsai1412]

As usual Nigel your videos keep getting better and thank you attending our show!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you very much and it is always a pleasure to attend! I really liked the social and the critique, it will make us all better!

[@ricardocordeiro1855]

Thanks so much Nigel Sanders to include me in the video. I am right at the beginning, you filmed the beautiful tree that I got from this great Toronto Bonsai society. Much appreciated.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I'm sure we'll meet again Ricardo, enjoy that beautiful Ficus!

[@ricardocordeiro1855]

@@TheBonsaiZone Yes, we will meet again, I'm planning to go this coming meeting from KW bonsai November 8. I got an event invitation in my Facebook.

[@catherineamell2629]

Is it weird that I got misty-eyed looking at a bunch of tiny trees? They are just so awe-inspiringly beautiful.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

When I saw my first full size Kapok tree, it was like an awakening or an almost spiritual experience! It was like that when I saw a full size Baobab tree for the first time also. Grand old trees just seem to make us humble and in awe.

[@catherineamell2629]

@@TheBonsaiZone A grand, old tulip tree has the same effect on me. They grow so straight and tall and proud, hiding their gorgeous blooms in the canopy... should one of their unique flowers fall to the earth, it's almost magical to find them. You don't get to see them otherwise.

[@rockleafsman1]

This is Ross, your neighbor from Brampton. It was good to see you at the show. Your video style really captures the detail and movement of the trees. I can only imagine how different a spring show would be without the stunning red maples, but with flowering magnolia and azalea. Good luck with you new green house.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Ross, it was great meeting you also! Hopefully we'll meet again in the future!

[@nachtaktiv1]

Thanks for taking us there...🙏👍

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you!

[@TheTBolt]

cool thanks for sharing. Congrats on the 100K subscribers too. I can't say enough to thank you for your videos. Yours were the first I watched when I had one lonely Bald Cypress, now I have a backyard full of stuff. Thanks!!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you, nice to hear, it's great to have a collection of trees to work on and watch grow!

[@TheTBolt]

and I just got two more Myrtle oak and Crape Myrtle. Keep it up Nigel, always enjoy watching

[@dexterkoa867]

Instablaster

[@bonniehyden962]

I don't know why...but I am always seeing Dancers in the Bonsai trees. I have no dance background. I'm not particularly interested in dance. But I can soooo see graceful dancers in almost all these trees. Thank you for sharing, Nigel. You always put together such a beautiful video for us.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Michael in our club describes trees as ballet dancers when you are driving by them in a car, it's like the tree is rotating showing off all it's angles! I really like trees with flowing branches, it is like the lines of a dancer.

[@cosme2982]

I love trees, specially the deciduous; japanese maple, red maple, trident maple (acer buerguerianum), ginko, oak tree, gum tree, taxodium, tulip tree, sakura, all of them finally, I like the evergreen too. Bonsai is a passion. This vídeo shows beautifull plants, congratulations, Nigel and thanks for share all those beauties!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you very much, there are so many interesting and beautiful trees in the world!

[@TheNatrjack965]

Thank you Nigel for showing us your show truly magnificent ...

[@TheBonsaiZone]

The Toronto club puts on a really good show!

[@Steves_Backyard_Bonsai]

Great show. Thanks for taking us with you. Your cinematography is really quite impressive, and I appreciate the peeks up into the branch structure. Fabulous trees.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the shots!

[@autumnsky9807]

What a beautiful and skilled bunch of contributors at this show! Thank you for sharing.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I always look forward to the show and am never disappointed!

[@chickenosm]

Just finished trimming my first bonsai style chili pepper plant after bringing it in for the winter. This is such an inspiration.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It leaves me inspired too! A great show!

[@beanerschnitzel794]

So glad you posted! It’s just like being there, thank you for this gift 🙏

[@TheBonsaiZone]

You are very welcome, glad you came along with me!

[@davidjohnson7508]

Thanks for sharing our bonsai with the world. You motivate us to do better. Next time we might have a few ducks and chickens walking around the Show watching out for insects.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks David, I always come home inspired by the wonderful show that the Toronto Bonsai Society puts on twice a year. See you in November at the Misseto meeting!

[@davidjohnson7508]

What the date of the November meeting?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Here is the link.... www.missetobonsai.org/AboutUs.html I believe that makes it Nov 21st. It might be rather cold by then!

[@joseosorio7478]

Thanks for sharing this with us Nigel, great trees and amazing show.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It was a good show Jose!

[@carla5900]

how gorgeous is the nature... people can just help to care

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I agree, so much beauty!

[@trevorsell4598]

Thank you for sharing this with us Nigel. There were some wonderful trees there, beautifully presented and groomed; the club must have some very talented people. Your filming was fantastic too, it was nearly as good as being there!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Trevor!

[@empiricwisdom7902]

Congrats on the 100 thousand subscribers. Best bonsai channel on KZbin.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you, glad you enjoy the videos, I have so much fun making them! Season 6 will be coming soon!

[@claytonjones6208]

nice show and great to see more free form or natural styles , this seems to be gathering momentum in most shows world wide even at the last few koken-fu ten shows there has been a few trees breaking away and carving a new path for bonsai ,not stale but progressive work , cool stuff

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Clayton, very good observations!

[@rotaruciprian]

Amazing and beautiful world!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Ciprian!

[@trcmustang]

Very inspiring. Thanks Nigel.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Glad you enjoyed the show!

[@mikeduffer6858]

Nice job Nigel and fun to watch. Good show! Thanks.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank Mike!

[@BonsaiJCan]

Great video and very nice bonsai ! Thanks for taking us along, I wish I could have made it. Next year forsure!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

The spring show is just one winter away! Thanks J!

[@vamanjoshi4053]

Thank you for wonderful video..

[@TheBonsaiZone]

You are most welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@scottsherman8178]

I think it would also be really wonderful if you could choose a few trees and talk about them, what you like and some insight into its beauty. I know probably you can't film and talk at the same time... maybe dubbing? Just a thought...

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I thought about doing that, I was going to make this a different kind of show video, but I thought it's better to have everyone make up their own mind about which trees they liked or disliked. I'm just one opinion and my tastes might be totally different from anyone else's. I just try and enjoy each tree and find the good in it!

[@jeffincharlestonsc]

Just ordered a tsuma gaki maple, 2 to 3 year old, hopefully i will live long enough to develope it into something like in this show! Very inspiring!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Happy growing, the trees were very inspirational!

[@margaretsims4344]

Some magnificent trees. Thank you for the virtual tour. Hope you won something? Loving your videos.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I was just there as an observer, it would be an honor to have a tree in the show some day!

[@TRINHNGUYEN-ti1md]

Thank you for video amazing and beautiful world!

[@dbabybear]

That’s beautiful. I totally missed that the event was this past weekend, wish i was there to see the exhibit 😩.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Maybe you can make the spring show in 2019! Hope to see you there!

[@codymiller8505]

It would be very cool for bonsai show organizers to ask for the number of years in training for each submission then total it up and include that as a factoid for the show. To think, there is probably over a thousand years (several?) Worth of training sitting at this show. Such dedication!

[@marysoldeeley2218]

Neat to see all those different styles. I saw a few really nice trees! I'm trying to appreciate some of those styles for what they are and not be negative. People's tastes sure do vary! Thank you for sharing this show! I can not go to these events myself... Yet.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, a show like this, opens your eyes to different styles and exposes you to others tastes! Some of the trees speak to me, and others say "talk to the hand"!

[@marysoldeeley2218]

That's exactly it! But I know that All of those trees were grown with love, care and time. I very much respect that.

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

Very captivating video. My thoughts; the Boxwood (8:45), Juniper (14:27), and especially the Juniper at 18:30 with the highly developed character of it’s bark and dead branches, all really looked like and had the feeling of mature, natural trees. The Star Magnolia at 15:10, with it’s buds swollen, was very impressive. I have to say that for me the Porcelain Berry at 4:20 was a real stand out. The leaves were small, well shaped, (leaf shape can vary in this species), and some still green, some fall - yellow. The berries varied in size and were nicely exhibiting their white to blue transitioning colors. The vines were arranged in such a way as to lend it the substance and structure of a weeping tree, while not emasculating the sense of wild vigor that this plant demonstrates in habitat. ~ Side note: this plant from south east Asia has become extremely invasive in areas of the U.S. , ex. Virginia. It can literally smother whole forest!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

The boxwood is a tree originally developed by the American bonsai artist Nick Lenz. It was part of a Boxwood forest originally. The Juniper has a really nice tall tree style, it was one of my favorites also! The Blue rug Junipers were also developed by Nick Lenz, he is also responsible for the root over Demon planting near the beginning of the video! Here is a link to more of his creations.... www.artofbonsai.org/galleries/lenz.php The Porcelain berry was a contender for best tree of the show.

[@Nhoj31neirbo47]

Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone - Thank you kindly for the information and link. I will check on Mr. Lenz’s work.

[@maciejszkudlarek5340]

Well I think I,e watched all your movies :) This one is one of your best:D

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Maciej, I had good material for making the video!

[@maciejszkudlarek5340]

Very true!

[@nicholasbrokling1508]

Thankyou Thanasis, Cheers Nicholas

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Glad you enjoyed the show Nicholas!

[@240Sil]

nice show! I really like that little shohin boxwood.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It had a lot of character to it!

[@deploribusunum3894]

Gorgeous trees.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

There were so many that I'd never seen before! A really good show!

[@deploribusunum3894]

Nigel Saunders, The Bonsai Zone I'm glad you had a good time and shared it with us.

[@gg_joker_yt]

Hi there beautiful trees

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Nadeem, the Toronto Bonsai Society puts on a good show!

[@thefallen9728]

Just breath taking

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I agree, a great show!

[@nataliepinheiro3181]

Great video. I loved the music choices. Thanks for introducing me to Chris Haugen. Had to go download some of his music! These shows are always inspiring #goals.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Natalie, glad you liked the music, it's always hard finding pieces that fit the video and some people will like it and others won't.

[@hollymunfordbloe4744]

WOW beautiful

[@johnb58]

very nice looking tress there.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I agree, a very nice variety too!

[@mohamedhalwani574]

Good video Nigel, i would have loved to hear your thoughts about some trees in the show, if you can do one it would be great. Keep up the good work.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thanks Mohamed, I try and appreciate all the different styles and levels of the trees. My opinion is just one person's and my tastes may be different from other peoples! I show all the trees and people can discuss their favorites in the comments.

[@faniecoetzer2009]

Thanks for sharing - Beautiful trees! The ampelopsis brevipedunculata(Wild grape...I think?) at 3:58 caught my eye - something different and unique.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It was a contender for best tree of the show! I love seeing unique and unusual species, makes life interesting.

[@govcolin]

Nigel, the Thuja @ 12:44 would seem to me a great inspiration for your collected clump cedar. Just a thought...now on with the remaining 12 minutes of the video!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

The Cedar group was fantastic! I'll keep growing my trees and refining them over the years. Next year, I'll be doing some landscaping, adding rocks etc, to give it a Northern feel. It should be really fun working on it. The roots have grown really well after re potting the clump this spring. It will need re potting again this coming spring. It is beginning to rise out of the pot!

[@joshmcginnis5263]

I really have enjoyed all your videos! They are just great! One small critique though, that camera you switched to a while back does look nice under the canopies, but it does not react well to movement. Lots of blurring, guess it the price you pay for the frame of reference.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I keep trying to improve, maybe some day I'll get everything right! Thanks Josh!

[@hoikychientranh2118]

Great video thanks for sharing

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you my friend!

[@togethereasy]

Hi Nigel, this will be the first winter since I have bonsai trees. Should I put them in my garage where it gets under 0, or is it better if I place them to the corridor at my house's entrance?

[@iamnemo1107]

So many good trees. Very inspiring. Thanks Nigel.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Glad you enjoyed them as much as I did!

[@harryl2232]

Hi Nigel, I don't suppose you or anyone know what kind of acer plamatum the triple trunk bright red one was in the beginning? It looked amazing thanks.

[@ashwarirai]

Its lik heaven

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yes, a fantastic collection of trees in one room!

[@bonsaibotui]

Cây có lá đỏ là cây gì vậy bạn

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Nó là một Maple Nhật Bản!

[@nicholasbrokling1508]

Nigel how often do you fertilise your bonsais with the soil you use?

[@thanasisnakos1940]

Nicholas Brokling he puts a small amount of fertilizer (20-20-20) every single time he waters them

[@alexandreleblanc324]

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[@ravinderchauhan909]

Beautifull

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Toronto has a great club and a great show!

[@arvindhimalayan]

Like it sir

[@SonnyPeas]

Toronto bless

[@TheBonsaiZone]

A really good, friendly bonsai club!

[@masonsnelling861]

What kind of tree was the one with tiny round leaves and a white trunk?

[@marthalopez1825]

Please do a chilli bonsai

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Maybe some day when I get more room! Hopefully next year with the new greenhouse. Thanks Martha!

[@fredgrech1498]

Beautiful trees did you have any trees

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I was just a spectator, enjoying all the hard work that went into such an amazing show!

[@VARUN5411]

Wow..so many? Where on earth does it happen? I wish I could get the names of all of them, so that I can order seeds..

[@TheBonsaiZone]

There are so many really interesting trees in the world, I wish I could collect all of them!

[@VARUN5411]

You are truly amazing, just as your videos are.. and feels great to hear from you.. Have you ever been to Mumbai(India)?

[@fanpapug]

What is the name of that stunnig red maple in 0:50 ?

[@Rmak]

What is the name of the bonsai tree with red leafs

[@MsHydrolol]

What kind of tree is the one at 12:26 ? Can't manage to read the name. thanks in advance

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It is a Chinese Elm.

[@MsHydrolol]

Thank you for your answer. I've been following your videos for one or two months and it gave me a lot of motivation to start my own bonsais. I have now 7 small trees and I'm looking forward to add some more in my collection. Greetings from Brussels, Belgium

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Great to hear, all the best with you and your trees!

[@VARUN5411]

Whats that tree at 1:08 ? One with bright yellow leaves?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Ginkgo!

[@VARUN5411]

@@TheBonsaiZone Thank u so much..was hunting like crazy for the name of this tree.. first i thought its golden indian bean tree.. but thanks for confirming.. Inspired from your channel, i have ordered some 20 types of bonsai seeds.. Now, Ginkgo joins the list of Schefflera, Serissa and Jade.. the seeds which I am hunting for..

[@gg_joker_yt]

Which is the oldest among other trees

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It is very hard to know how old some of the trees are. Some of them are collected trees from nature and they can be very old when collected. Only with trees grown from seed do you know their true age.

[@HrRezpatex]

wow, wow and WOW! :)

[@josanproductions8322]

18:29 wow amazing!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

That was originally a Nick Lenz tree. Mike has added a second tree and has done a wonderful job with the composition! You can see the tree from long ago in this article.... www.artofbonsai.org/galleries/lenz.php Nick grew all the weeping branches knowing that one day he would make them deadwood features!

[@josanproductions8322]

@@TheBonsaiZone Thank you for sharing this. Its really intresting to see how things envolve into a master piece like this tree compositon. Cheers my friend

[@RahulYadav-qi1qk]

What is the name of the tree which has yellow leaves

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It is a Ginkgo biloba, in fall the leaves will drop off in just one day!

[@BrendonVS80]

Hi Nigel, I’m struggling to find stying and growing guides on prunus .. Do you have any?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I don't have any, I would try looking up full size trees in Google images and see what styles they naturally grow in. We do have a plum tree in our back yard and it grows in a conical shape when young. I'd look for a style that inspires you and one that suits the tree you have.

[@Dev_Mahra]

What cost you pay for Green house?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

It was about the same cost as a new 10 X 12 hobby greenhouse. it is very hard work taking it apart, but it is keeping me in good shape also!

[@izeghizus]

Can someone id the yellow tree @ 1:07? Thanks!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

That is a Ginkgo biloba, they look really nice in fall, then all the leaves seem to drop in a short period of time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba

[@pajamastacking]

great music choice

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Garrett!

[@yunusyasar1180]

4:23 which species i like it

[@torontobonsai1412]

Boxwood

[@pansepot1490]

buxus microphylla

[@vincentbaker3066]

Can some one identify the yellow leaf tree a minute into the video?

[@TheBonsaiZone]

That is a Ginkgo tree.

[@AshokKumar-rt9et]

Nameskar G Very good show Aapko hardik Subhkamnay Best Regards Ashok kumar india

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Glad you enjoyed the Toronto show, thanks Ashok!

[@lanng1498]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Simon-bj3dz]

Please invest in a filming light. All the backgrounds are too light and the detail on the trees too dark and lost.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you Simon, a light would be interesting to try out. I'll have to save up my money!

[@gregorille]

I would like the bonsai his hair

[@itmaslanka]

No one 's got a cart?

[@natashadennis93]

Really Nigel, first time you've chosen such an un-bonsai sound track...

[@TheBonsaiZone]

I was searching the KZbin library for some new music.

[@irinakudryashova2995]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙏🏼

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Very dashish, thanks Irina!

[@greenzonegardening787]

Hi sir dont mind your videos so long

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Thank you, it would be hard to capture the show in ten minutes!

[@yann548]

Foist

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Yann the Mann! Foist!

[@thealimirjalili]

Well done Yann. Foist zone is getting more competitive every upload.

[@yann548]

Cheers Nigel and Ali, nice coincidence I was online. Thanks for all the videos Nigel, I’ve been watching since you dug your horse chestnut from the bonsai garden. Very grateful all the good advice and encouragement.

[@dubsydabster]

Nice Foist!

[@jaguardelcielo]

I'm so late for the party

[@shoulders-of-giants]

Compared to your trees, there is nothing special about these bonsai. They all look extremely standardized.

[@selmadoc]

I love your videos e your explanations!!! But have a hair cut! It's scaring!!!!!!

[@marysoldeeley2218]

No one told Einstein to cut his hair. Nigel is the "Einstein" of the Canadian Bonsai world. His hair is perfect just the way it is. Would you like someone telling you, that you look horrible? No...? Then don't do that to someone else.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Lots more hair to come!