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O.K. you worked out that Bonsai is concerned with miniature trees, even so you’ve got no idea about “Shakan – Chokkan – Moyogi”? Never fear, its not necessary to know the proper names of styles or tree types, for example Bonsai Juniper or Bonsai Japanese Maple. All you require to get under way is that you want to grow a bonsai plant as well as some basic knowledge.

To get started in the fascinating art of bonsai gardening, you will require some basic gardening skills, a few elementary tools and supplies, a healthy dose of common sense and a little artistic flair.

If you have grown some plants in pots before – and have managed to keep them alive, healthy and looking good, then you already have the prerequisite skills for bonsai gardening. Apart from the actual techniques for keeping the plant compact, there really is not that much more to it!

Of course there have been volumes written about those techniques, so much so that you could fill a small library. But they are not ALL necessary to achieve an enviable result for your bonsai masterpiece.

When you first begin, the immediate challenge is just to keep your bonsai tree alive and still looking like a tree! In this you will probably have mixed success. But don’t despair if you unintentionally murder a tree or two, you wont be the first and you wont be the last to have done that.

With the passing of time as well as with trial and error you will cotton on. And during the process you will feel great fullfillment at being the co-creator of such an awesome and exquisite living thing. It really can sometimes make your heart sing!

Sure, there are some things you will have to learn. But don’t try try to be an expert on everything all at once, just begin with the basics and go slowly. Start with a simple to grow plant for example bonsai juniper. Then study one or two things about bonsai handling (watering would be preferable first up) and put those one or two things into practice until you feel confident that you know what to do, and then carry on to the next one or two skills….and so on.

Before you know it you will be the one others ask for advice on growing bonsai plants.