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Jay's Bonsai's 🌿 Perth-based bonsai grower
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📍 Northern suburbs WA
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Ok so this one surprised me a lot. Wasn’t expecting it toLook this natural with Rocks from Kwolyin…..but there you go.
29/07/2026

Ok so this one surprised me a lot. Wasn’t expecting it to
Look this natural with Rocks from Kwolyin…..but there you go.

So I finally got to pot this Juniper in the slate pot I made by hand. And just like that…..I have a new favorite 😍 ...
29/07/2026

So I finally got to pot this Juniper in the slate pot I made by hand. And just like that…..I have a new favorite 😍 bonsai

So it’s a little early in the season to repot. But it’s beautiful weather today. So I put my hat on and did some gardeni...
24/07/2026

So it’s a little early in the season to repot. But it’s beautiful weather today. So I put my hat on and did some gardening 🧑‍🌾. I’m loving this pot from Pots World 😍.

So today I made a rock pot. I’m pretty happy with it. I think this Juniper will look ok in it but I think a native might...
17/07/2026

So today I made a rock pot. I’m pretty happy with it. I think this Juniper will look ok in it but I think a native might suit it more 🤷🏽‍♂️

I headed into the WA outback alone this week, chasing something I thought I was looking for… yamadori.Recently I learnt ...
16/07/2026

I headed into the WA outback alone this week, chasing something I thought I was looking for… yamadori.

Recently I learnt that one of the stories behind bonsai begins with an emperor who saw a beautiful tree growing in the wild and wanted that same beauty brought back to his palace. From that desire came the art of recreating nature in miniature.

As I wandered among the ancient granite domes of Cathedral Rocks and Kokerbin Rock, I found them everywhere. Twisted little survivors, clinging to cracks in stone, shaped by wind, fire, drought and time. Trees that had earned every bend in their trunk over decades—perhaps centuries.

Standing there, I couldn’t imagine removing them.

For a moment, I realised they didn’t belong to me. Their beauty wasn’t something to possess. It was something to witness.

Maybe that’s one of the lessons bonsai quietly teaches us. We don’t have to capture nature to appreciate it. Perhaps the deeper art is to recreate its spirit, while leaving the originals exactly where they belong.

We spend so much of life trying to hold onto beautiful moments, beautiful places, even beautiful people. Yet some things are most beautiful because they remain free.

I came home without a yamadori.

But I think I brought home something far more valuable—a different way of seeing.

Sometimes the greatest treasure isn’t the tree you collect…

It’s the one you leave behind

After sourcing some beautiful moss from John’s farm (no bonsai unfortunately 😢) I thought I’d tidy these junipers up and...
16/07/2026

After sourcing some beautiful moss from John’s farm (no bonsai unfortunately 😢) I thought I’d tidy these junipers up and put it to good use 😍. Ones for sale, the other I think is a keeper. Guess which one I’m keeping.

In winter, everything slows down. But a little trip out to Pots Park today paid off. Sooooo many pots 😍. Even though it’...
10/07/2026

In winter, everything slows down. But a little trip out to Pots Park today paid off. Sooooo many pots 😍. Even though it’s not season, a little slip pot for this White Cuphea Compact ❤️. You know what they say……”if the pot fits….”

Little bit more work today. Gone nice and dark, just how I like my……bonsai!!
08/07/2026

Little bit more work today. Gone nice and dark, just how I like my……bonsai!!

So I took the plunge today, after a trip to bunnings I got down to some trunk carving. Then ran out of gas with the blow...
07/07/2026

So I took the plunge today, after a trip to bunnings I got down to some trunk carving. Then ran out of gas with the blowtorch 🔥 , and took the risk with slip potting this Olive tree. 🌳
Now this is something I think I could display with a bit of pride. 🤗

Just potted up 2 of my favorites today, first ones a Chinese or Hollywood Juniper, nice and dark. The second is a Kunzea...
24/06/2026

Just potted up 2 of my favorites today, first ones a Chinese or Hollywood Juniper, nice and dark. The second is a Kunzea native to Australia. 🇦🇺 I think it’s my new favorite 😍

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