A couple years ago my partner Barbara and I visited Bjorn Bjorholm's Eisei-en where Tom Bjornholm (Bjorn's father and an accomplished bonsai artist in his own right) was kind enough to give us a complete tour while Bjorn was out of town. It was, to say the least, an eye opening and inspiring couple of hours.
To sample Bjorn's (and Tom's) wares we've got a few photos from Eisei-en for your enjoyment and inspiration. We lifted them along with the captions from Facebook and all italics are quotes from Eisei-en.
"Itoigawa Foliage grafted onto Rocky Mountain Juniper. This was the first tree Bjorn ever grafted years ago during one of his return teaching trips from Japan. Now in the collection of Tom Bjorholm."
Quoted directly from Eisei-en Bonsai on Facebook.
Again quoting from Eisei-en, "Fused Trunk Trident Maple. Originally built by Doug Phillips in California nearly 40 years ago, it has been in development at Eisei-en since 2018. The nebari spans nearly three feet across and all of the branching was built anew after coming to Nashville. It will soon make its way further south to a private collection in Texas."
"There are many behind-the-scenes projects at Eisei-en that never really feature online or in videos, such as this Juniper grafting project in which Itoigawa foliage has been grafted onto a fantastic Prostrata trunk.
"Learn all about these techniques on the Bonsai-U video platform at Bonsai-U.com!"
"Pines looking royal after a heavy rain at Eisei-en".
The trees below have no caption attached, but it's incredible to admire the before and after photos.
Before
After
Before and...
After
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