Pruning 'Niwaki' Japanese Garden Trees

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  • čas přidán 13. 08. 2019
  • In this video I work on pruning and shaping some large Scots Pines in the Japanese Garden at Herons Bonsai. I also explain the term Niwaki.
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  • @HeatherfishCreations
    @HeatherfishCreations Před 4 lety +4

    Am I the only one that actually could watch a 48 hour pruning video? I like to listen and watch while I work. Something about the sound of the pruning shears is relaxing. I would even go so far as to say that 48 hours of just pruning with no commentary would be awesome.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Před 4 lety +2

      Really?

    • @HeatherfishCreations
      @HeatherfishCreations Před 4 lety +1

      @@peterchan3100 Indeed. While I very much love your instruction videos and greatly look forward to them, I do also love the idea of just watching work being done in your nursery/garden for the sake of it. I make jewelry for a living and don't get away from my work desk as much as I would like to... so it would almost be like being able to enjoy the sanctuary of such a wonderful place even though I can't go there in person. It just seems so beautiful and relaxing... a type of ASMR I guess.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Před 4 lety +2

      @@HeatherfishCreations Come and visit us one day. You will find it really relaxing here.

    • @HeatherfishCreations
      @HeatherfishCreations Před 4 lety +1

      @@peterchan3100 Perhaps Someday. :)

  • @creightonfreeman8059
    @creightonfreeman8059 Před 4 lety +14

    I've been raising Bonsai since I was a teenager but still enjoy watching other people prune and style. I feel you have the best or definitely one of the best youtube channels on Bonsai / Oriental Gardens. Keep up the good work and video production!

  • @strategicexit8561
    @strategicexit8561 Před 4 lety +10

    I could watch this for hours.... it's the least I can do till I have a garden to grow my own..

  • @Brandon-eg1wq
    @Brandon-eg1wq Před 3 lety +3

    I love this guy. I can watch his videos all day.

  • @Teresa-ih4sn
    @Teresa-ih4sn Před 2 lety +1

    Again!! Snip, snip, and snip!! And Peter has created magic! Amazing.

  • @fh7277
    @fh7277 Před 4 lety +4

    The bonsai tree is also gorgeous, but this gentleman has a magical way of grabbing your attention even when there's really nothing much.👍👍👍

  • @PSPMHaestros
    @PSPMHaestros Před 4 lety +64

    Wow, the audio and video quality has come a long way! Really enjoyable video

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  • @Jaders1984
    @Jaders1984 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I have one of these tree and I have no clue how to take care of it. Now I think I can keep my tree happy and healthy.

  • @earthlyinspirations
    @earthlyinspirations Před 4 lety +3

    Humility is the foundation in which true greatness is built upon. Thanks Peter for delivering your knowledge quietly.

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  • @ryanaugustus
    @ryanaugustus Před 4 lety +47

    You, sir, are a treasure for the world bonsai community.

  • @k8marlowe
    @k8marlowe Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you so much for such a clear and informative video. I’m just beginning to learn about Japanese gardening techniques. I have a lot to learn, so I’m glad I found your channel here on CZcams.

  • @mattbrennan647
    @mattbrennan647 Před 4 lety +3

    Nicely done Peter. Truly a labor of love. Thanks

  • @themidger1
    @themidger1 Před 4 lety +13

    Absolutely stunning trees, and easily the most detailed and high quality video on niwaki pruning I’ve ever seen! Really gives you a respect for these trees, the pinnacle of artistic pruning technique

  • @annierampersad3982
    @annierampersad3982 Před 4 lety +6

    The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.Thanks for an amazing video.👏🌳

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  • @conspiraterry7393
    @conspiraterry7393 Před 4 lety +4

    My fondest desire would be to have you at my property for a week. You are such an inspiration!

  • @aminminshaf8244
    @aminminshaf8244 Před 3 lety +2

    Please post your 2 hours pruning video, I'll still watch it... watching you pruning is so enjoyable.

  • @thepaperstaggering
    @thepaperstaggering Před 4 lety +4

    Great works, Pete. Truly professional.

  • @martinnaarendorp6833
    @martinnaarendorp6833 Před 4 lety +1

    I have watched this video now countless times and starting to get it... thanks very much for this.

  • @TuanHoang-fg4kv
    @TuanHoang-fg4kv Před 4 lety +3

    Thanks a lot for your great videos! I have a black pine in the front yard. and your video helps me to prune it the right way.

  • @MidniteSan
    @MidniteSan Před 4 lety +18

    Thx for sharing Peter,. Such pruning would probably take me a week 😁.

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  • @goosecouple
    @goosecouple Před 4 lety

    This is the most comprehensive Niwaki video on youtube. Excellent.

  • @KnifeCrazzzzy
    @KnifeCrazzzzy Před 2 lety

    Trimming trees is one of my favorite things to do! Beautiful done and thank you for sharing sir!

  • @EtainMcCloud
    @EtainMcCloud Před 4 lety +1

    This is such a helpful video. I'm a member of a Japanese Buddhist temple in Portland Oregon. We have several old pine trees in our garden that need to be maintained. We've done different things over the years as far as who was caring for them. Most recently the temple has decided to let people volunteer to do the maintenance. I've been reading about Japanese gardening this year in an effort to be a better help to my community. This video sums up and shows the practical side of so much. I've shared it with my temple community and am so grateful to you for sharing your experience and wisdom with us. The trees look beautiful.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Před 4 lety +2

      Perhaps one day I will come and give you folk some lessons on how to prune your Temple trees. I would love to do that!

  • @robertobreglia2544
    @robertobreglia2544 Před 4 lety +2

    Beautiful video! Great job! These wonderful pines like a giant bonsai 👍👍🔝

  • @TheresaPowers
    @TheresaPowers Před 4 lety +1

    absolutely gorgeous. Peter you are a real bonsai expert.

  • @michaels.8663
    @michaels.8663 Před 4 lety +2

    Beautiful! What a lovely video.

  • @silverfox2208
    @silverfox2208 Před 4 lety +4

    Thank's for that Peter, very informative and a great transformation. I bought a pair of these tripod ladders this year they're brilliant.

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  • @troythevis4456
    @troythevis4456 Před 3 lety

    Loved the finished look to the Scotts Pine. Made a big difference.

  • @nikandluketravel
    @nikandluketravel Před 4 lety +3

    10/10 audio quality. Thanks so much for the effort.

  • @Collection_of_unseen_nature

    Really fantastic job! Looks stunning 🤗🤗🤗 Sending you 39 sunny and warm hugs from southern Sweden 🤩 to all of you at Herons

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  • @neosapienz7885
    @neosapienz7885 Před 3 lety +2

    Getting ready to create our backyard Japanese-inspired garden (geometric because our yard in the city is deep and narrow) and watching a lot of these videos. This is the best one. So was thinking a kousa dogwood as the centerpiece (pretty easy to maintain), a “fence” with climbing hydrangea to back the garden (and hide the garage wall and dog run), and two Japanese black pines. Now thinking one pine will be as much as I can handle. I need to look more into weeping somethings to complement...thanks for all the wisdom.

  • @johnfloydman7735
    @johnfloydman7735 Před 4 lety +1

    They look amazing now 👍 , great job 🙏✌️

  • @KateInTheCity
    @KateInTheCity Před 4 lety +2

    What a wonderfully enjoyable video. Thank you so much.

  • @Nizzon.
    @Nizzon. Před 4 lety

    Nice! Im planting small Scots Pines at my summerhouse and will prune and wire them like bonsais. Very inspiring!

  • @seemooreb.9724
    @seemooreb.9724 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow what a difference showing trunk makes..excellent work

  • @muzboz
    @muzboz Před 2 lety +1

    I love this. Great to see an expert talking through how to do this. Very educational! :D Thanks.

  • @steveanacorteswa3979
    @steveanacorteswa3979 Před 4 lety +1

    What a difference Peter, I trimmed a large overgrown white pine that was shared by these 3 rental properties, now it looks beautiful, the flowers, grass and ground cover are growing again under it, everyone says it looks so beautiful now, it's amazing what a little work (well not little) does. Thanks for your tips, just did a Bonsai with my niece yesterday, she did a good job, chopped a lot off, didn't expect that from a girl, thanks again for all the encouragement and your time.

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Před 4 lety +1

      Good for you - I would like to see what you did.

  • @prehistoricliving
    @prehistoricliving Před 4 lety +6

    Absolutely amazing work, you're the coolest!

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  • @2211slim
    @2211slim Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent video, love those ladders

  • @suemiller4897
    @suemiller4897 Před 4 lety +1

    So love watching your videos!

  • @benparkinson8314
    @benparkinson8314 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks Peter. Lovely trees!

  • @arpadvarga3475
    @arpadvarga3475 Před rokem

    Very helpful Peter! Got answer to all my questions

  • @user-bv4xf3ih3j
    @user-bv4xf3ih3j Před 4 lety +3

    Wow....hard work and accordingly amazing outcomes

  • @hudcummings2979
    @hudcummings2979 Před 4 lety +1

    thanks, Peter . . . i see; how beautiful; lines of branch & tree trunk . . . hidden beauty in an always beautiful tree . . . human & nature working in harmony

  • @headingnorth5701
    @headingnorth5701 Před 4 lety +1

    I always look forward to Peter's videos.

  • @michaeldean1303
    @michaeldean1303 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent work...great vision as to what lies hidden beneath!

  • @bobandmaryw4336
    @bobandmaryw4336 Před 4 lety +3

    Bless you man, i find great joy in learning this...

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  • @P4Lutz
    @P4Lutz Před 4 lety +8

    ah man i enjoy your pruning videos they are very soothing. great video :D

  • @bonsaihigh
    @bonsaihigh Před 4 lety +1

    2 hours for that is quite the patience! Things that nature teaches you 💚 thanks for the awesome video

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  • @flipmode9236
    @flipmode9236 Před 4 lety +8

    awesome. when you cut the lower big branch i heard the words " BE BOLD" in my head

    • @piezoman79
      @piezoman79 Před 4 lety

      I agree. I liked the branch because I prefer the depth it provided while adding balance to the left side.
      “Clouding” is definitely an apt description as it gave the appearance of the trunk bursting through the clouds.

  • @chasehubbard5303
    @chasehubbard5303 Před 3 lety +1

    Very helpful. Pruned species Black Pine in a big planter today, needed some Niwaki coaching. I candled them too early last year for our climate.
    Thanks!

  • @veseo8408
    @veseo8408 Před 4 lety +5

    Mr Peter thank you for great video,i hope we se training of niwaki from earlier stage in future videos,how to make shape of trunk with pruning etc....

  • @greenstar7492
    @greenstar7492 Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing video...amazing transformation of the trees....

  • @MaryBracken
    @MaryBracken Před 4 lety

    Thank you!!! I love the video! So very helpful! I sincerely appreciate the longer videos where you explain so much. Thank you😊💜👍🏼

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  • @ikescorpio
    @ikescorpio Před 3 lety +1

    Beautiful work as always

  • @SissieKelley714
    @SissieKelley714 Před 4 lety +1

    Love watching your skill! Makes me want to prune something!

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  • @catherinealbion6955
    @catherinealbion6955 Před 4 lety +1

    Beautiful work Mr Chan.

  • @bryantcoleman5619
    @bryantcoleman5619 Před 4 lety +2

    A wonderful learning experience!

  • @TheNatrjack965
    @TheNatrjack965 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent video Peter thank you .

  • @claudialaurendeau2865
    @claudialaurendeau2865 Před 4 lety +1

    NICE!! BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF ART

  • @turfblacksmith
    @turfblacksmith Před 4 lety

    Very enjoyable and informative, a well made video and no annoying music. ありがとうございました。👍🏽

  • @eucitizen78
    @eucitizen78 Před 2 lety

    Always a pleasure to watch your work sir

  • @sassysanders3997
    @sassysanders3997 Před 4 lety +1

    A Master's beautiful work.

  • @mannyalmaraz9857
    @mannyalmaraz9857 Před 3 lety

    you are now watching a master at work. I hope to have this in my back yard one day but maybe 2 and half as big

  • @giovannibarranca2595
    @giovannibarranca2595 Před 4 lety +1

    Stunning!

  • @pansepot1490
    @pansepot1490 Před 4 lety +9

    I have a very old tattered and shapeless thuja orientalis in my front yard. I had the intention of taking it out but your videos have inspired me to try and turn it into a giant garden bonsai. It’s going to take me years because old wood doesn’t bud easily so I’ll have to cut back in stages. I don’t know if it will work anyway I’ll give it a try.
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Peter.

  • @WeezieV
    @WeezieV Před rokem

    I went to a Christmas tree farm and studied the different evergreens and read their descriptions. I love how the Scotch pine individual needles are flat and twist like a loose corkscrew.

  • @juanmarco3954
    @juanmarco3954 Před 4 lety

    Excellent video. This helped me greatly in improving my pruning techniques.

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  • @masonbrewer2497
    @masonbrewer2497 Před 4 lety

    This must take a very long time, it makes pruning smaller bonsai seem easy! So interesting, I watched every minute of your pruning.

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  • @nancyfahey7518
    @nancyfahey7518 Před 4 lety

    I'm watching this again. So sweet.

  • @realitycheck1870
    @realitycheck1870 Před 2 lety

    Wonderful demonstration!

  • @fingersoup
    @fingersoup Před 4 lety +2

    It appears to me that the production quality as well as the audio and visual quality have been improved tremendously! Thank you Dr. Chan for another Awesome video. 😎

  • @mykorizzo6579
    @mykorizzo6579 Před 4 lety +2

    I always love the longer videos!

    • @peterchan3100
      @peterchan3100 Před 4 lety +1

      thanks for your feedback - I always am afraid they might be boring.

    • @mykorizzo6579
      @mykorizzo6579 Před 4 lety

      @@peterchan3100 never, you have such a passion and it's so inspiring

  • @clearwaterbeachhomesearchm5957

    Beautiful job

  • @michaelnorman9644
    @michaelnorman9644 Před 4 lety +2

    Stunning... Thank you

  • @sophiaangelini4368
    @sophiaangelini4368 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for explaining the Japanese terms and reminding us of safety!

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  • @juliengil8179
    @juliengil8179 Před 4 lety +3

    Bravo ! C'est magnifique ! Vous êtes un Maître.

  • @SunLam
    @SunLam Před 4 lety +2

    The tree's turned out beautifully. I have been thinking of a way to prune back a blue spruce standard that has outgrown its location. This maybe a technic to look into I think. Thanks for doing this video.

  • @angie3504
    @angie3504 Před 4 lety +1

    Bonsai on a large scale ... love it

  • @Itsmeemily94
    @Itsmeemily94 Před 3 měsíci

    Thankyou so very much for sharing your knowledge,, what a wonderful guide you made. I understood it is a fine art. But, as my first detailed video you have given a very good, strong introduction! Thankyou again

  • @247ahmad
    @247ahmad Před 4 lety

    Excellent work mr chan. Love the hat.

  • @soonzach4017
    @soonzach4017 Před 4 lety +1

    Always love your videos, you always do a wonderful job, very beautiful.

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  • @xyzllii
    @xyzllii Před 4 lety +1

    Informative. Thank you. Will have to check out the Japanese ladder.

  • @aeror115
    @aeror115 Před 4 lety +2

    Beautiful!
    Awesome explanation
    Enjoy life🙌

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  • @valeriehill2641
    @valeriehill2641 Před 2 lety

    Fantastic!

  • @nothinginterestinghere7612

    Imagine all the new trees one could grow from all those woody cuttings. Beautiful

  • @russmaleartist
    @russmaleartist Před 4 lety +2

    There is satisfaction in pruning and shaping a tree. I have a weeping thin-leaf Japanese Maple that I had left grow for many years. Last year I decided it was way past time to prune, so I watched videos of people professionally pruning such a tree, and then I went at it. I think it turned out well . . . and this year I did some more pruning, but not as severe. The tree had only a very few small dead twigs as compared to large amounts, so the letting of the sun and air into the structure along with the showing of the limb structure really improved the heatlh and appearance.

  • @MrBlackbamboo
    @MrBlackbamboo Před 2 lety

    fantastic video

  • @luisdanielmeraz
    @luisdanielmeraz Před 4 lety +1

    Quedaron espectaculares esos árboles.

  • @panavisionnot7180
    @panavisionnot7180 Před 3 lety

    lovely .. thank you kindly for sharing your knowledge..

  • @tewaewae
    @tewaewae Před rokem

    excellent tutorial, thanks

  • @jackfrost884
    @jackfrost884 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent quality

  • @larryj1048
    @larryj1048 Před 4 lety +1

    Very helpful, thanks!

  • @mamanbear1
    @mamanbear1 Před 4 lety +1

    Beautiful

  • @sheledmikymo
    @sheledmikymo Před 4 lety +1

    great video sir

  • @troythevis4456
    @troythevis4456 Před 3 lety

    The way I look at, starting from the bottom and working your way up makes the most since also. Everything we build practically starts from the bottom and you work your way up.

  • @AmraphelofShinar
    @AmraphelofShinar Před 4 lety

    Beautiful.

  • @jeanhawken4482
    @jeanhawken4482 Před 4 lety

    Really something. Pleasure

  • @nipponsensei
    @nipponsensei Před 3 lety

    thank you so much for your video

  • @noumine
    @noumine Před 2 lety

    soooo fantastic!