About

What is Artful shrubs and who am I?

Who am I?

My name is Dennis !
In 2016 I got introduced to this wonderful hobby, I am just a Dutch guy born in 89 that got intrigued with the art of growing bonsai with the limited space I have and time I try to grow my own artful shrubs into becoming a bonsai !
after getting introduced to bonsai I wanted to learn more and more about this hobby so I took a deep dive down into the world bonsai as my hobby to try and keep my own little projects alive as best I can and work on my own little pieces of art as I keep exploring the art of bonsai and the horticultural side of it and keep learning new things as I go!

Over the years I practiced on my material and kept on trying… sometimes because of making bad decisions, the wrong care or wrong timing the tree’s journey ended up as a dead one but as I went on with my journey and try learning more, I figured out quickly that there is allot more to it then I originally imagined added to that there are allot of different opinions, different ways and other things to consider when doing bonsai




What is Artful Shrubs

Artful Shrubs is my blog to follow my progressions combined with a place to find basic information about growing bonsai in general.

No matter what your own goals with bonsai are one of them at least is or should be to take care of our trees the best we can and make sure when applying techniques we understand why we do that and ensure we do it right and at the right time.

the things I have learned and share on this website is what I apply to my own trees and hopefully improve them by doing so… I want to clarify that I am just a bonsai hobbyist and not a professional, and also i am still learning new things myself as well because of this I know that it can be tough going trough the jungle of information on bonsai on the internet that I decided to combine my blog with a library section with basic information about growing bonsai covering a wide range of topics to hopefully help others to learn more about bonsai and help to start or improve on growing their own bonsai tree’s !