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Omono
Hi there, I'm not trying to start a flame war.... just hoping to see what others think, believe, do etc.......
I’m probably like most of the other collectors out there……we’ve all read the do’s and don’ts….”the rules of yamadori etiquette” and I’d hazard a guess that most follow them fairly closely.
How about the Philosophy of Yamadori…..does the Japanese have any fundamental ideas?...written thoughts on it? If you have any links/knowledge please chime in.
I started wondering just how big Yamadori collection is after reading many articles, checking posts on forums, watching numerous U Tube video’s of apprentices working in Japan on them….. with thousands in the background.
What I haven’t read much on or seen little on is giving back …only the taking of some of Mother Nature’s treasures……
I’m on two forums but I when I went surfing to try and see just how large Yamadori is…. I was amazed by the number of Bonsai forums that had hundreds of posts on collected stock and with a little more searching I started to see just how large the collection of wild trees around the world really is.
So my point is this – why don’t we give back…..We head out with empty back packs, wheel barrows, quads vehicles and all sorts of contraptions (OK they have tools, water, lunch, fire starter….etc), ….. SO why don’t we take some appropriate seedlings (say 5-10) and plant them where we’ve taken a prize tree?
So how big is your yamadori collection? How about a total for your club, multiply that by the clubs in the associations, associations in your country, number of countries……..etc……etc….its huge - deforestation some would argue.
Some ides and food for thought/discussion.
Cheers Graham
I’m probably like most of the other collectors out there……we’ve all read the do’s and don’ts….”the rules of yamadori etiquette” and I’d hazard a guess that most follow them fairly closely.
How about the Philosophy of Yamadori…..does the Japanese have any fundamental ideas?...written thoughts on it? If you have any links/knowledge please chime in.
I started wondering just how big Yamadori collection is after reading many articles, checking posts on forums, watching numerous U Tube video’s of apprentices working in Japan on them….. with thousands in the background.
What I haven’t read much on or seen little on is giving back …only the taking of some of Mother Nature’s treasures……
I’m on two forums but I when I went surfing to try and see just how large Yamadori is…. I was amazed by the number of Bonsai forums that had hundreds of posts on collected stock and with a little more searching I started to see just how large the collection of wild trees around the world really is.
So my point is this – why don’t we give back…..We head out with empty back packs, wheel barrows, quads vehicles and all sorts of contraptions (OK they have tools, water, lunch, fire starter….etc), ….. SO why don’t we take some appropriate seedlings (say 5-10) and plant them where we’ve taken a prize tree?
So how big is your yamadori collection? How about a total for your club, multiply that by the clubs in the associations, associations in your country, number of countries……..etc……etc….its huge - deforestation some would argue.
Some ides and food for thought/discussion.
Cheers Graham