Yes bonsai related, it’s the collection of wild grown plants, shrubs and using them for bonsai, I was reading an article the other day regarding this hence why I asked of people’s experiences, it appears nobody has though
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What is the advantage of using wild plants anyway? Surely much better to grow your own for this sort of project? More satisfying and less illegal and inconsiderate of others who enjoy seeing plants growing wild?
FairygirlFairygirl west central ScotlandPosts: 35,469 10:02
It isn't allowed to collect plants from the wild. You can collect seed, not entire plants. It's quite simple - it's called breaking the law.
I believe thats true of the UK @Fairygirl, my apologies are members on here only uk based, if you read the post i made no reference from what country, and i suppose if you gained permission prior from the land you were collecting then i'am sure this would suffice, but thank you for your input on this thread, but as my previous post it appears the answer is no nobody has.
"There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true"
@philippasmith2 thankyou, we have contacted several people who grow and collect bonsai, we were just looking at several specimen plants prior having our pond built this year, a friend of ours in Bath as a lovely Koi pond with many bonsai specimens which gave us the idea of something similar, we believe it just adds a different angle to gardening
"There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true"
I belong to a local bonsai society. We regularly collect plants from the wild. Many are on private land and we get permission of course. Some of our members are foresters,gardeners,tree surgeons etc and find many plants in their line of work that would be grubbed out and discarded We also use plants and shrubs from garden centres and supermarkets. It is surprising what you can do with a straggly plant,some snips and training wire! People seem to think that growing bonsai is expensive or that there is some mystery to the whole process when in reality it is relatively simple. This is my English Elm from the wild and is now around 35 years old.
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thankyou @madpenguin, yes obviously get permission first if on private land, i find it very interesting, wow the photos are great, thank you for sharing
"There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true"
A couple of years ago we had a competition at our monthly meeting. We had 2 teams and each were given a supermarket shrub to turn into a bonsai and a prize given to the winner! This was the winner (Cotoneaster).I have not seen it in over a year as we have had no meetings due to Covid so should be doing very well by now.
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I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I believe thats true of the UK @Fairygirl, my apologies are members on here only uk based, if you read the post i made no reference from what country, and i suppose if you gained permission prior from the land you were collecting then i'am sure this would suffice, but thank you for your input on this thread, but as my previous post it appears the answer is no nobody has.
We regularly collect plants from the wild.
Many are on private land and we get permission of course.
Some of our members are foresters,gardeners,tree surgeons etc and find many plants in their line of work that would be grubbed out and discarded
We also use plants and shrubs from garden centres and supermarkets.
It is surprising what you can do with a straggly plant,some snips and training wire!
People seem to think that growing bonsai is expensive or that there is some mystery to the whole process when in reality it is relatively simple.
This is my English Elm from the wild and is now around 35 years old.
We had 2 teams and each were given a supermarket shrub to turn into a bonsai and a prize given to the winner!
This was the winner (Cotoneaster).I have not seen it in over a year as we have had no meetings due to Covid so should be doing very well by now.