Bonsai Resources
These comically limited resources are by no means exhaustive, and they are the ones that I personally have consulted over the past few years. There’s a ton of great resources out there that aren’t included here, simply because I haven’t gotten to them. I can’t emphasize how instrumental Instagram is in getting a sense of what’s possible, and the amount of remarkable accounts I follow is too numerous to list here.
Books to get started:
The Little Book of Bonsai: An Easy Guide to Caring for Your Bonsai Tree by Jonas Dupuich
Freestyle Bonsai by Jerome Kellerhals and Mariannjely Marval
The Complete Book of Bonsai by Harry Tomlinson
The Bonsai Beginner’s Bible by Peter Chan
Books for inspo:
A Gallery of Trees: Living Art of the Pacific Bonsai Museum
Penjing: The Chinese Art of Bonsai by Zhao Qingquan
Gnarly Branches, Ancient Trees: The Life and Works of Dan Robinson—Bonsai Pioneer by Will Hiltz
More advanced books:
Bonsai Heresy by Michael Hagedorn
Bonsai with Japanese Maples by Peter Adams
Websites to get started:
Heron's Bonsai, with Peter Chan
Websites for inspo:
Blogs: