Introduction

After sitting at my desk for half an hour wondering how to open my very first post on my very first blog I've decided to just go with it and "learn on the job" as they say. What has anyone got to lose in the end, if your interesting people will read!

So, lets get to the introduction. My name is Liam Kendrick, i am a 26 year old Landscaper from the North Shore of Sydney more specifically Turramurra. I'm a very easy going bloke that doesn't need much in life to be content or entertained. Friend's and Family are a must, but add to that sports, landscape design and anything to do with gardening and mother nature then you have a mixture of what i call my life.

Over the last 6 months i have had the pleasure to discover a love for the art of "Bonsai" or what alot of people refer to as little trees in pots. I have always been interested in horticulture, mainly due to my grandmother and father. They are both avid gardeners and in my grandmothers case a crazy pot collecting geranium lover. Though i have always enjoyed plants i hadn't until Christmas just passed even really thought of growing bonsai. One of my good friends took me out to a bonsai nursery where they have a large collection of old bonsai and it was love at first sight. Ever since then i have been growing my own and reading up on the techniques and styles of bonsai any chance i get.

My aim for this blog is to basically record the progression of my bonsai trees as well as the growth of my skill and knowledge in the subject. I want to share with people my career in bonsai as you might say. I want to meet people with the same passions and interests as mine to help me grow and fine tune my skills and knowledge.

On that note i would like to post a photo of the first bonsai i put my hand to. I bought it from a nursery as a very leggy Azalea and shaped in a windswept style. Looking back at the first one is a funny experience and now having read and researched as well as had the experience of creating new bonsai, i laugh at it. By no means am i ashamed of it but there are more creative and more beautiful styles that this plant could have taken. I personally think that being able to look back on previous work and laugh is a good thing, it shows progression in your journey to find your own style.