NZBA Demonstrator Brendon Covich
Kinben Bonsai Adventures

AREA: Auckland
CLUBS: Auckland Bonsai Society & Hamilton Bonsai Club
FACEBOOK PAGE: @kinbenbonsai
PHONE: 027 459 8843
EMAIL: brendon@finishedfloors.co.nz
FEES: Workshops at Kinben Bonsai Adventures, Auckland
—Minimum 6 people per workshop
—$80/ person full day (9am – 3pm)
—$50 / person half day (9am – 12pm)
—Travel fees for out of town workshops, to be confirmed upon application, pending location.

TEACHING / DEMONSTRATING PREFERENCES:

I love to take workshops, and work on people’s bonsai with them.

I enjoy teaching all aspects of bonsai cultivation, styling, health and maintenance.

SPECIAL AREAS OF INTEREST:

I love all aspects of bonsai, but my favourite styles are pines, conifers, deciduous, evergreen species and shohin, root over rock, cascade, and informal upright.

I also love to collect yamadori from the wild and I have field grown bonsai for 26 years.

BACKGROUND:

I was born in New Zealand and have lived here all my life. I currently live in Auckland with my partner Tania, and our youngest 3 children. I am site manager of a concrete / foundation company and have practised the art of bonsai for 26 years now.

My collection consists of approximately 90 established bonsai, ranging from mame—bonsai. These are mainly trees I have grown from seed, cuttings, air layers, or via field growing and collecting, but a few of the older bonsai in my collection I have acquired.

We live on 5 acres, and have constructed a Japanese garden which includes display stands, for some of my larger specimen trees. I have recently added a Zen garden.

I also have a love for fishing and motorbikes.

You can read about my latest bonsai updates on my Facebook page: Kinben Bonsai Adventures.

My passion for Bonsai continues to grow, and is forever taking me to exciting new places, and new people.

I’m excited for what the future holds!