So you went to bonsai show with a friend and on the way home you visited a couple bonsai nurseries. You’ve been thinking about it for a while and now you have decided that working with bonsai plants might be a rewarding hobby, now what?

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Bonsai Care Weblog. Today we are going to look at the cost of getting started in bonsai. We are going to pay particular attention to the cost of our tools. As in any other hobby there is a beginning cost and as hobbies go the beginning cost of bonsai is on the low to med side. Your “must have” novice grade tools are going to cost you about $150 give or take a couple dollars, maybe a little less with the help from your new bonsai friends via used or hand me downs. (more…)