http://www.niwaki.com/UK based worldwide supplier of Tripod Ladders, Garden Ladders, Orchard Ladders, Hedging ladders, Japanese Pruning Tools, Topiary Shears, Okatsune, Tobisho, & Silky ARShttp://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/05/15/belgium/Back from the Beervelde Flower Show. Stayed at friends  (Buxuskwekerij Goossens) in a lovely Flanders farm house, the smell of boxwood all around. http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/05/15/belgium/http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/05/07/viva-las-vegas/Just back from a great trip to Las Vegas - strictly business of course. Of notable interest were: 1. The Cuprressus sempervirens around the Bellagio pool (this is the Niwaki blog remember, so that's all you're seeing from the pool). 2. The multi-stemmed olives outside the Bellagio Hotel 3. The…http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/05/07/viva-las-vegas/http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/04/26/the-big-smoke/Yesterday saw me on a train, London-bound. I'd blagged a ticket to the Hatchards Authors of the Year bash in Picadilly, so I was considerably outside my comfort zone (not just London, but drinks party). It was fun, we drank champagne, ate little things and chatted the way authors do, and - bit of a…http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/04/26/the-big-smoke/http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/04/24/tobisho-secateurs-omg/Today was lime pollarding day - just about my favourite pruning day imagainable. We have two small trees, so it's not a vast undertaking. Usually I try to get it done earlier on, berfore Christmas, because I'm a fan of  the nobbly silhouettes look rather than the shaggy…http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/04/24/tobisho-secateurs-omg/http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/04/20/happy-customer/"Because of the new tools my clients think I'm obsessive, my staff think I'm possessive, my friends think I'm square, and my wife thinks I'm boring. Thank you, thank you, thank you." No, Roland, thank YOU! http://www.niwaki.com/blog/2012/04/20/happy-customer/