Thanks, a very interesting video and lots of cool bonsai talk!!!

Listening to Ryan is captivating. His work is very distinctive.

I'm from the UK and have only been in to Bonsai for about 2 years, and something I always wanted to do and now seen to have time in my mid-50s, I've seen a great bonsai place here in the uk, amazing place, but this has blown my mind, the guys property and he's knowledge for a youngish guy...just amazing, best I have seen.

the amount of work Ryan Neil has done to promote bonsai art in the USA is nothing short of fantastic, the current generation of bonsai artists is really elevating the art

Unbelievable Ryan.. One of the most inspiring videos I’ve ever watched, so thanks David too.. I could tell that even you were blown away in how speechless you were.

Thank you David and Ryan both. Admirable work in every sense of the word. You are both an inspiration and an invaluable resource for the bonsai community. And what a magical place Mirai has become. Can’t wait to have the chance to see it in person some day.

33 years doing bonsai and great to see it becoming more popular. Florida has some magnificent bonsai and artist. Thank you David and Ryan for all you do.

Thank you David! As a beginner to bonsai this felt like a tour at a grand museum. The colors were beautiful, old trees stunning & it must h/b pure joy for you, Dan & the others to see in person. 🤩

THANKS to David and Nick, such a wonderful adventure, I could have listened this philosophical journey for hour. Gosh!!! I hope Ryan came to see us in Montreal!

Wow David what a fantastic opportunity to see the nursery and Ryan! Thanks for sharing with us :)

I know Ryan is known for his coniferous trees BUT his deciduous trees are nothing to sleep on. Becoming a Mirai live member has been the most elevating thing I've done in my pursuit of BONSAI!

For those of us who can't make this trip I was again inspired and gratified by this tour. Thanks for taking us along.

Marijuana and bonsie is very similar in that what they eat and training them. I've been groing for 25 years and just starting to get into bonsie and it's awesome.

"When science starts to becomes the art, that's pretty bad-ass." A gem from this video.

Thanks for bringing us along David!

OMG what a fabulous tour...Thank you so much...

Ryan is the GOAT of North American bonsai IMO. Just dropping knowledge the whole time. Love this guy @bonsaimirai 💯

David. I don’t know how any of my words can tell you thanks for this Video. With My Age and be retired I will never be able to see the Glory of a Master Bonsai Artist. Thanks you so Much. May you have a very Save trip back and Happy Holidays . Gory of Ohio 👍🏻😃

It really is a spectacular garden. I've seen a lot of photos of the place but for some reason this video really gives you an idea of the scale of this place!

Super jardin avec des arbres et pot Magnifique merci pour cette vidéo !

I just hear the podcast Ryan did with you in 2019 and you two talk about your life and bonsai and it’s very interesting! Everything you did to push the start of the Montreal botanical gardens! How your personal life mixed in with bonsai. Really good podcast!

What an absolutely bloody amazing garden he has. Thanks for taking us that journey. Cheers Craig

Thank u soo much for visiting ryan and showing us parts of the garden. Its great to see people pushing the artform for future generations. U and ryan helped me out a great deal. Thanks! From NYC

Thank you for sharing this video David. I would love to hear more about the inspiration and learnings this visit offered you. As always, I’m grateful for your generosity when it comes to bonsai.

Thank you for sharing this incredible collection and a snip of the knowledge that belongs with it .

As always, lots to be impressed by, lots to think about and lots of motivation to do, or at least try. Thanks David and Ryan.

What an inspiration, you and Ryan both!

What a collection. just awsome how different country'sare talking on this art I hope it never stops

What an amazing video. Thank you David for sharing!

Fantastic Video David! Thank you for sharing. very enlightening..

🤯 dude is dropping knowledge

Just stunning, Thank you for this beautiful video

thank you sooo much.. verry informative .You and Ryan are legenday ..

Thanks for this , that's amazing inspiration

Wonderful tour thanks For sharing 😊

Thank you David as always great vid your expertise and commentary . Are always so insightful . After reading the article in the New Yorker . About his apprenticeship . We are so lucky to have Ryan . So willing to share his knowledge . His comments in the vid while talking about the 1000 year old Rocky M Juniper . Say it all better than I could . He is truly next level

I love that guy!!!!!! He is like the Steve jobs of the Bonsai world! I want to go and shake his hand one day!

Very fun to watch!

A magical place that I loved going to with my brothers Tom Benda and Thor Holvila to make pots, great video thank you 🙏

I really appreciate you shared Mirai's visit with us here. Ryan has such unique aproach to bonsai and his collection is amazing. I just cross my fingers to meet Ryan here in Montreal. Thank you David one more time

Finally you visit big bonsai magician .

Quelle belle rencontre! J'ai hâte de Voir Ryan à Montréal

Thank you very much for sharing this beautiful and very interesting video! Great trees,Ryan is a great talent and has an enormous experience and preparation in the world of bonsai!👍👍👍👍

nice Mr.David and Mr.Ryan 👍👍

Awesome and helpful thank you

Mes salutations respectueuses Monsieur Easterbrook-san, j’espère que votre santé est bonne ! Merci pour la vidéo, ces arbres sont impressionnants!

Amazing 👏

David, I love your work and love it when you visit different nurseries, however, it's hard to hear everyone. I think it would be great if you and your guest(s) had microphones on. Your videos like this are so low that I rely on cc to follow the conversations. Thank you for taking us on your trips.:D

I'd love to see you interview Ryan in the future!

Really2..penomenal bonsai master👍👍🙏

Beautifull.Czechoslovakia.

Amazing trees

Insane 😮

👍 dari Pematangsiantar

ART ❤️

Excellent

Master class!

It's great to hear from Ryan. Some of the questions got really good answers. Your editing though was so annoying! You could just have really asked him to start explaining again when it was quiet. Or, at the very least, have people wear microphones. It's lovely to feel like I'm there listening but I would actually like to hear what people are saying.

I want to come down and see his garden it's amazing how those trees grow with manipulation

For some reason when I came across bonsai I never like the traditional bonsai crafting, I like to allow the plant to also do its own thing and we can work together to achieve a look that I may find as natural as possible. I also have the “do not cut syndrome” 😂.

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I appreciate Ryan Neil's generosity (genius?) in answering questions. However, as someone new to bonsai, once he started talking, he lost me. Too much 'science' for me. I guess when you have such an elite clientele and charge as much as he does for his work, it needs to sound 'high-minded' and inaccessible to the average soul. I think he's right to call himself a 'practitioner' of bonsai rather than an artist. He works more from his head than his heart. I read an Architectural Digest interview he did, and even when he waxes 'philosophical,' his words make no sense. Truth is Beauty, Beauty Truth. That is the art of bonsai. While Ryan Neil suggests that he strives to have all the tools he needs 'to meet the material where its at,' the fact that he hires someone else - a professional collector - to collect for him raises the question how can Mr. Neil know 'where the material is at.' Maybe knowing where rock comes from is enough (and Ryan Neil seems to know where his collector collects rock from). But a rock is not living matter like a tree is living matter. To know the essence, the truth of the tree you need to know more than where your professional collector collected it from. How can the soul of the tree be laid bare through bonsai if the tree is not observed in its natural habitat, where it lived, where it came alive. If Ryan Neil doesn't collect the tree himself, then how can he have met its Maker? Bonsai is living art. But hearing Mr. Neil talk about the thought he puts into his work, hearing him talk about his intentions, makes one view his trees as 'products.' They are more like science projects than labors of love.

I went to buy a permit to dig and the guy was in a bad mood that year. After talking he said some guy from bonsai mirai was using explosives to get trees out and completely wiped out the trees on a large piece of landscape. Not sure if it’s true but it is kinda weird Ryan says he’s collecting as much as possible “to save them” when they’ve been living for hundreds of years and are doing fine when he takes them. Guarantee he’s not digging trees in poor health

18:18 - The Kraken! 🤯

How do you dig a tree that's almost a thousand years old knowing 100% without doubt that you will not kill it by digging? Thats my biggest issue with collecting bonsai trees... Seems like a really risky thing to do!!

David. Czechoslovakia has hot existed since 1993

Ryan is a genius.

Brilliant video. The thing I'd love is for people to stop saying "bone"-sai

Ryan is doing REALLY impressive work, looking into what trees native to America are capable of. He’s obviously very knowledgeable, but he’s got such freaking strong opinions... I guess it pays off, his trees are beautiful! But this man never stops talking... this is also a lot of white dude energy... boys showing off, comparing their... “trees”.

Ryan’s word salad for breakfast 😂

Czechoslovakia doesn't exist for 30 years.

Er it's all down to material what you find. Hate to be rude but just gas talk once you learn the art and principles of bonsai that's it nothing else .practice becomes bonsai once you hit that mark that's it

I would’ve liked this guy if I didn’t watch his hbo whatever show or movie where he had to bring the crazy girl breaking his tree like I feel as if it was just for attention in people feeling bad for him just like how people are depicting him doing an internship in Japan with some guy who was so terrible like shut up quit whining some of us wish we still had the opportunity some of us have to take a lot of time in figuring this stuff out ourselves in hopes someone like one tree enough we do to get five seconds of fame and you wanna whine about a girl breaking some tree like sorry you hooked up with her not us

I don't like Ryan Neil for certain reasons ...

Apparently Kamala and Ryan had the same English teacher. 😆

Mirai FOIST

ah yes the rampant idolization of ryan neil. The only part of the bonsai community that now makes me nauseous. The only reason you people bootlick this man is because he studied under kimura which is a big name in bonsai. Never the less, lets not forget this man charges you $100 just to come and visit his nursery. Also a large portion of his bonsai is yamadori so it was nature that did all the work while he soaks up all the credit. Come on dave i thought you were better than this, dont be a mirai bootlicker.