What Is Bonsai Focus and Is It Still Operating?

Updated

Bonsai Focus is an international bonsai magazine published by Bonsai Europe Publications, and it is no longer operating. The publisher's site states that Bonsai Europe Publications is permanently closed and that the November/December 2025–6 issue was the last issue of Bonsai Focus. So bonsaifocus.com is not an active magazine you can subscribe to today; it functions as a closure notice and historical information page.

What the site tells visitors

The bonsaifocus.com homepage carries the same closure message in English, Dutch, French, German, and Italian. The key points, per the site's own text:

  • Publisher status: Bonsai Europe Publications is permanently closed.
  • Final issue: November/December 2025–6 was the last issue of Bonsai Focus.
  • Subscriber compensation: Subscribers received a message or email in November 2025 with a compensation offer.
  • Back issues: Bonsai Focus issues can be viewed online at www.bonsaitoday.com.

The page also retains older storefront text — for example, a note that the magazine "will be packed in a blind cardboard envelope" and references to delivery times — but the publication-date tables on the page return "table not found," a sign the site is no longer maintained as a shop.

What this means depending on what you wanted

Your goal What to do
Subscribe to Bonsai Focus Not possible — the magazine has ceased publication
Read back issues The site directs readers to www.bonsaitoday.com for online viewing of Bonsai Focus issues
Claim a subscription refund or compensation Check the email or message sent to subscribers in November 2025; the site does not list any other contact channel
Buy merchandise or single copies No evidence the shop is active; treat the storefront text as legacy content

Practical notes

  • Don't rely on the storefront wording. Phrases about packaging and delivery are leftovers from when the site sold issues. The closure notice is the current, authoritative statement on the page.
  • Verify the archive before paying anything. The site points to bonsaitoday.com for viewing issues; confirm what access that site actually offers before assuming it is free or complete, since the Bonsai Focus page itself gives no pricing or access details.
  • Subscribers should act on the November 2025 message. That email or notice is the only compensation route mentioned; the website does not publish a separate claims process.

In short: Bonsai Focus was a multilingual international bonsai magazine, and its publisher has shut down. Use the site to confirm the closure and to find the pointer to online back issues, not as a place to subscribe or shop.