A reader recently asked me to write about bonsai tree requirements, but more specifically, how to keep bonsai trees alive during the seasons. Let’s begin with a brief history of Bonsai, which in ...

The ancient art of bonsai may look deceptively simple, but its practice requires care, contemplation, and consistency over long periods of time—especially if you’re growing an entire miniature forest, ...

The Asian art of Bonsai offers an alternative to the scarcity of winter. Dwarf Yaupon Holly in the Chinese penjing style, which seeks to shape trees of unusual character to aesthetic principles. This ...

The Bonsai on the Bay Conference wrapped up Sunday in Corpus Christi after four days of workshops, exhibits and ...

Many people have a bonsai story: a first bonsai, a struggling bonsai. And many of these stories do not end happily, at least for the bonsai. But the very best bonsai stories are about passion and ...

For more than 50-years, a tiny movement has grown in the East Bay thanks to Dennis Makishima. He is considered by many, a master of Aesthetic Pruning, and an influential figure in California's bonsai ...

Guy Joseph Guidry fondly remembers the moment he first encountered a bonsai tree, three decades ago. Guidry spotted a cluster of the miniature trees in his neighbor's backyard in New Orleans. They ...