Kathy Shaner considers herself an accidental bonsai aficionado. “I didn’t know the word bonsai existed until I took a local class at a community center at what I assumed was how to grow a yard tree,” ...

A bonsai is a small tree or shrub grown in a shallow pot. Pruning is what makes and keeps it small, but pruning is only a small part of the art of bonsai. The art - pronounced BONE-sigh - began in ...

The living sculptures of bonsai (pronounced bone-sigh, Japanese for tree in a tray or pot) are potted plants that are intentionally dwarfed by pruning the branches and roots, then shaped to resemble ...

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There’s something about growing bonsai trees that makes big problems seem smaller. “That tree to me is not just a lone tree; it’s connected to all the other trees in the world,” said Wayne Atkinson, a ...

Dating back thousands of years in China and Japan, the ancient art of bonsai has long captivated gardeners. Indeed, growing miniature trees in shallow dishes has never gone out of fashion, and today, ...