“Japanese maples are actually really, really good for bonsai because they tend to be more of a diminutive tree to begin with,” says Steve Pettis, commercial and consumer horticulture agent for the ...

It is nine in the morning on a Wednesday, and within the confines of Balboa Park’s Japanese Friendship Garden, a few bonsai enthusiasts are moving quietly among the birds and the dew, tending to their ...

It's a living art that renews itself every year. It's a practice at least 2,000 years old, yet 5,000 years younger than some of its main components. Although it began in Asia, it's now an ...

A big bonsai show is coming to the region. Friday, April 19 through Sunday, April 21, Mid Atlantic Bonsai Society will hold its 39th Annual Spring Bonsai Festival at the Holiday Inn Grantville-Hershey ...

Especially if you've got limited space but lots of patience and big gardening ambition. The Bonsai Society of Greater Cincinnati knows this. That's why it teaches individuals and families about the ...

It’s been a long time coming, but my inevitable journey to the art of bonsai has been, to me, well worth the wait. As a young boy I remember spending time in my father’s “plant room.” The large, ...

In this era of supersizing and instant gratification, the intricate and patient art of bonsai might easily be overlooked, but not if the Marin Bonsai Club has anything to say about it. The club, ...