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 ...

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,” ...

Why wiring matters: Wiring lets you shape bonsai with precision, creating balanced silhouettes that mimic mature trees. Choosing the right wire: Aluminum is gentle and ideal for beginners; copper ...

“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 ...

Little trees offer a big payoff — in joy and fulfillment — for members of the Austin Bonsai Society. For Candy Hansen and her husband, Mike Hansen — married 50 years — bonsai has been a decades-long ...

A program on “The Art of Bonsai” will be presented Wednesday, July 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Kellogg Environmental Center, 500 Hawthorne Ave., Derby. Todd Hansen, a certified teacher of bonsai, and Lydia Cruz ...