Miguel Hernandez, the resident bonsai artist at the historic Yamaguchi Nursery in Los Angeles, turned a ficus tree into a bonsai tree. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) For a few hours every afternoon, ...

L ike many teenagers, George Muranaka dreaded chores. However, his to-do list went beyond taking out the trash and included weeding and hand-watering the nearly two acres of plants on the Nipomo ...

Dorothy Kres, an 85-year-old resident of Cape Coral, enjoys taking beginner classes at Wigert’s Bonsai Nursery. “When I discovered the nursery, I was so excited that they could teach me to pot, wire, ...

For a few hours every afternoon, when the roar of the 405 Freeway becomes a murmur, Miguel Hernandez can hear the results of his work from the small shed at the edge of Yamaguchi Nursery on Sawtelle ...

If you’ve ever wanted to grow a bonsai, you only need to visit a nursery that specializes in these twisting miniature trees. Bonsai, which came to Japan from China in the 12th century, is the art of ...

Janae Sargent/Capital Press Mirai Bonsai garden, nursery and workshop takes traditional bonsai techniques to focus on a style that references American landscape. Mirai Bonsai nursery, workshop and ...

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, ...