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,” ...

as younger gardeners become mesmerized with the ancient practice. If you're interested in the process of creating a miniature forest, one tiny tree at a time, here's a step-by-step on creating your ...

“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 ...

The millennium-old art of bonsai is coming to the Morton Arboretum when members of the Prairie State Bonsai Society show off their masterpieces and demonstrate the award-winning techniques at the Art ...

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 ...

As snow flies in the Sierra Nevada, the Rocky Mountains and the Adirondacks, nature is pruning its evergreens. It uses the weight of snow upon small seedling pines and firs to distort their otherwise ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — Take your home decor to the next level with your very own bonsai tree! The Indianapolis Bonsai Club was founded in 1968 to promote interest in and appreciation of the Japanese ...

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 ...