However, bonsai trees are more than just a potted plant. They are naturally dwarfed trees that are trained to look like mature trees in nature. The trees are living sculptures residing in a container ...

Kawaguchi City, located just north of Tokyo and easily accessible from the city center, is home to a 400-year tradition of bonsai and horticultural culture known as "Chitose Midori." This rare ...

WESTSIDE — For my birthday a few years ago my wife surprised me by giving me an odd looking shrub. She couldn't have been more excited, but I have been. She explained that the weird bush was the ...

Even though Harry Hirao retired two years ago, he wakes up at dawn on most days and heads out at first light. The 96-year-old man has been doing this his entire life, first as a farmer in Colorado, ...

Kathy Shaner, the first non-Japanese and first woman certified as a professional bonsai artist and instructor by the Nippon Bonsai Association of Japan, doesn’t have much time to talk. The tiny trees ...

Dear Master Gardener: Is it difficult to create a bonsai or am I better off just buying one and trying to maintain it? ANSWER: The Japanese art of bonsai is a combination of horticulture, art, and ...

HAYWARD — Kathy Souther was at Centennial Hall on Sunday obeying the orders of her sensei. Souther, 54, of Danville last spring began to learn bonsai, the art of miniaturizing trees through a ...

As living things, bonsai require care, dedication and commitment. With that in mind, Kaori Yamada says she feels the same way toward her bonsai as pet owners may feel toward their furry friends.