Are you a small-time gardener with big dreams? Put your green thumb to work caring for a small plant with a household name — the bonsai tree. Don't be fooled or intimidated by this dazzling and ...

In the right spot, Japanese white pines can grow 50 feet tall with branches spreading even wider. Bob Hunter has spent 40 years caring for a Japanese white pine: pruning, training, picking the right ...

There’s something about growing bonsai trees that makes big problems seem smaller. “That tree to me is not just a lone tree; it’s connected to all the other trees in the world,” said Wayne Atkinson, a ...

Norm Geisinger is 82 years old, and he owns an 85-year-old bonsai tree that’s less than two feet tall. He’s owned the Lace-bark Chinese elm for 25 years. He’s the third owner. Geisinger, a former ...

As a longtime member of the Santa Barbara Bonsai Club, Witham had a vested interest in promoting the bonsai cause. The club hosts meetings and workshops at Bethany Congregational Church and has about ...

As gardeners, so often our dream is to grow bigger plants faster. How many times have we stood over balky transplants and threatened, “Just grow, dammit!” The ancient art of bonsai is all about growth ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - The University of Michigan will celebrate its 10-year-old garden of bonsai and penjing trees with a month of events in June. Starting June 1, the university’s Matthaei Botanical ...

For bonsai grower Randy Bennett, practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice does, however, keep the miniature trees alive to see another day. Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing ornamental, ...

Although growing a bonsai tree can be challenging, it's also one of the most mindful practices gardeners can take on. It gives you something to be responsible for, with a very strict care regime to ...