“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 ...

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 ...

Growing bonsai is complicated. It can take six years or more to create a bonsai from a tree purchased at a nursery or scavenged from the wild. But after all that work and time, some of the trees up ...

Bonsai is an art form that has been practiced for thousands of years. “The unique aspect is that bonsai is alive and constantly changing, not like a sculpture or painting, which remains static,” says ...

You can now pick the Mini Bonsai Trees set at a 31% discount on Amazon, for just $45. It includes three cute, hyper-realistic ...

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 ...

Lego fans can already build everything from the Star Wars Millennium Falcon to Batman's Batmobile, but now the toy company wants to attract older fans with its new Botanical series. The series, out in ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD - Jeff Granger pinched a limp branch, no bigger than his pinky finger. He shifted it to the left and then the right, inspecting its form, before snipping it with a pair of scissors.

The LEGO Botanicals Mini Bonsai Trees Building Set is a 651-piece adult LEGO build that produces three displayable miniature bonsai sculptures rather than a single large model. The set includes a ...