A reader recently asked me to write about bonsai tree requirements, but more specifically, how to keep bonsai trees alive during the seasons. Let’s begin with a brief history of Bonsai, which in ...

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 ...

Bonsai gardens offer peace and creativity. You can grow tiny trees in pots, shaping them like forests. Native Indian trees are perfect for this. Peepal, Banyan, and Imli are ideal choices. Use a ...

The Asian art of Bonsai offers an alternative to the scarcity of winter. Dwarf Yaupon Holly in the Chinese penjing style, which seeks to shape trees of unusual character to aesthetic principles. This ...

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its world-class bonsai collection with “Bonsai 100,” a new exhibition opening on Saturday. It all started back in 1925, when ...

Many people have a bonsai story: a first bonsai, a struggling bonsai. And many of these stories do not end happily, at least for the bonsai. But the very best bonsai stories are about passion and ...

MANILA, Philippines — An art introduced by the Japanese and Chinese, Filipinos have been practicing bonsai propagation for almost 50 years. In fact, Filipinos have already discovered and developed ...

One of the more unusual ways the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II is being marked this summer is with an exhibit of stunted trees. They’re bonsai trees on display at the Pacific Bonsai ...

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) celebrates a centennial this month: its collection of bonsai, the art of tree miniaturization. BBG boasts one of the oldest and largest bonsai ...