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 ...

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 ...

For more than 50-years, a tiny movement has grown in the East Bay thanks to Dennis Makishima. He is considered by many, a master of Aesthetic Pruning, and an influential figure in California's bonsai ...

HILO, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Some people see bonsai trees as symbols of harmony, balance, or patience. Others view them as the objects of meditation. A Big Island bonsai master says this botanical ...

Guy Guidry's new Uptown nursery isn't very big - it's about 1,000 square feet - but then, neither are the trees that are its specialty. "NOLA Bonsai will promote bonsai to a new level," says Guidry, ...

John Nielsen, a certified arborist with the International Society of Arboriculture, will present “Bonsai Tree Cultivation” when the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society meets 7 p.m. Thursday ...

Michael Greenstein, president of Kusamura Bonsai Club, shows his elephant bush bonsai in Los Altos on March 28, 2025. Photo by Magali Gauthier. In a Los Altos backyard, there is a redwood tree with a ...

Recently, I received an email from a friend asking why a bonsai in her office looked so bad. I had several questions about this plant. First, where did it live? And second, did it have small pebbles ...