This photo provided by courtesy of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden shows a Malus slant style bonsai in Spring in New York. The very best bonsai stories are about passion and beauty and transformation. “A ...

My name is Tim Vivoda. I grow bonsai for a living. It started as a hobby when I was eight years old. I found a library book in a library at Huntingdale Primary School and was fascinated with this ...

Bonsai is an art form that stems from ancient Asian culture, originating in China and developed by the Japanese. In the 13th century, the Japanese collected and potted wild trees that had been dwarfed ...

The formal upright style, or Chokkan, is just as the name suggests, and is characterized by a straight, upright, tapering trunk. The trunk and branches of the informal upright, or Moyogi, may ...

IT is amazing to see twisted, curled fully grown trees that are only a few inches tall in small pots or containers. What adds more to our surprise is that the mini trees can bear fruits like apple, ...

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 ...