The art of bonsai tending embraces the growing of miniature, usually in small trays, or small pots.
By precision pruning and growing them in small containers, it is practicable to retain their small forms.
It takes but a short time, to learn the basic art of pruning a bonsai tree and give you great satisfaction, but perhaps [...]

Bonsai trees have always held a fascination for me. The first time I ever saw a sizeable collection of many varieties of species was at the Longwood Gardens in the Brandywine Valley in Pennsylvania. There was a whole room filled with them with tags on what kind they were and how old they were. I [...]

The Japanese refined and developed Bonsai techniques and evolved the art form it is today. For the Japanese, bonsai represents a fusion of strong ancient beliefs with the Eastern philosophies of the harmony between man, the soul and nature.
The major aspects of Japanese bonsai, has not changed significantly over time.
Bonsai initially originated in Egypt thousands [...]