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 ...
Once, David Kuntz left a tree in the care of his family. Not just any tree, but one of his bonsai trees — one yearslong creation requiring constant watering and meticulous trimming and wiring to ...
OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Several valuable bonsai trees were stolen from the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland in a bizarre burglary. The location is a volunteer-run, free admission Japanese ...
Guy Joseph Guidry fondly remembers the moment he first encountered a bonsai tree, three decades ago. Guidry spotted a cluster of the miniature trees in his neighbor's backyard in New Orleans. They ...
The lock that’s always cracked with a hairpin. The slow walk away from a car engulfed in flames. The bonsai perched on a CEO’s desk on the 45th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper, where he contemplates ...
OAKLAND, Calif. - In the East Bay, there was an unusual theft of priceless and cherished tiny trees. It happened at the Bonsai Garden near Lake Merritt in Oakland on Wednesday morning, around 4:15 a.m ...
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 ...
In the right spot, Japanese white pines can grow 50 feet tall with branches spreading even wider. Bob Hunter has spent 40 years caring for a Japanese white pine: pruning, training, picking the right ...