The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Harold Sasaki wants to dispel some myths about bonsai: that they’re hard to grow, for example. “Most often, a ...

Bill Ward is not the guy you would pick to fall in love with bonsai trees, those inanimate avatars of contemplation, calm and completion. There's nothing left out but nothing left in, either, that ...

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 ...

Photographer Stephen Voss spends most of his days bouncing between rushed portrait sessions and heavily scrutinized PR-commissioned shoots in Washington, D.C. It’s unusual for him to have more than a ...

Bonsai trees are known for being a challenge even to the most qualified plant owners, with their watering needs being one of the biggest conundrums. Learning how to care for a bonsai tree is not for ...

A photograph that has spread on Reddit and Facebook for years allegedly showed a bonsai tree that survived the United States' bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II. Captions paired with the ...

Masaru Yamaki donated the now 390-year-old white pine bonsai tree to be part of a 53 bonsais gifted by Japan to the United States for its bicentennial celebration in 1976. U.S. National Arboretum ...

The ancient art of bonsai may look deceptively simple, but its practice requires care, contemplation, and consistency over long periods of time—especially if you’re growing an entire miniature forest, ...

TOKYO — A master bonsai grower whose 400-year-old tree was taken from a garden outside Tokyo has issued a heartfelt plea for the thief to care for his stolen “child.” Seiji Iimura, 53, said seven of ...