WILKES-BARRE — The heat rolled into town just in time for the annual Fine Arts Fiesta on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. For Carl Achammer Jr., a vendor at the Fiesta, that meant he had to water his ...

The fifth World Bonsai Convention is taking place this weekend at the Washington Hilton, and convention organizers say it's the biggest bonsai event ever. Enthusiasts are gathering to display the ...

Monterey >> The key to bonsai is patience. But that shouldn’t be much of a surprise. This is an art form, after all, in which trees can be 500 years old, passed down from generation to generation.

An 800-year-old bonsai during a bonsai exhibition at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, Japan, on November 24, 2023 ZHANG XIAOYU / XINHUA VIA AFP The Japanese art of bonsai is attracting growing interest.

Bonsai is an art form that has been practiced for thousands of years. “The unique aspect is that bonsai is alive and constantly changing, not like a sculpture or painting, which remains static,” says ...

Bonsai appreciators Zahra Ashe-Simmer and Oliver Egger: “There’s something so pleasing about [the trees] being miniature.” In order to maximize its access to air and light, Peter Hlousek’s blue spruce ...

Bonsai is an art form that requires years of training and centuries of dedication. At the 2012 international bonsai convention, a tree was on sale for 100 million yen, just under a million dollars.

A growing community of people are embracing an ancient Asian art that brings zen through caring for miniature trees. Bonsai enthusiasts can create and shape the trees over years of dedication to the ...

Growing a bonsai is more than just caring for a miniature tree — it’s an art, a craft and an ancient meditative practice. Originating in China thousands of years ago, bonsai was later adapted by ...

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