How to grow Japanese maple bonsai trees Learning how to care for a bonsai tree is more complicated and fiddly than traditional shrub or tree care.

The Portland area is home to several bonsai nurseries and gardens that offer plants, classes and supplies.

Sydney-based Japanese bonsai master Megumi Bennett currently grows more than 300 bonsai pots, which she lovingly refers to as her "children". Roughly half of them are Australian fig trees.

Growing a bonsai is more than just caring for a miniature tree — it’s an art, a craft and an ancient meditative practice.

The Japanese art of bonsai is attracting growing interest. These miniature trees, sculpted over time through careful pruning and branch manipulation by artisans with centuries-old expertise, are ...

Isabel Burley, events coordinator and bonsai instructor at Black Forest Nursery in Boscawen, showed off some of the bonsai trees and supplies for sale. Rachel Wachman—Monitor staff ...

Japanese maples are a favorite for bonsai because the trees can be shrunk down and the leaves shrink with it. Sargent junipers, azaleas and Chinese privets are among the favored trees.

The famous bonsai forest that lives in Washington, D.C. Goshin's creator died over 20 years ago but his remarkable work lives on with the precise directions he left behind.