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Article: THE BONSAI BOND FOR ITS PRACTITIONERS, CULTIVATION OF TINY TREES CAN BE AN ENDURING OBSESSION.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- January 15, 2005
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Byline: Sherry Joe Crosby Staff Writer
Robert Pressler was just 10 years old when he saw his first bonsai at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He never forgot the experience.
``It just blew me away,'' recalls the New Jersey native, now 46 and owner of Kimura Bonsai and Landscape Nursery in Northridge, where he practices the ancient Japanese art of raising potted trees.
The specimen that captivated Pressler and ignited a life-long passion was a 250-year-old fire needle pine from Japan.
``Half of it was completely dead wood and the other half had nice foliage pads. I couldn't believe anything that dead-looking was still alive,'' he says with ...