Article: Beautiful Bonsai.(Bonsai is the art of growing trees )(Brief article)

Article: Bonsai gardeners find art instills inner peace, harmony
Daily Breeze;  April 6, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Sponsored by the South Coast Bonsai Association, the show features ... 2 p.m. Vendors will sell bonsai materials such as pots, plants ... it was a basic practice of growing trees in pots. It was introduced ... which spread through Asia. Bonsai trees were originally maintained ...

Article: A Bonsai Q&A
The Washington Post;  May 1, 2009 ;     440 words ... ... in Japan, says National Bonsai & Penjing Museum curator Jack Sustic. And bonsai is still largely associated ... start there. "The art of growing trees in containers for aesthetic ... began in China," he says. Bonsai is a specific type of dwarf ...

Article: With bonsai, just take it easy
The Boston Globe;  March 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... these trees are tiny. They are bonsai. Many gardeners eventually ... people enjoy the challenge of growing trees in tiny pots while trying to ... recently heard a talk about bonsai, which the lecturer said should ... quoted the "No. 1 American bonsai master," who is reputed to ...

Article: Bonsai art is never done as long as it's alive.(Lifestyle)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  October 8, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... the Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection in Federal Way ... Those productions relate to bonsai in the way an Elvis on velvet ... second century, the practice of growing trees in small pots spread to Korea ... eighth and 13th centuries. Bonsai artists manipulate the tree ...

Article: Growing bonsai is an exacting, demanding art form
The Boston Globe;  March 28, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... these trees are tiny. They are bonsai. Many gardeners eventually ... people enjoy the challenge of growing trees in tiny pots while trying to ... recently heard a talk about bonsai, which the lecturer said should ... quoted the "No. 1 American bonsai master," who is reputed to ...

Article: Bonsai, fairy houses coming to Paris garden
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  July 13, 2006 ;     514 words ... ... host an "Introduction to Bonsai" class from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15 Bonsai is the ancient art of creating, training and growing trees in pots or trays. The workshop ... design used in creating a bonsai and the cultural requirements ...

Dictionary definition: bonsai
The Oxford American College Dictionary;      238 words ... ... xE4;nsī / • n. ( pl. same) (also bonsai tree ) an ornamental tree or shrub grown in a pot and artificially ... reaching its normal size. ∎  the art of growing trees or shrubs in such a way. ORIGIN: 1950s : from Japanese ...