For a few hours every afternoon, when the roar of the 405 Freeway becomes a murmur, Miguel Hernandez can hear the results of his work from the small shed at the edge of Yamaguchi Nursery on Sawtelle ...

The biggest event of the year at the Pacific Bonsai Museum is their celebration of World Bonsai Day, which happens to be the ...

Good things come in small packages. At this point, these six words might as well be the mantra at Lone Pine Gardens nursery in southwest Sebastopol. While the 4-acre nursery is a full-service ...

To the uninitiated, bonsai are a novelty. Gazing at these pint-sized trees, one might utter a heartfelt but uninspired, "Isn't that cute," or, "Look at that!" But to those who have walked through the ...

In the midst of California’s ongoing drought, gardeners throughout the state are avoiding adding new trees and bushes to their yards, rationing water to those they have, and wondering how to keep ...

These days, the ivy is creeping over the “K” in Ken’s Bonsai Garden – Palo Alto’s last dwarf tree shop to close its doors. When the longtime business shut down late last year, the already miniature ...

When eight miniature trees disappeared from the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland in mid-January, a sense of despair descended on the volunteer-run exhibit. The trees were living masterpieces, ...

Janae Sargent/Capital Press Mirai Bonsai garden, nursery and workshop takes traditional bonsai techniques to focus on a style that references American landscape. Mirai Bonsai nursery, workshop and ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Several valuable bonsai trees were stolen from the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland in a bizarre burglary. The location is a volunteer-run, free admission Japanese ...

With California's drought making a slow and steady recovery, plant enthusiasts continue to forgo the water-dependent foliage and turn to shrubs and flowers that are of the less thirsty variety to keep ...

Dating back thousands of years in China and Japan, the ancient art of bonsai has long captivated gardeners. Indeed, growing ...