Long Beach resident Carlos Parache often goes to local breweries to hang out with friends and maybe take part in a trivia ...

Goshin's creator died over 20 years ago but his remarkable work lives on with the precise directions he left behind.

Grow and train a Japanese maple bonsai tree like a pro with these expert tips ... And ‘Shishigashira’ has a dwarf, highly-sculptured look with small leaves, making it a favorite for bonsai.

Bonsai is the art of dwarfing a regular tree to create a perfect miniature representation of nature in a small pot. It has a long history. Originating in China, the practice of creating tiny trees ...

While the word bonsai is Japanese, the art of growing miniature ... This involved growing dwarf trees and creating small landscapes. It was only later, during the Kamakura period, that it became ...

small enough to hold in one hand, to grand trees up to 40 inches tall. Many different kinds of trees can be sculpted with Bonsai techniques, including Japanese black pine, Chinese elm, Japanese ...

Japanese-style gardeners like Yoshikawa Masakazu are willing to wait a year to get their hands on a pair of scissors that's perfect for maintaining bonsai trees. More from Still Standing Hirakawa ...

Japanese bonsai featuring Australian fig tree at the 2022 Bonsai Exhibition ... that are best for bonsai are the Port Jackson fig and small-leaved fig as their leaves grow smaller and denser ...

A dwarf tree is going to be a lot easier ... highly-sculptured look with small leaves, making it a favorite for bonsai. Any Japanese maple can be used for bonsai, but Pettis notes that cultivars ...

Bonsai is the practice of taking a potted plant, like ordinary trees and shrubs, dwarfing them by planting them in small containers and pruning and guiding them into artistic shapes with wires to ...