Dorothy Kres, an 85-year-old resident of Cape Coral, enjoys taking beginner classes at Wigert’s Bonsai Nursery. “When I discovered the nursery, I was so excited that they could teach me to pot, wire, ...

L ike many teenagers, George Muranaka dreaded chores. However, his to-do list went beyond taking out the trash and included weeding and hand-watering the nearly two acres of plants on the Nipomo ...

Mirai Bonsai nursery, workshop and school in St. Helens, Ore., melds the 2,000-year-old Japanese tradition with a unique Americanized look to create living artworks. Ryan Neil, owner of Mirai Bonsai, ...

If you’ve ever wanted to grow a bonsai, you only need to visit a nursery that specializes in these twisting miniature trees. Bonsai, which came to Japan from China in the 12th century, is the art of ...

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 ...

SUMMER’S showiest vine is so huge it can cover a house, smother a fence or hide a hillside. But train it as a bonsai and it will live happily in a small pot forever, or nearly so. Bougainvilleas make ...

Not many businesses last 50 years, especially not under the same continuous hand and not in the transient plant world. But Jim Doyle and Nature’s Way Nursery have matured into that golden milestone ...

Each tiny snip is a work of art. From his Greenwood backyard, Mark Fields carefully crafts living masterpieces. Potted trident maples, Japanese white pine and cascade style Korean wild rose are shaped ...

Miguel Hernandez, the resident bonsai artist at the historic Yamaguchi Nursery in Los Angeles, turned a ficus tree into a bonsai tree. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) For a few hours every afternoon, ...