Bonsai is an art form that requires years of training, and centuries of dedication. At the 2012 International bonsai Convention a tree was on sale for one hundred million yen, just under a million ...

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, ...

For bonsai grower Randy Bennett, practice doesn’t make perfect. Practice does, however, keep the miniature trees alive to see another day. Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing ornamental, ...

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 ...