Nick Lenz details the methods he used to create lovely taper in his collected larch specimens.
Salvatore takes us through the process of growing, finding, and establishing a fine juniper specimen.
I take a detailed look at William N. Valavanis's book that examines his half century of bonsai study and teaching.
Boon details the finer points of spring chores with this lovely species.
Fiction. A short story in a series about a young man apprenticing to a Japanese bonsai artist.
In which I detail what it's like to work fulltime at a large bonsai nursery in Massachusetts.
Dos and don'ts for chopping the trunks of deciduous material for bonsai.
I ask bonsai artists from around the world: what is the role of tradition in bonsai?
I spend some time talking with one of America's best-known bonsai artists.
I take an in-depth look at William N. Valavanis's collaboration with photographer Jonathan M. Singer.
Fiction: Let Nick take you on a dramatic, fantastical journey.
Wolfgang and friends take some promising material and turn it into a stately specimen.
Robert, an Indonesian artist, examines the potential and results of the Premna for bonsai.
I offer some dos and don'ts for pinching and not pinching shoots on elm bonsai.
Nick shares his history, approach, and ideas about bonsai with his malcontent student.
A gallery of wonderful specimens.
In which I examine a bevvy of bonsai and material I received from my teacher, Nick Lenz.