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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

AFTERNOON shadows of the bonsai fall upon Frank Goya’s hands. It is, he says, a juniper, hearty and young, 15 or maybe 20 years old. He bought it at a nursery. Seated in his backyard on a tiny plastic ...

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 ...

Michael Greenstein, president of Kusamura Bonsai Club, shows his elephant bush bonsai in Los Altos on March 28, 2025. Photo by Magali Gauthier. In a Los Altos backyard, there is a redwood tree with a ...