Every tree has a story. For trees in the wild, it's an honest memoir, a narrative of generous summers and lean winters, wind, fire, lightning strikes, beetle infestations. A bonsai's story, though, is ...

OAKLAND — Tucked away in a corner of Lakeside Park is an oasis of living art, the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt. Volunteers tend and run the garden dedicated to the delicate craft of maintaining ...

Visitors to the Portland Japanese Garden can't help but notice the artistic bonsai installed on eye-catching pedestals outside the Pavilion. After studying the trees that have been shaped and trained ...