Bonsai depicts in the minds of most horticulturists exceedingly small trees of considerable age created through a strange secret process. Bonsai is not a strange process but a form of art using ...

Kirk Demarest gave an informative talk to the Chico Bonsai Society for the first meeting of the New Year in January. Kirk spoke on how to make proper bonsai soil for trees. The key ingredients, for ...

My mother’s first fashion tip was “Never wear stripes with plaids!” They simply don’t match. As I journeyed through my life in design, I discovered that sometimes you could blend stripes with plaids.

Bill Motta will tell you that a bonsai plant is like a person. Each has its own needs, quirks and personality, the Newport Beach resident said. Motta is a longtime member of the Garden Grove-based ...

A bonsai looks like a small work of art: delicate, elegant, and seemingly ageless. But for those trying this unique plant form for the first time, the question may arise: Isn’t a bonsai extremely ...

Q: At my parents home, Dad has always had heavenly bamboo planted in two big pots that sit at the front entrance. Not getting around as well as he used to, the bamboo is looking “not as full” as they ...