OAKLAND, Calif. - In the East Bay, there was an unusual theft of priceless and cherished tiny trees. It happened at the Bonsai Garden near Lake Merritt in Oakland on Wednesday morning, around 4:15 a.m ...

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 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Several valuable bonsai trees were stolen from the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland in a bizarre burglary. The location is a volunteer-run, free admission Japanese style ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Several valuable bonsai trees were stolen from the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland in a bizarre burglary. The location is a volunteer-run, free admission Japanese ...

Bonsai is an art form that has been practiced for thousands of years. “The unique aspect is that bonsai is alive and constantly changing, not like a sculpture or painting, which remains static,” says ...

Hundreds of years of history live in Scott Elser's backyard, where bonsai specimens line up to tell a tale of the ancient practice of turning trees into miniature pieces of nature. "I've always been ...

Dating back thousands of years in China and Japan, the ancient art of bonsai has long captivated gardeners. Indeed, growing ...

Photographer Stephen Voss spends most of his days bouncing between rushed portrait sessions and heavily scrutinized PR-commissioned shoots in Washington, D.C. It’s unusual for him to have more than a ...

There’s something about growing bonsai trees that makes big problems seem smaller. “That tree to me is not just a lone tree; it’s connected to all the other trees in the world,” said Wayne Atkinson, a ...

The ancient art of bonsai may look deceptively simple, but its practice requires care, contemplation, and consistency over long periods of time—especially if you’re growing an entire miniature forest, ...