Mindful pruning, ancient wisdom and therapeutic gardening converge as millennials embrace the centuries-old art of bonsai ...

We all know that trees are an important part of our climate efforts. But we usually envision this as lush forests soaking up ...

Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates 100 years of bonsai with a showcase of over 400 specimens, including trees from the 1700s.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden has opened a centennial exhibit celebrating its internationally respected bonsai collection.

Touch the fruit. Not all figs show obvious signs of ripening. Some, including the popular LSU Gold cultivar, remain green ...

Scientists discovered that fig trees in Kenya can store carbon dioxide as calcium carbonate rocks inside their trunks and ...

Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone, new ...

Brussel’s Bonsai in Olive Branch may be the country’s largest bonsai nursery but it’s “just a blip in what’s possible” with ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

The modern urbanised world has limited our exposure to greenery, but do you know that you can bring the freshness of plants ...

Interest is growing in Kenya. “ The concept of bonsai isn’t new, but its exposure — especially in Nairobi — is still growing.

Bonsai is a Japanese word meaning “plant in pot.” The art form was first practiced in China, where it is known as pinjing.