Bonsai trees are a cross section of art, architecture and nature. They’re a great outlet for expressing creativity through nurturing a natural plant. The plants are often associated with harmony, balance and inner peace. They offer a meditative outlet that requires thoughtful pruning and careful planning.

The Care and Keeping of Your Bonsai

     Jesse Gilbertson first discovered the concept of bonsai during a landscape design class at the University of Missouri. “One of our projects involved a table full of small trees, a table full of decorative pots and piles of rocks. We had to take a tree and match it with a pot and match it with some rocks,” he explains.