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American Bonsai

Garden Design’s editor in chief, Thad Orr, talks about how bonsai master Ryan Neil develops bonsai with a uniquely American twist (1:26).

Bonsai Shokunin (Craftsman)

Neil muses on the relationship between humans and trees (we’re not all that different) and how to create bonsai well in this video by Ryan Bush (7:22).

This bonus content accompanies an article in the Autumn 2016 issue of Garden Design magazine.

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