8 Mar 2016
Growing New Zealand Bonsai trees
Beverly Van has been growing bonsai trees for about 50 years. Now she's hoping to pass on some of that knowledge through a new book wrote with her late husband Alan: Bonsai Growing in New Zealand for the absolute beginner (and others). The art of growing miniature trees originated in China more than a thousand years ago and was spread to Japan by travelling monks. Since then it's become popular all around the world