Property News · May 25, 2016

Learning to grow: the American bonsai master who starved for knowledge


After studying bonsai in Japan for two years, Ryan Neil returned to the US to create a new art form and eventually open a school and nursery to teach othersThe long, gravel driveway does not have a welcome sign. After making my way down a pot-holed dead end street about an hour outside of Portland, Oregon, I assume it’s the wrong address. But the drive opens up, just past a no trespassing notice, to a large property on which I spot rows and rows of tables covered with delicate trees in clay pots. This is Bonsai Mirai, a bonsai school and nursery run by Ryan Neil. It’s open by appointment only, and the location isn’t advertised in an effort to protect these valuable trees. A curtain of steady rain is trailing me. But for now, the Doug Fir trees surrounding the property only whisper of moisture. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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