{"id":14384,"date":"2016-05-25T23:16:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/learning-to-grow-the-american-bonsai-master-who-starved-for-knowledge\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T23:22:42","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:22:42","slug":"learning-to-grow-the-american-bonsai-master-who-starved-for-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/learning-to-grow-the-american-bonsai-master-who-starved-for-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning to grow: the American bonsai master who starved for knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfter 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\u2019s 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\u2019s open by appointment only, and the location isn\u2019t 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…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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