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Bonsai gardening is a timeless art form of literally miniaturizing trees.  The art itself is well over 2000 years old, and started during China’s Han dynasty.  The Chinese word meaning bonsai gardening, pen’jing, means “tray scenery” or “tree or shrub planted in a shallow tray”.  It was called bonsai by the Japanese, who adopted the practice around the ninth century. 
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Beginner gardeners can create lovely mini gardens by making a container garden. You can fill window boxes with many types of small perennials, lovely shrub roses,  colorful pots of annuals or arrange climbing plants on trellises on your patio to welcome your visitors. This is such a simple way to create a garden either by [...]