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$20K worth of bonsai trees, some over 100 years old, stolen from free, volunteer-run Calif. garden

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Several valuable bonsai trees were stolen from the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland in a bizarre burglary. The location is a volunteer-run, free admission Japanese style ...
KTVU

Rare and valuable bonsai trees stolen from Oakland public garden

OAKLAND, Calif. - In the East Bay, there was an unusual theft of priceless and cherished tiny trees. It happened at the Bonsai Garden near Lake Merritt in Oakland on Wednesday morning, around 4:15 a.m ...
The Times Leader

Bonsai trees part of shoppers’ bounty at Fine Arts Fiesta

WILKES-BARRE — The heat rolled into town just in time for the annual Fine Arts Fiesta on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre. For Carl Achammer Jr., a vendor at the Fiesta, that meant he had to water his ...
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‘How you get a tree to be 500 years old’: Bonsai artists have a thing for tiny trees

Norm Geisinger is 82 years old, and he owns an 85-year-old bonsai tree that’s less than two feet tall. He’s owned the Lace-bark Chinese elm for 25 years. He’s the third owner. Geisinger, a former ...