Bonsai basically means a plant or group of trees or plants growing in a pot. 'Bon' means short and 'Sai' means tray. Bonsai is all about growing miniature trees, mostly using the same species and varieties from which the full-size trees are grown.

Bonsai is a living art which can take hours, weeks, months or even a whole lifetime to studying and understanding trees. You can learn about Bonsai from a number of different sources.