Have you ever seen an Australian native bonsai? 🌳 Behind the scenes, at the National Bonsai Convention in Canberra, bonsai enthusiasts have been working hard to put together a one-in-fifty-year display. Via ABC Canberra by Yasmine Wright Gittins. | Gardening Australia

Getting ready for the 2022 Exhibition of Australian Plants as Bonsai, a Canberra Bonsai Society artist shows her technique for trimming a Banksia serrata into the shape of a bonsai tree. The theme of this year’s annual exhibition is "A Growing Art", which eplores what it means to work in this art medium which requires daily attention. The art of miniature trees in pots or trays started in China around 1300 years ago (penjing) and was taken up in Japan around 900 years ago (bonsai). A bonsai or p