Thriving Bonsai
Bonsai has quickly become an established pastime and popular hobby in the west in recent years. They can be seen in flower shops and supermarkets.  Despite the fact that bonsai has become widely and commercially available, there is either little detail on the meaning of bonsai or a lack of instruction and demonstration concerning bonsai care.  The result is an overly commercial product that detracts from bonsai as an art form.  The lack of adequate instruction results is a considerable loss of time and effort to the beginner with each unsuccessful tree.  Unless you can afford to take hours of class in a local nursery or have time to participate in bonsai clubs, you may lose a couple of your very first trees before you get the hang of things, there are very few practical demonstration that cover the detailed care of bonsai in the market today.The Bonsai Almanac Video, 'Thriving Bonsai' is created to fill the gap between the gift markets made available through bonsai merchants and the new owners that could benefit from the introduction and tutorials.  It is a little over one hour of film, which was made with an emphasis on keeping the information as accurate, original and fun as possible.   In short, this video provides a complete bonsai care manual and offers an indispensable guide for turning practical lessons into the source of pleasure in bonsai art.  Its content includes an introduction, the physiology of trees and bonsai, bonsai history, bonsai pots and tools, and several concise videos that explain each of the forming techniques such as placing, wintering, watering, cleaning, repotting, feeding, trimming and wiring bonsai.  In addition to its broad contents, these video clips have been authored into DVD chapters and subchapters that allow users to select and view only the necessary topics.