World Bonsai Day

THE PRACTICE OF BONSAI ART TRACES ITS ROOTS BACK TO THE 3RD CENTURY. BCE AND HAS SINCE BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE CULTURE AS PART OF OUR CELEBRATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH. WGCUS KATE CRONIN VISITED A PRESTIGIOUS JAPANESE MUSEUM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HORTICULTURE PRACTICE. >> THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY MARKS WORLD BONSAI DAY, A MONUMENTAL HOLIDAY FOR THEM OR KAMI JAPANESE GARDENS AND MUSEUM LOCATED IN DELRAY, FLORIDA. ACCORDING TO CURATOR, HAD THE GRIS BACK. THE WORD BONSAI TRANSLATES TO TREAT IN A TRAY AND MORE. CONNIE GROUNDSKEEPERS PRACTICE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE GARDENING TECHNIQUES. >> THESE TREES ARE CELEBRATED BECAUSE THEY'RE PASSED DOWN FROM BONSAI MASTER TO BONSAI MASTER. SO I EXPRESS ING YOURSELF AND THE ARTIST AND THEN ENTRUSTING IT INTO THE HANDS OF ANOTHER TO PERPETUATE. IT'S LIFE AND CONTINUE. YOUR VISION IS IS SUCH A A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE A BONE SIGH. >> THE MUSEUM WAS THE 3RD CENTER TO BE DESIGNATED BY THE WORLD. BONSAI FRIENDSHIP FEDERATION AS A REGIONAL STANDARD BEARER INSIDE. IT'S GLOBALLY RENOWNED BONSAI EXHIBITION BUTTONWOOD TREE THAT BEGAN ITS JOURNEY ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE YEAR. 1600 CEO BONSAI MASTERS LED SPOKE TO THE METAPHORICAL NATURE OF THE BOMB SITE WITH OLD BRANCH IS BEING TRIMMED AWAY TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW BLOSSOMING LEANS AS TIME GOES ON. EVEN BONSAI MASTERS THEMSELVES. FOLLOW THIS PATTERN, PASSING TREASON, KNOWLEDGE FROM ONE MASTER TO ANOTHER THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFETIMES. FORCE. A TAKES CARE OF OVER 130 TREES ACROSS THE GARDENS WITH A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS. >> BEATING THAT THESE THINK THE MOST FUN. CREATING THE FINDING THAT DID MAKING IT BEAUTIFUL. THEY CAN BOTH OF THEM, BUT THAT IT WILL BE A THAT'S. >> THAT'S THE BEST THING TO SAY THAT LIVING UP TO THAT. THAT IS NOT NOT SPOTTY CANNOT WAS >> WE'LL BASICALLY IT'S A LIFETIME COMMITMENT FOR YOU. WANT IT TO BE. YOU KNOW, WHERE THE ICE FOLKS. >> THE CELEBRATION WAS FILLED WITH JAPANESE STAPLES, TRADITIONAL FARE, INCLUDING MUCH IN RICE CAKES AND WORKS FROM ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS THAT SHOWCASE THE ANCIENT TECHNIQUE OF SUNNI E A MINIMALIST ART FORM TOP A ZEN MONKS, EAGLE EYED VISITORS CAN GET A PEEK AT THE BONSAI TRAINING GROUNDS FOR PRE BONDS. I ARE SHAPED INTO BONSAI TREES OVER THE YEARS. BONSAI MASTER MOON, MONICA TV, PART HAS TRAVELED THE WORLD, TEACHING THE ART OF BONSAI, HIS WORK ON THE SPECIFIC TREE FOR 10 YEARS VISITING MOORE COUNTY ANNUALLY TO TRIM WIRE AND REPOT BONSAI. >> SO WHAT I'M DOING WITH THIS STREET IS AN OLD TREE. VISIT CUB. THE ZOO AND GRAND JURY. BAZILLION RE-ENTRY. SO THAT HE HAS WHEN WHEN YOU CALL USE, THAT'S BEEN SITE, YOU SEE THAT WRONG. IT'S NOT DROWN. WHEN YOU CALL THEM THAT ROUND, WE HAVE A PASSION AND THEY HAVE THE 3 CENTER AND DEFEND CAN IT THEN THAT ROUND, THIS UNIQUE ON THIS BUSY AND THIS MOVE PRONGED? >> THE STORY OF MORE COUNTIES GROUNDS STARTS IN 19. 0, 6 WITH A JAPANESE IMMIGRANT JORGE SKI TEAM OR CONNIE. HE CAME TO WHAT IS NOW DELRAY WITH 18 OTHER JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS WHO SOUGHT TO FARM TEEN SOAK IN FLORIDA'S FERTILE SOIL. THEY SOON FOUND THOSE CROPS TO COMMENCE LABOR BY 1940, MOST MEN PACKED UP MOVING BACK TO JAPAN OR OTHER PARTS OF FLORIDA, BUT NOT MORE. CONNIE. >> GEORGE DECIDED THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE A GO OF IT. >> AND SO WHAT HE DID IS HE AMASSED LAND. >> AND SO THE PROPERTY THAT WE SIT ON WAS THE LAND THAT GEORGE HAD AMASSED OVER HIS LIFETIME. >> THE 200 ACRE PROPERTY WAS TURNED INTO A JAPANESE CULTURAL CENTER IN 1977. TO HONOR HIS LEGACY. IT STARTED WITH AN AUTHENTIC TEA HOUSE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE AND JUST PLAYING MORE THAN 7,000 ARTIFACTS, THE MOORE COUNTY JAPANESE GARDENS AND MUSEUM IS A TESTAMENT TO JAPANESE CULTURE. MUCH LIKE THE BONSAI TREE. ITS GROUNDS CONTINUE TO GROW AND CHANGE. BUT WORLD BONSAI DAY ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE. FOR WGCU NEWS. I'M KATE CRONIN.