Bonsai Whisperer
Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
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Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Merry Sasaki stands beside some her bonsai trees on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Sasaki has been growing bonsai trees for more than 20 years with her husband, Jiro. She and her family will submit many of the decades-old trees into the bonsai exhibit and contest at the Lodi Grape Festival.
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Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Merry Sasaki trims a branch from a bonsai tree on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Merry Sasaki spreads soil evenly over the base of one of her bonsai trees on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Merry Sasaki cares forone of her bonsai trees on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Merry Sasaki clips the brown tips of leaves from a bonsai tree on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Wires are wrapped around the trunk and branches to shape a bonsai tree on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Merry Sasaki presses moss onto the base of a bonsai tree to preserve moisture on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Surrounded by dozens of trees, Merry Sasaki preps a bonsai for the Lodi Grape Festival at her home on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. Sasaki has been growing bonsai trees for 20 years.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Merry Sasaki helps nurture a garden of trees into skillfully designed bonsai
Pruning sheers, a tub of water filled with moss and a scoop for soil in Merry Sasaki’s garden on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. They are among the few tools Merry Sasaki uses to create bonsai trees.
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