Artistic expression While traditional bonsai styles like formal upright, informal upright, and cascade provide a framework, bonsai artists are encouraged to express their creativity and individuality.

He demonstrated creating a windswept bonsai style and provided hands-on guidance to participants, emphasizing bonsai as a meditative practice.

Also among the show’s special features will be: • Information on the origins of many unique bonsai styles in the Serpentine Room. • Tropical bonsai displayed in a lush golden bamboo grove.