Bonsai for the Beginner (Captioned)

Bonsai is the art of training and growing living dwarf trees in containers. The art originated in China, over 1,000 years ago. “Bonsai”, (the Japanese word for “tray planted”) has been developed and perfected in Japan since the 14th century. Thousands of people throughout the world participate in the beautiful ancient art of Bonsai. Now for the first time easy step by step instructions are revealed for you to create your own living Bonsai. Presented by Georgina Kretschmar.

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Credits

director

John Tutty

production company

Videosonic Productions

Duration

01:02:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324234

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Trees

Closed captioning

Crafts & Visual Arts → Bonsai

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1988

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