After a January robbery, the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt readies for its 25th-anniversary celebration
The Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt celebrates 25 years of showcasing bonsai trees, highlighting volunteer efforts and community resilience.
Bonsai tree heists are on the rise in California. Are they driven by profit, or obsession?
Eight miniature trees were stolen from the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt in Oakland, causing despair among volunteers who had cared for them for decades.
The thefts were well-planned and targeted, indicating a disturbing trend of bonsai thefts in California.