Bonsai-making becoming big

ONE of the bonsai creations on exhibit in Tayug, Pangasinan, where bonsai-making is growing big. WILLIE LOMIBAO/CONTRIBUTOR

In the northern provinces of Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte, tree lovers are going small.

In the town of Tayug, Pangasinan and Batac City in Ilocos Norte, bonsai-making is becoming a fad.

More residents, not only in Tayug but neighboring eastern Pangasinan towns, are now into bonsai-making not only because the hobby is relaxing, but also because materials for it are in abundance.

Bonsai refers to an ornamental tree or shrub that is grown in a pot with the use of special methods to control its growth.

At the weeklong bonsai exhibition in Tayug that will end on March 21, among the 60 dwarf trees displayed were lagundi, red balete, yellow doggie, gumamela, santan and bougainvillea.

These plants are beautiful attractions in a house. As a hobby, bonsai-growing is relaxing, said Daryl Amon, a member of the Tayug Bonsai Group.

Ive been doing this in the last six years and I have always enjoyed it, he said.

Amon said to be a successful bonsai grower, one must have an eye for art. This is important, he said, so that a material will be groomed to an aesthetically appealing form.

If you have an eye for art, you would immediately have an idea how a material can be developed into a beautiful bonsai the moment you see it, he said.

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