Perhaps we have all seen various bonsai at some point in our lives, and wondered, how do people make them? This is due to how amazing a miniature tree can seem before our eyes. In this book the artist, Hector "Mulato" Melendez, teaches us the wonderful art of cultivating bonsai. This is a complete book on the basic techniques that need to be learned in the art of bonsai. It includes topics such as history, bonsai styles, tools, wiring, transplanting and everything you need to start creating your own miniature trees. The Art of Cultivating Bonsai is an illustrative book with detailed explanations and images on bonsai cultivation techniques. The images also serve as a guide for the reader to style their own trees. In addition, readers will be able to find examples of bonsai evolutions until they are ready for exhibition. Most of the trees, with which the author works in this book, are tropical species. But these techniques can be applied to almost all species, regardless of where they come from. This is an excellent book for all those people who want to begin in the art of bonsai.