{"id":1349,"date":"2006-09-01T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2014-10-01T03:48:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T03:48:05","slug":"trees-in-miniature-deep-cut-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1349","title":{"rendered":"Trees in miniature &#8211; Deep Cut Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5615\/1846\/1600\/Deep%20Cut%20Gardens-60%20copy.jpg\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Deep-20Cut-20Gardens-60-20copy-199x300.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/em><\/a><em><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Delicate branches<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Roots caress a simple pot<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">White blossoms shimmer<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The essence of all forests<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><\/em><br \/><em><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Lives here in one small tree.<\/span><\/em><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">-Mastuyama Mokurai<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The art of bonsai is meant to suggest a tree which has grown naturally under specific conditions, for example windswept on a rocky shore, clinging to the side of a cliff, or standing undisturbed in the forest. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5615\/1846\/1600\/Deep%20Cut%20Gardens-62%20copy.jpg\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Deep-20Cut-20Gardens-62-20copy.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">The time and patience needed to train a tree in miniature form to look natural and mature is, perhaps, the foremost challenge of this horticultural practice.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">A gardener studying bonsai is encouraged to study nature and get out and look at trees. Get under them and look up. Notice them. Get to know them so that you might create a representation of all of nature in one small tree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Pics taken in the Japanese Garden at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monmouthcountyparks.com\/parks\/deep_cut\/deep_cut.asp\">Deep Cut Gardens<\/a> in Middletown, NJ. Other posts about Deep Cut are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1377\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1389\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">Post submitted to <a href=\"http:\/\/festivalofthetrees.wordpress.com\/\">The Festival of the Trees<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delicate branchesRoots caress a simple potWhite blossoms shimmerThe essence of all forestsLives here in one small tree.-Mastuyama MokuraiThe art of bonsai is meant to suggest a tree which has grown naturally under specific conditions, for example windswept on a rocky shore, clinging to the side of a cliff, or standing undisturbed in the forest. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/?p=1349\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trees in miniature &#8211; Deep Cut Gardens<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.somewhereinnj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}