In Falmouth, architect Charles Orr has been patiently working with bonsai for over two decades. Right now he has over thirty active pieces, many of them growing in a workshop he’s built specifically for the trees. While Charles designs houses professionally as an architect, working with the trees has changed the way he looks at design today.
You can find out more about the Cape Cod Bonsai Club at www.capecodbonsai.org.
This piece came to us from our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. Scott Christy is a graduate of the workshop. You can find out more about the program at Transom.org.
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