Welcome to the latest edition of Tree Stories, our series in which people introduce us to trees that have put down meaningful roots in their lives. Here, Chris Hart tells us the tale — in his own words — of the juniper trees that live in...

A bland bedroom patio and an impulse buy were the two things that conspired, 16 years ago, to initiate Barry Levine into the practice of bonsai. This was while he was still a bachelor living in Brentwood. “The patio had nothing on it but a chair...