ahmedabad for tree lovers in city this is the golden chance a group of passionate bonsai collectors have come up with a dedicated ahmedabad bonsai club to create awareness about this traditional oriental horticultural artbonsai in japanese means a tree or a plant grown in a shallow tray or pot bonsai first appeared in china over a thousand years ago on a very basic level known as punsai where it was a practice to grow single specimen trees in potsa member of the club parag mehta said this is going to be first such club in ahmedabad for bonsai lovers we want to create a platform where bonsai enthusiasts can share their experience and share their views on this traditional art formthe tree and the pot form a single harmonious unit where shape texture and colour compliments each other every branch and twig of a bonsai is shaped or eliminated until chosen image is achieved it is all about giving a free run to your creativity in designing bonsai adds mehta his love for bonsai started way back in 1990 and now has more than 10 bonsai plants in his collection dispelling the popular myth of bonsai as an expensive hobby ramesh sinha another member of club says bonsai is simply a lowcost hobby what makes it expensive is the patience and effort which one put in for its creation bonsai plants require lot of care and affection and we want this hobby to get popularize among the passionate green loversowner of a software company got hooked to this hobby three years ago and now has 25 bonsai plants in his collection ahmedabad bonsai club has also put up wide array of display of bonsai collection at the ongoing flower exhibition show at gujarat horticulture association at law gardensthe club has also put up a forum at ahmedabadbonsaiclubblogspotcom on the internet for bonsai lovers