The art of cultivating bonsai first piqued Bobby Gopiao’s interest as a teenager when he signed up for his high school botany club. By then, he had already inherited his green thumb from his mother, who was also a lover and collector of native and imported orchids. Years later, he achieved the prestigious title of Grand Champion at the 2006 World Bonsai Competition, becoming the first and only Filipino to have ever won the award.
In Gopiao’s own words, bonsai is the art of miniaturising trees.
