Bonshira

Plant a seed and grow your own bonsai, day by day, in real time. Bonshira is a zen garden in your pocket. Your tree lives on even when the app is closed: it drinks, grows and sometimes falls ill. In 30 days it goes from seed to mature bonsai, and its shape is the sum of your choices. LOOK AFTER IT • Water when the soil is dry: touch it with your finger to feel whether it needs it. • Mist the leaves, feed it with the right dose, choose where it lives: windowsill, balcony, garden. • Every species has its own needs: Japanese maple, Chinese elm, ficus, carmona, juniper, pine, ginkgo. SHAPE IT • Prune branches with the scissors, pinch shoots that grow too strong. • Wrap the wire and bend trunk and branches into soft curves, up to three bends per branch. • Turn the pot: the canopy reaches for the light and the bend turns with you. • Repot at the right moment, even over a rock or as a little…