TRUE BONSAI IS TEAMWORKStyling Widar, a centuries-old Pinus sylvestris

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As is often said, "bonsai is a great team game," and today, dear readers, Marco Insubreman and I are here to tell you how true all this is! We work together with this articles protagonist, a Scots pine as majestic as it is ancient. We call it Widar after the Norse god of nature and the forest, son of Odin and the giantess Grid. Widar is defined in the sagas as "large" and "silent" for the reverence he imposes on those who observe him, a name that suits this pine perfectly.In fact, giving a new styling to this massive bonsai was a work worthy of a Viking saga. It took three days of hard work, and in addition to Marco and me, Flavio Ambrosioni and Marco Gadola also participated in this epic enterprise.