All three owners of Bonsai Design are Grand Valley residents who work hard and play hard in the outdoors. Thaddeus Shrader, 38, and Sarah Walker Shrader, 40, moved to Grand Junction in 2004 for work.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A dozen years ago, Sarah Shrader’s brother showed up on her front porch in Grand Junction, fresh from a zipline-building trip to Alaska. He had boxes of ...

On a the big zips, people muster their courage, hold on tight, and enjoy the ride. That's much the same as Bonsai Design has run their cool and wildly successful business so far. “We're really a ...

Dirt is moving at Las Colonias Business Park, with Bonsai Design breaking ground on their new headquarters building. Bonsai, which specializes in ziplines and other adventure attractions, is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman holding bonsai plant. Bonsai, a horticultural art that hails from ancient China, endures as a popular hobby and art form.

Bonsai, those intricate, artistic miniature landscapes, don't deserve their high-maintenance reputation. Just ask Chas Martin, president of the Bonsai Society of Portland. More bonsai story by Kym ...