As artistic representations of trees, bonsai are collected from the wild to be cultivated as works of art. While the natural forces that shaped the tree are visibly echoed in it’s trunk and branches, the direct link between a bonsai and its native habitat has been lost. By displaying a tree with a portrait of it’s native domain along with herbaceous plants from the same environment, Natives reestablishes this connection between a bonsai and its habitat. American landscapes, painted by…