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A bonanza of bonsai

By , Daily Memphian Updated: July 07, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: July 07, 2025 4:00 AM CT

Right across the Tennessee-Mississippi state line from Collierville is the largest bonsai nursery in the entire United States. 

According to its owner, anyway.

“We’re 10 times bigger than anybody else,” said Brussel Martin, owner of Brussel’s Bonsai in Olive Branch.

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Nick Lingerfelt

Nick Lingerfelt

Nick Lingerfelt has written for Focus Mid-South Magazine, StyleBlueprint, Salon and At Home Memphis & Mid South. When he was a student at the University of Memphis, he was editor-in-chief of The Daily Helmsman, the school’s student newspaper.

Also while a student at the U of M, he received the Otis Sanford Outstanding Journalism Student award and the 2nd Place Marc Perrusquia Investigative Journalism Award for a story about the demographic makeup of the school’s sports teams.


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