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Bonsai love
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In deepest leafiest Hertfordshire, a Bonsai nursery can be found.
It's owned and run by husband and wife team Richard and Charlotte Walby - but as James Marshall discovered when he went visiting their's is a crowded marriage - for Richard shares his wife with thousands of Chinese Bonsais - tiny trees in pots which can take tens of years to grow to their full lack of stature.
For businessman Richard -- the Bonzais are the couple's income - they put food on the table and pay for holidays and life's little luxuries. But for Charlotte they are the warp and weft of existence itself...
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