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.

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 ...

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 ...

Bonsai submitted an application for the new park feature earlier this month and is still working through the planning process with the city of Grand Junction, Bonsai owner and CEO Thaddeus Shrader ...

Monterey >> The key to bonsai is patience. But that shouldn’t be much of a surprise. This is an art form, after all, in which trees can be 500 years old, passed down from generation to generation.