The mesmerizing imagery of a bonsai forest doesn't happen overnight and so it is not surprising that the activity of designing and planting a bonsai forest will fully engage your mental processing. Based on a life time of practical experience and knowledge I have documented a considerable array of relevant guidelines and advice, that will insure your bonsai forests and bonsai trees live beyond your lifetime for the future generations of family and friends to nurture. My central concept and focus is on mature saplings with my goal being to demonstrate how you can use these trees to create beautiful and interesting bonsai forests at minimal expense. My examples range from the use of non-complex succulents, to fast growing (semi invasive) specie trees with excellent trunking and foliage characteristics, to forests of flowering azaleas that mimic the rhododendron forest of the Himalayas.