How to create a Bonsai !

 Having selected a suitable specimen, plant it in the open ground until it is about 6 metres tall and the trunk has thickened nicely.

Then, completely strip all of the bark from the trunk of the tree.  You might be able to get your friendly local deer to help you with this!

You will then have to wait to see if you get any 'advantitious' budding on the lower part of the trunk.  If you do you will then have to dig up the 'stump' ... hopefully with roots !

I was out mowing when I noticed that the trunk of the Larch seemed very pale.  Upon investigation 'someone' had broken off all of the lower branches and then stripped the bark away.  Normally, when a tree is 'ring-barked' it will die.  However I asked google and it showed me a video of a nice old Dutchman who  had tightly wrapped the bare part of the trunk of his favorite tree with clingfilm and it had survived and was growing again with new leaves the next spring.  So, nothing ventured, nothing gained ...

... although bolting horses and stable doors does come to mind !