The Pacific Bonsai Museum is an outdoor gallery of very special specimens of "tortured trees". About 60 of the large collection are on display at any one time. It shares grounds with the Rhododendron Species Foundation Garden, which we also visited, on the campus of what was formerly the headquarters of the Weyerhaeuser Co., a forest products industry. The campus is beautiful, with woodlands and a large meadow, and there are differing opinions as to what will become of it, but some development is inevitable. What ever happens, the Bonsai Museum and the Rhododendron garden are to be protected.
The path to both from the parking lot lets you know this is a special place.
Ground cover -Canadian dogwood
These are such a work of patience and ability to see the future.
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ReplyDeleteBonsai growing must be very challenging. It's like creating a sculpture with a plant.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this art. I could stare at these plants for a long time. I have tried my hand at this. I am not successful. I think we always want something we can't have. ha...
ReplyDeleteThey are so beautiful and graceful. I love all of them and enjoy seeing the displays. :-)
ReplyDeleteHow fortunate we are to have such a beautiful collection in our own back yard. Always a joy to visit this place.
ReplyDeleteI really love to see these works of art. Never saw one with blooms before, how pretty.
ReplyDeletejust amazing, what an art form
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize that Bonsai trees could still bloom. Looks great.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I tried a couple of times and felt terrible when I could not keep up so now I love to see others' treasures and appreciate them even more.
ReplyDeleteGood gosh! I've seen photos of bonsai before and have been to museums where bonsais were displayed but these are just spectacular. I'm going to show this to a friend who is really into bonsai. Wow!
ReplyDeleteI bet Tom really enjoyed himself! Those Rhodies that are bonsai are just so interesting! :)
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