Bonsai Huntington Gardens

In addition to 120 acres of themed gardens the huntington has significant holdings of botanical living collections including orchids camellias cycads and bonsai examples of which may be found throughout the grounds.
Bonsai huntington gardens. Huntington and located in san marino california. I got to visit both the chinese and japanese gardens within huntington as well as the bonsai exhibit but more on that later. National bonsai penjing museum a free and public museum located on the grounds of the u s. Contact me regarding use and reproduction.
National arboretum is honored to provide financial programmatic and curatorial support for the u s. We partnered with rai refugee artisan initiative to offer 5 botanical print masks. Since 1990 the huntington has served as the southern california site for the golden state bonsai federation and trees in the collection now number in the hundreds. My visit although brief to huntington gardens was a fantastic experience.
The huntington library art museum and botanical gardens san marino calif visitors will discover an expansive new way to look at miniature trees in lifelines timelines. Together we promote the art of. The national bonsai foundation in partnership with the u s. In 1968 the huntington expanded the japanese garden to include a bonsai collection and zen court where displays are rotated throughout the year to highlight seasonal features.
The trees in the huntington collection which includes the golden state bonsai federation collection represent some of the finest and oldest examples of bonsai in the united states. National arboretum in washington dc. Huntington gardens huntington bonsai huntington cacti. The japanese gardens at the huntington were expanded in 1968 to include a bonsai court and zen garden.
Exploring the huntington s collections through bonsai on view march 14 through june 15 at the huntington library art museum and botanical gardens. The bonsai displayed at the huntington have been donated or acquired from private bonsai hobbyists primarily but not exclusively from southern california. Bonsai plants from the huntington gardens california 2003 all images are the property of rhett butler copyright 2003. In 1993 golden state bonsai federation gsbf and the huntington signed an understanding that gsbf would be allowed to move their bonsai collection to the huntington with the purpose of establishing a world class bonsai collection.
Know that the bonsai will be well taken care of and ready to see you when the time comes. Design wise the gardens are one of the best i ve seen and everything looked in top condition. Available in our online shop.