Huntington Library Bonsai

Each participant receives a small tree to grow at home with instructions for care and maintenance.
Huntington library bonsai. The bonsai displayed at the huntington have been donated or acquired from private bonsai hobbyists primarily but not exclusively from southern california. The huntington library art museum and botanical gardens is a collections based educational and research institution established by henry e. One of the museums we visited was the huntington library which i knew had a bonsai collection. Learn the ancient art of growing and shaping miniature trees in this hands on workshop for adults presented in conjunction with the weekend s bonsai a thon event.
Garden sculptures fountainsin 1910 henry e. Huntington and located in san marino california. Huntington began acquiring a large collection of outdoor sculptures personally deciding on the exact location for each piece of garden statuary. Some of the statues were moved as many as three times until huntington was satisfied.
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. To begin with one area of the grounds had quite a few prunus mume which were in bloom. 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. The huntington library art museum and botanical gardens left.
Southern california bonsai masters share their passion for the art form in this annual event that includes exhibits demonstrations prize drawings a bonsai bazaar and a live auction at 3 p m. California juniper juniperus californica moyogi or informal upright style bonsai estimated age of original plant material. I had last seen this collection in 1984 when i was in los angeles for the olympics as a spectator not a competitor. 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.