Montreal Botanical Garden Bonsai

I was excited to find a note from goose lane editions a few weeks ago announcing the publication of bonsai penjing.

Montreal botanical garden bonsai. Jul 7 2020 along with the biodome closed for renovations until spring 2020 the insectarium and the rio tinto alcan planetarium the botanical garden is part of the montreal space for life canada s largest. The montréal botanical garden s collections of bonsai and penjing are among the best in north america including more than 350 trees some dating from the 17th century. The collections of the montréal botanical garden by danielle ouellet. Located just minutes from downtown montreal right near the biodome and olympic park the montreal botanical garden is a living museum of plants from all over the world.

The actual botanical garden was nice but nothing i would consider special. The bonsai display however was fantastic. The bonsai and penjing collections are arguably the crown jewels of the montreal botanical garden. While we were in canada we spent a day at montreal s botanical garden.

We saw bonsai trees in the japanese garden that were hundreds of years old. These miniature trees bonsai and small scale landscapes penjing a k a. We lingered for hours wandering through the different gardens. The japanese garden the first nations garden the chinese garden the garden of innovations and the shade garden were some of our favorites.

The collections of the montréal botanical garden by danielle ouellet. I was elated when i saw them in person and spent a long time much to my wife s dismay going from tree to tree and back again. The beauty and evolution of an intriguing art form. I hadn t been to the botanical gardens since i had gone for a field trip many years ago with elementary school.

You can also enjoy the insectarium which is on the garden s site. Penzai variously comprise the japanese bonsai created by leading japanese masters and chinese penjing inspired by 15th century ming dynasty gardens.