Montreal Botanical Garden Bonsai
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Montreal botanical garden bonsai. The bonsai and penjing collections are arguably the crown jewels of the montreal botanical garden. The beauty and evolution of an intriguing art form. 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. These miniature trees bonsai and small scale landscapes penjing a k a.
Spectacular massive garden both indoor tropical garden and outdoor rose garden amazing bonsai trees wonderful array of orchids peaceful japanese gardens complete with pond and koi and restful wat. I have looked at some of the trees online without realizing they were on display in the montreal garden. We saw bonsai trees in the japanese garden that were hundreds of years old. I hadn t been to the botanical gardens since i had gone for a field trip many years ago with elementary school.
While we were in canada we spent a day at montreal s botanical garden. The collections of the montréal botanical garden by danielle ouellet. We lingered for hours wandering through the different gardens. The actual botanical garden was nice but nothing i would consider special.
The collections of the montréal botanical garden by danielle ouellet. 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. You can also enjoy the insectarium which is on the garden s site. The japanese garden the first nations garden the chinese garden the garden of innovations and the shade garden were some of our favorites.
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. Penzai variously comprise the japanese bonsai created by leading japanese masters and chinese penjing inspired by 15th century ming dynasty gardens.