The National Bonsai Foundation is located inside the US National Arboretum, and was opened in 1976, with 53 Bonsai trees donated by the Nippon Bonsai Association.
The NBF also has a collection of Penjing trees, gifted by China in 1972 and by Dr. Yee sun-Wu from Hong Kong. Finally there is a section with donated trees from within the US. With these three large donations the collection of the National Bonsai Foundation was immediately well respected.
Enjoy these images and the movie we shot there!
The entrance of The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum.
One of the collection's most famous trees; Goshin by John Naka.
Goshin.
The trunks of Goshin.
Great windswept Elm.
Maple in the courtyard.
Outdoor exhibit.
The Bonsai tree that survived the Hiroshima blast, The Yamaki Pine.
