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Chicago Botanic Garden Bonsai Collection:

bonsaiIn 2002, the Chicago Botanic Garden unveiled a priceless gift to its bonsai collection. Mr. Susumu Nakamura, internationally renowned bonsai master, donated 19 of the most prized specimens from his personal collection to the Garden.

With the acquisition of these miniature masterpieces, including some international award-winning plants, the Garden’s collection of 185 bonsai becomes one of the best public collections of bonsai in the world.

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It has outstanding examples of evergreen, deciduous, tropical, flowering and fruiting trees.

From May to October, the Nakamura Collection will be on rotating display in the East Courtyard of the Education Center.



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