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Bonsai Collections:

The Pacific Rim

Bonsai Collection

An outdoor museum of living art.

By David DeGroot, Curator, Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, USA

Photos courtesy Pacific Rim Collection

T he Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection in Federal Way, Washington, south
of Seattle, features outstanding bonsai from the Pacific Rim nations of
Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the United States.
The trees in the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection are owned by
Weyerhaeuser Company, an international producer of forest products,
and are cared for by a full-time curator and two bonsai gardeners. Assistance is
provided by skilled, experienced volunteers.

Weyerhaeuser Company opened the collection in 1989, in conjunction with the
Washington State Centennial celebration. The collection was established to sym-
bolize Weyerhaeuser’s long-term commitments to its customers, its community,
and its forest resources:
The entry courtyard opens onto two separate facilities. To the left is the 22 acre
Top; Entrance to the Pacific Rim Collection. Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, operated by the Rhododendron Species
Bottom; Weyerhaeuser Company Headquarters Foundation, an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the preserva-
tion and propagation of species, or natural forms, of rhododendrons.

To the right is the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection, open to all free of charge as a
public service.

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