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BCI Award of Excellence in Canada

Awarded by BCI Director, Les Dowdell

On June 22 and 23, 2013, the Bonsai Society of Edmonton
in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, put on a display of bon-
sai trained by Society members. The bonsai represented
many species that are hardy enough to survive severe
winters and a relatively short growing season. The BCI
Award of Excellence was presented to Doug Wilson, a
long time member of the Society, for his American larch
(Larix laricina). The larch was collected from the forests
of Alberta and refined over a few years.
A new bonsai garden in Ann Arbor,
Michigan

By Joe Mooney, Editor & Communications Manager, Matthaei Botani-
cal Gardens & Nichols Arboretum
A new bonsai garden has opened at the University of
Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. Combining the Arb & Gardens’ mission of
using native plants with an ancient art form that often
focuses on materials from Asia, the current Matthaei-
Nichols collection of trees represents traditional Japanese
and Chinese styles along with American and European
influences and demonstrates the international scope of
bonsai today. The garden is the only bonsai garden in
Ann Arbor and the first bonsai garden at the University
of Michigan.
A working bonsai studio is integrated into the garden
where bonsai artists and volunteers do the work of main-
taining the trees in full view of the public—a rare educa-
tional opportunity for the public to interact and get an
in-depth look at bonsai.
The Matthaei-Nichols bonsai collection began in 1977 with
the gift of a core number of trees from the estate of the late
Dr. Maurice Seevers, a University of Michigan pharmacol-
ogy professor and bonsai collector. The Arb and Gardens’
collection now includes over 70 specimens that span the
The garden is free and open to the public and showcases more of the Arb & Gardens’ collection gamut of traditional temperate bonsai to nontraditional
than previously possible. For more information on the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, including tropical bonsai and penjing, incorporating various styles
hours, directions, and more, visit the Matthaei-Nichols website: www.lsa.umich.edu/mbg/. and artists of note.

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