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A Mountain Stream Stone from Japan is displayed under a chrysanthemum moon arrangement in
an autumn exhibit.
The museum also serves as a training ground for curators at other top-quality
bonsai collections. The bonsai curators at the North Carolina Arboretum in
Asheville and at the Chicago Botanic Garden studied bonsai at the National
Bonsai & Penjing Museum. The curator at the Pacific Bonsai Museum was
assistant curator at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum for many years. The
museum’s bonsai education component is ongoing since there is an intern each
year who holds the First Curator’s Apprenticeship. The intern acquires skill and
expertise in caring for bonsai by working with the collections under the direction
of the curator. Bonsai classes and workshops are also offered to the general
public.
The museum includes accent and kusamono plantings to enhance visitors’
experience of the bonsai and penjing. Composed of wild grasses and flowers
planted in small pots or containers, they are often created to express a season.

Other times they indicate a location in the wild. Some bonsai have companion
plants that grow in the same container with the tree.
Behind the scenes, bonsai and penjing require work all year round. When the
Imperial Pine (Pinus densiflora) is trimmed, it requires scaffolding for the
museum’s staffer to reach its topmost branches. Many of the bonsai at Japan’s
Imperial Household are large because they are used to enhance enormous spaces.