LUA

Greetings from London!!

I will be visiting New England in just over a couple of weeks time, and I wonder if you could recommend any Bonsai exhibits I could visit while I am there.

I'll be in Boston, Plymouth, Newport, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Lincoln, Montpelier etc.

Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Ciao

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JLDoggett

It sounds like quite a trip, Boston, Cape Cod and up to Vermont/ Quite some distances but it will be well worth it, New England is a wonderful place. Just remember it will be getting cool here in a few weeks (A possible frost predicted this weekend), though an indian summer is always welcome.

I would suggest a visit to the Anderson collection at the Arnold Arboretum:

Arnold Arboretum - Bonsai - Introduction

I visit it a few times each year. It is well worth the time.

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Phil

Hi Lua! As long as your going to be in the area you should definitely take the time to visit Jim's Ficus collection. It shouldn't take up much of your time as I believe that as of date there is only one but.....you had better hurry!

~Phil~

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treebeard55

Hello, Lua! If you've never been to this side of the pond before, it might help to know that the size of the US tends to take English visitors by surprise. You're used to thinking in a certain scale when you look at a map, but here the scale is different!

The reverse aspect hit us the first time we went to Ireland. On the 3d day, we planned to drive from the east coast to Cashel, a little over half-way across the island. I looked at the map and thought, "No way! We're planning to drive more than halfway across a country!" I didn't realize that even for Yanks driving on the "wrong" side of the road, it would take less than three hours.

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JLDoggett

Actually Lua, I have 4 of those F trees and quite a few rooting cuttings... Depending on when you will be here I might see you at the Arboretum.

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JTGJr25

Hey Lua that sounds like great fun. I will actually visiting England in May and we will focus on areas around London do you have any suggestions for places to visit there as well?


Tom

Dav4

New England Bonsai Gardens, in Bellingham, Massachusetts (approx. 1 hours drive from Plymouth and Cape Cod), is the best bonsai nursery in the area. They have many very nice specimen bonsai to view there. The Arnold Arboretum, in Jamaica Plains (part of Boston) is a must. Not only is it one of the largest and oldest botanical collections in North America, but it also has the Larz Anderson Bonsai collection. I was lucky enough to work there for a summer while in school...a great place to spend an afternoon. Have fun,

Dave

LUA

Thank you all very much for taking the time to reply!

You have given me some excellent ideas and I sure hope I'll be able to find some time off from the organized tour I am taking around New England. I am not actually driving myself (believe me it is so much better for human kind that I don't!!! ), so I pretty much have to stick to a schedule etc., but hopefully I'll have enough free time in Boston to pop to the Arnold Arboretum.

I have been to the US twice before, but only in New York, so I am really looking forward to the trip and I hope the weather is going to be kind to me, especially when I am going Whale Watching off Cape Cod.

Thank you all again.

Ta ta

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LUA

Hi Tom

Excellent choice of month for visiting the UK, especially London. The weather is usually fab!!

Be sure to be in London during the 3rd week in May, because that's when the Chelsea Flower Show is on and it is an exhibit absolutely NOT to be missed. It's an horticultural show of gygantic proportions where Bonsai Clubs and nurseries also exhibit.

Ciao

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noissee

It would be worth a trip to our National Arboretum.