DOCSLIB.ORG

Permanent Collections

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Permanent Collections SOME OF THE WORLD'S PERMANENT BONSAI / PENJING COLLECTIONS Compiled by Robert J. Baran last updated 01/18/2020 A group of dwarfed and potted trees or compositions from onsite-creation, purchase, donation, and/or loan which are formally displayed for extended periods of time in a stable location and accessible by special invitation or to the general public at either no cost or for a reasonable fee and, preferably, including some labels, other educational material and/or guides to enhance the visitors' leisurely appreciation of these specimens. The collection may be privately-owned, a not-for-sale part of a commercial venture, operated by a non-profit body, or under the authority of a governmental agency. Please check hours, availability and any admission fees before physically visiting. NAME LOCATION ESTAB. SIZE NOTES video link 1 video link 2 video link 3 website / about Bonsai Garden at the Horticulture Centre of the 505 Quayle Rd, Victoria, British Columbia, over 60 trees 2nd largest collection in Pacific V9E 2J7 Canada 2014 on display Canada video 1 video 2 video 3 http://hcp.ca/bonsai-garden/ Private – Dan Robinson; (360) 373- Elandan Gardens Bremerton, Washington, USA 1994 150 8260 for appointment https://www.facebook.com/jttvbirdseye/videos/1019885401389501/ video 2 video 3 http://www.elandangardens.com/ from Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the U.S.; includes Domoto maple and “Captain Hook” juniper; Curator Aarin Packard; operated by The Pacific Bonsai Museum, formerly the George 2515 S. 336th St, Federal Way, Greater Tacoma Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection Washington, 98003, USA 1989 100+ Community Foundation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE0ntcKdArQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsoHX-fGmhY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s-MWLlV420 http://pacificbonsaimuseum.org Curator Michael Hagedorn assists garden staff which collaborates w/area bonsai practitioners on a seasonally rotating Ellie M. Hill Bonsai Terrace at the Portland 611 SW Kingston Ave., Portland, Oregon, display of bonsai Japanese Garden 97205, USA 2017 species and styles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YcDSCg0pcM video 2 video 3 https://japanesegarden.org/garden-spaces/bonsai-terrace/ Private/Commercial Venture – Ryan Neil, who apprenticed under Masahiko Kimura, proprietor; (503) 396- International Bonsai Mirai Portland, Oregon, USA 2010 6219 for appointment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY3i4nytNbs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifn73Abzi3k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFkN-mCgzg8 Page 1 http://www.bonsaimirai.com/ includes Burlingame 200, with 100 Daimyo oak and John bonsai, Naka's “Heisei” juniper; companion Curator Kathy Shaner, plantings, & plus local club members Bonsai Garden at the Lake Merrit Garden Center 650 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, California, viewing stones and other volunteers (BGLM), GSBF Collection North 94610, USA 1999 on display (80 or so) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWOgkqvC4IY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeCClUccJNY video 3 http://gsbf-lakemerritt.org/?page_id=8 original juniper trees plus from collections of Martha McAllister (1994) and Gloria F. Brown (1996); Collection Preservationist Jerry Carpenter, plus other 86 Cañada Road, Woodside, California, Kusamura Bonsai Club Bonsai Collection at Filoli Estate and Gardens 94062, USA of Palo Alto volunteers http://kusamurabonsai.org/Photos/Filoli2010/index.html video 2 video 3 http://www.filoli.org/explore-filoli/the-garden/garden-walk.html#bonsai over 100, with Clark Bonsai Collection at the Shinzen Friendship 7775 North Friant Rd, Fresno, California, over 25 on Garden, Woodward Park 93720, USA 2015 display Curator Bob Hilvers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAvVJrE0lNM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1HXmCbbcY video 3 http://www.clarkbonsaicollection.com/ Commercial venture; Roy Nagatoshi, 2nd 13170 Glenoaks Blvd., Sylmar, generation proprietor; Fujii Bonsai Nusery California, 91342, USA 1965 (818) 367-5372 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kAYFtInTnQ video 2 video 3 http://www.fujibonsainursery.com/ 1949; present 1905 Sawtelle Blvd., West Los Angeles, location Commercial venture; Yamaguchi Bonsai Nursery California, 90025, USA 1965 (310) 473-5444 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziv-VmuGP1Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0lOP9Uxoas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji6aBAWDDo8 https://yamaguchinursery.com/ 1975; Commercial venture; 17230 Roscoe Blvd, Northridge, present Robert Pressler; (818) Kimura Bonsai and Landscape Nursery California, 91325, USA owner 1996 343-4090 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN8stB31dTk video 2 video 3 https://www.kimurabonsainursery.com/ 1968, over 400, with GSBF Collection South, formerly the Bonsai Court 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, California, GSBF about 70 on Curator Ted Matson, at the Huntington Botanical Garden 91108, USA added 1993 display plus GSBF volunteers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm0zOuMwUG0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CySM08x_xqw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfcAWYefQ6s http://www.gsbfhuntington.com/ Commercial venture, (626) 286-3782; nursery 632 S San Gabriel Blvd, San Gabriel, down-sized from 6 to 2 Bonsai Garden at San Gabriel Nursery California, 91776, USA acres in 2016 video 1 video 2 video 3 Page 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18xh1R5Huts Commercial venture; Gary Ishii, 2nd 18110 S. Western Ave., Gardena, generation; (310) 323- Chikugo-en Bonsai Nursery California, 90248, USA 4011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xTAT0HD1rk video 2 video 3 https://yamaguchinursery.com/ 1987, cared for by the San 15500 San Pasqual Valley Rd, Escondido, expanded 60, with 50 on Diego Bonsai Club; Bonsai Pavilion at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park California, 92027, USA 2011 display Curator John Jackson video 1 video 2 video 3 http://www.sandiegobonsaiclub.com/safari-park-bonsai-pavilion.html Bonsai Collection in the Japanese Friendship 2215 Pan American Rd E, San Diego, cared for by the San Garden at Balboa Park California, 92101, USA 17 Diego Bonsai Club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRXz1cGK73M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e0WRu3VS54 video 3 http://www.niwa.org/bonsai-collection Commercial venture; 8575A Phelan Rd, Phelan, California, Benny Kim; (760) 995- Kim's Bonsai Nursery 92371, USA 1988 7219 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw40SjKxoXI video 2 video 3 http://www.kimsbonsai.com/ 20-30 on display, 40 -50 in the collection Bill Hosokawa Bonsai Pavilion and Tea Garden at 1007 York St, Denver, Colorado, 80206, switched out the Denver Botanic Gardens USA 2012 every few days Curator Larry Jackel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hIxdAqjZAg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGzad8SslJA video 3 http://navigate.botanicgardens.org/weboi/oecgi2.exe/INET_ECM_DispFeat?FEATCODE=LOC_GJAPBON&TOURMODE=0 12404 Ranch Rd 12, Wimberley, Texas, the personal collection Central Texas Bonsai Exhibit at Jade Gardens 78676, USA <2001 over 200 of Chuck and Pat Ware video 1 video 2 video 3 http://www.bonsaiexhibittexas.com/tree.html The Texas State Bonsai Exhibit Pilot Project at the 2220 Barton Springs Rd, Austin, Texas, Zilker Botanical Garden 78746, USA 2019 some 145 trees https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_5Pdt9tvCc video 2 video 3 https://www.ttsbe.org/ Commercial Venture, largest bonsai grower and importer in the 8125 Center Hill Rd, Olive Branch, U.S.; Brussel Martin, Brussel's Bonsai Nursery Mississippi, 38654, USA 1970s? proprietor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmyRdflQu-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tlEzXTFR28 video 3 http://brusselsbonsai.com/ 4344 Shaw Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri, Bonsai Collection at the Missouri Botanical Garden 63110, USA >1977 video 1 video 2 video 3 http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/things-to-do/events/signature-events/japanese-festival/bonsai.aspx Page 3 part of Ruth LaDany family collection, and then a portion of the Susan Lydon Miller Ladany Bonsai Collection at Meredith Café & collection, plus two Bonsai Terrace of Greater Des Moines Botanical 909 Robert D. Ray Dr, Des Moines, Iowa, 1979-2013, recent donations from Garden 50309, USA 2016 8 on display Helene Magruder video 1 video 2 video 3 http://www.dmbotanicalgarden.com/explore-the-gardens/outdoor-gardens/cafe-and-bonsai-terrace/ Bonsai Collection at the Charlotte Partridge Ordway Japanese Garden of the Marjorie McNeely 1225 Estabrook Drive, Saint Paul, core from First Bank Conservatory of the Como Park & Zoo Minnesota, 55103, USA 1987, 1996 System, Inc. collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHUHPAy_zJI video 2 video 3 http://www.comozooconservatory.org/attractions/gardens/bonsai-gallery/#/info includes 19 trees from Japanese artist Susumu Nakamura in 2000, and 600+ yo limber pine 289, with 83 on collected in Colorado ; 1000 Lake Cook Rd, Glencoe, Illinois, display in 2 Curator Chris Baker + 9 Bonsai Collection at the Chicago Botanic Garden 60022, USA >1972 courtyards volunteers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KzoslHZaJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3VF4c9cTZ4 video 3 http://www.chicagobotanic.org/gardens/bonsai Bonsai & Penjing Collection at the University of 1800 N. Dixboro Rd, Ann Arbor, Michigan, core from the estate of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens 48105, USA 1977 over 70 Dr. Maurice Seevers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L37XrUuKEaY video 2 video 3 http://lsa.umich.edu/mbg/see/bonsai/default.asp includes Elsie around 20 are MacCready Memorial displayed in the Bonsai Collection and courtyard each Endowment which helps Bonsai Collection of Michigan State University at 6214 W. Monroe Road (M-50), Tipton, season from support all; Curator Hidden Lake Gardens Michigan, 49287, USA >2000 May – October Jack Wikle
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Beijing Will Amaze You
    Volume 27 • Number 2 • April, 2016 BEIJING WILL AMAZE YOU April, 2016 World Rose News Page 1 Contents Editorial 2 President’s Message 3 All about the President 4 Immediate PP Message 6 New Executive Director 8 WFRS World Rose Convention – Lyon 9 Pre-convention Tours Provence 9 The Alps 13 Convention Lecture Programme Post Convention Tours Diary of Events WFRS Executive Committee Standing Com. Chairmen Member Societies Associate Members and Breeders’ Club Friends of the Federation I am gragteful EDITORIAL Four months into the year and there has been much activity amongst members of the WFRS, not CONTENT least of all our hard working President, in preparation for the four conventions coming up in Editorial 2 the next 2 years – China, Uruguay, Slovenia and President’s Message 3 Denmark. In one month’s time, we once again have WFRS Award of Garden an opportunity to meet with fellow rosarians from Excellence Ceremony in India 6 WFRS Standing Committee around the world. Chairmen’s Reports – Breeder’s Club 7 As we watch the news, our thoughts and concern Classification and Registration 8 are with our many friends in Belgium and France as Convention Liaison 9 Honours 10 they live under the threat of further atrocities. This International Rose Trials 11 senseless terrorism causing peace loving people to Publications 14 live in fear must not be allowed to over shadow the Promotions 14 Shows Standardisation 14 lives of those going about their daily way of living in Shakespearean Roses 15 good faith and peace. Peace 19 Rose Convention of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Rosenfreunde 24 In this issue we have contributions from the Rosarium Uetersen 29 Obituaries - Chairmen of Standing Committees which can be Alan Tew 30 found under Standing Committee reports.
    [Show full text]
  • Special Recognition for Gifts of $100,000+ to the Chinese Garden
    Special Recognition For gifts of $100,000+ to the Chinese Garden Phase II Donors will be recognized upon completion of construction. 24 Lake of Reflected Fragrance | 映芳湖 $8,000,000 Chosen as the site to recognize the lead donor to the Phase II, the large central lake is the heart of the entire garden and unifies the surrounding pavilions, rocks, and plantings. The five bridges spanning its surface offer lovely vistas of the nearby pavilions and the distant hills. The lake’s water is at once negative space, a mirror reflecting and duplicating each scene, and positive space holding colorful carp, water lilies, and lotus. Its name “Reflected Fragrance” recalls the delicate scents of flowers and echoes “Flowing Fragrance,” the name of the Chinese Garden. 25 Terrace for Idle Chanting |閑吟臺 $500,000 This rooftop terrace in the northwest section of the garden provides a stunning overlook of the lake, surrounding trees, and Suzhou style pavilions and bridges. It is an inspirational view, and “chanting” refers to the tradition of reciting poetry in a rhythmic tone and pattern. 26 Court of Assembled Worthies | 集賢院 $1,000,000 Bordered by a graceful and meditative corridor, this large courtyard is sheltered by heritage coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees. The beautifully crafted paved surface can seat 350 and serves as the central space for public gatherings. It is named to honor the esteemed audiences that come together to enjoy cultural performances staged from either the Terrace of Cultivated Elegance to the north or on the pavilion stage of Clear and Transcendent. 27 Reflections in the Stream and Fragrance of Orchids Pavilion |映水蘭香 $350,000 This delicate pavilion, shielded by large California oaks, is a place to pause, meditate, be poetically inspired, and enjoy the fragrance of nearby orchids.
    [Show full text]
  • Shanghai, China Overview Introduction
    Shanghai, China Overview Introduction The name Shanghai still conjures images of romance, mystery and adventure, but for decades it was an austere backwater. After the success of Mao Zedong's communist revolution in 1949, the authorities clamped down hard on Shanghai, castigating China's second city for its prewar status as a playground of gangsters and colonial adventurers. And so it was. In its heyday, the 1920s and '30s, cosmopolitan Shanghai was a dynamic melting pot for people, ideas and money from all over the planet. Business boomed, fortunes were made, and everything seemed possible. It was a time of breakneck industrial progress, swaggering confidence and smoky jazz venues. Thanks to economic reforms implemented in the 1980s by Deng Xiaoping, Shanghai's commercial potential has reemerged and is flourishing again. Stand today on the historic Bund and look across the Huangpu River. The soaring 1,614-ft/492-m Shanghai World Financial Center tower looms over the ambitious skyline of the Pudong financial district. Alongside it are other key landmarks: the glittering, 88- story Jinmao Building; the rocket-shaped Oriental Pearl TV Tower; and the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The 128-story Shanghai Tower is the tallest building in China (and, after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the second-tallest in the world). Glass-and-steel skyscrapers reach for the clouds, Mercedes sedans cruise the neon-lit streets, luxury- brand boutiques stock all the stylish trappings available in New York, and the restaurant, bar and clubbing scene pulsates with an energy all its own. Perhaps more than any other city in Asia, Shanghai has the confidence and sheer determination to forge a glittering future as one of the world's most important commercial centers.
    [Show full text]
  • Botanical Encounters Level 3 an INTERACTIVE & VIRTUAL TOUR
    Botanical Encounters Level 3 AN INTERACTIVE & VIRTUAL TOUR Huntington Education Welcome to the Botanical Encounters Level 3 virtual tour! Each slide features a plant, tree, or flower with questions, activities, and links to additional information. Henry and Arabella Huntington loved to collect art, books, and plants. What do you like to collect? Video games? Posters? Sports memorabilia? In this interactive journey you’ll dive further into the Botanical collections. Let’s go exploring! Botanical Vocabulary Click on a vocabulary word to start your tour! Each word relates to something at The Huntington. Cryobiotechnology Ginger Orchid Passion Fruit Penjing Puya Once you have explored all six cards, click here! Pick Orchid Another The Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Botanical Science ● Orchids have been popular at The Huntington since Arabella Huntington’s day. She loved orchids and had quite a collection. Do you like orchids? ● In the wild, there are three ways orchids grow: on trees (epiphytes), on rocks (lithophytes), and on the ground (terrestrials). ● There are more than 25,000 species of orchids, making them the largest family in the plant kingdom. ● While all those orchid species might look different, there are two distinct characteristics they all share: they all have 3 petals and 3 sepals, and they have both male (stamen) and female (pistil) parts in one column. Activity Explore the online tour Orchids: Around the World on Six Continents. Find an orchid that catches your eye. Which orchid did you choose? Why did you pick that particular orchid? Where does it grow? Does it have any cultural or culinary significance? Click on these links to explore more Orchid Collection King of Orchids (From top): Masdevallia infracta ‘Huntington’s Angel’; Paphiopedilum Orchids Forever tigrinum ‘Huntington’s Crouching Tiger’; Trichopilia suavis.
    [Show full text]
  • Catalogue 229 Japanese and Chinese Books, Manuscripts, and Scrolls Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller New York City
    JonathanCatalogue 229 A. Hill, Bookseller JapaneseJAPANESE & AND Chinese CHINESE Books, BOOKS, Manuscripts,MANUSCRIPTS, and AND ScrollsSCROLLS Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Catalogue 229 item 29 Catalogue 229 Japanese and Chinese Books, Manuscripts, and Scrolls Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller New York City · 2019 JONATHAN A. HILL, BOOKSELLER 325 West End Avenue, Apt. 10 b New York, New York 10023-8143 telephone: 646-827-0724 home page: www.jonathanahill.com jonathan a. hill mobile: 917-294-2678 e-mail: [email protected] megumi k. hill mobile: 917-860-4862 e-mail: [email protected] yoshi hill mobile: 646-420-4652 e-mail: [email protected] member: International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America & Verband Deutscher Antiquare terms are as usual: Any book returnable within five days of receipt, payment due within thirty days of receipt. Persons ordering for the first time are requested to remit with order, or supply suitable trade references. Residents of New York State should include appropriate sales tax. printed in china item 24 item 1 The Hot Springs of Atami 1. ATAMI HOT SPRINGS. Manuscript on paper, manuscript labels on upper covers entitled “Atami Onsen zuko” [“The Hot Springs of Atami, explained with illustrations”]. Written by Tsuki Shirai. 17 painted scenes, using brush and colors, on 63 pages. 34; 25; 22 folding leaves. Three vols. 8vo (270 x 187 mm.), orig. wrappers, modern stitch- ing. [ Japan]: late Edo. $12,500.00 This handsomely illustrated manuscript, written by Tsuki Shirai, describes and illustrates the famous hot springs of Atami (“hot ocean”), which have been known and appreciated since the 8th century.
    [Show full text]
  • Detecting Urban Polycentric Structure from POI Data
    International Journal of Geo-Information Article Detecting Urban Polycentric Structure from POI Data Yue Deng 1, Jiping Liu 1,2,*, Yang Liu 3 and An Luo 2 1 School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, 129 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, China; [email protected] 2 Research Center of Government GIS, Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100830, China; [email protected] 3 Beijing Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Beijing 100091, China; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +86-136-9128-0025 Received: 30 April 2019; Accepted: 15 June 2019; Published: 17 June 2019 Abstract: It is meaningful to analyze urban spatial structure by identifying urban subcenters, and many methods of doing so have been proposed in the published literature. Although these methods are widely applied, they exhibit obvious shortcomings that limit their further application. Therefore, it is of great value to propose a new urban subcenter identification method that can overcome these shortcomings. In this paper, we propose the density contour tree (DCT) method for detecting urban polycentric structures and their spatial distributions. Conceptually, this method is based on an analogy between urban spatial structure and terrain. The point-of-interest (POI) density is visualized as a continuous mathematical surface representing the urban terrain. Peaks represent the regions of the most frequent human activity, valleys represent regions with small population densities in the city, and slopes represent spatial changes in urban land-use intensity. Using this method, we have detected the urban “polycentric” structure of Beijing and determined the corresponding spatial relationships.
    [Show full text]
  • Chronology of Chinese History
    AppendixA 1257 Appendix A Chronology of Chinese History Xla Dynasty c. 2205 - c. 1766 B. C. Shang Dynasty c. 1766 - c. 1122 B. C. Zhou Dynasty c. 1122 - 249 B. C. Western Zhou c. 1122 - 771 B.C. Eastern Zhou 770 - 249 B. C. Spring Autumn and period 770 - 481 B.C. Warring States period 403 - 221 B.C. Qin Dynasty 221 - 207 B. C. Han Dynasty 202 B. C. - A. D. 220 Western Han 202 B.C. -AD. 9 Xin Dynasty A. D. 9-23 Eastern Han AD. 25 - 220 Three Kingdoms 220 - 280 Wei 220 - 265 Shu 221-265 Wu 222 - 280 Jin Dynasty 265 - 420 Western Jin 265 - 317 Eastern Jin 317 - 420 Southern and Northern Dynasties 420 - 589 Sui Dynasty 590 - 618 Tang Dynasty 618 - 906 Five Dynasties 907 - 960 Later Liang 907 - 923 Later Tang 923 - 936 Later Jin 936 - 947 Later Han 947 - 950 Later Zhou 951-960 Song Dynasty 960-1279 Northern Song 960-1126 Southern Song 1127-1279 Liao 970-1125 Western Xia 990-1227 Jin 1115-1234 Yuan Dynasty 1260-1368 Ming Dynasty 1368-1644 Cling Dynasty 1644-1911 Republic 1912-1949 People's Republic 1949- 1258 Appendix B Map of China C ot C x VV 00 aý 3 ýý, cý ýý=ý<<ý IAJ wcsNYý..®c ýC9 0 I Jz ýS txS yQ XZL ý'Tl '--} -E 0 JVvýc ý= ' S .. NrYäs Zw3!v )along R ?yJ L ` (Yana- 'ý. ý. wzX: 0. ý, {d Q Z lýý'? ý3-ýý`. e::. ý z 4: `ý" ý i kws ". 'a$`: ýltiCi, Ys'ýlt.^laS-' tý..
    [Show full text]
  • Upcoming Events 2021 Virtual BSOP Meeting: February 23, 6:00Pm, Special Joint BSOP/Mirai Program Featuring Ryan Neil on Repotting
    February Upcoming Events 2021 Virtual BSOP Meeting: February 23, 6:00pm, Special joint BSOP/Mirai program featuring Ryan Neil on repotting. February 24, 6:30—8:00pm, BSOP Repotting Q&A with Ryan Neil March 13 10:00 - 11:30am, Mentorship Presents; Repotting March 23, 7-9pm, Monthly Meeting- Jonas Dupuich on long term pine development National Meeting: September 11-12, 2021, US National Bonsai Exhibition. Rochester, NY 14445 2021 Words From the President Greetings BSOP, I hope everyone is enjoying the snow and winter weather that this month has brought us - I personally love seeing snow fall in the bonsai garden. While the pandemic has halted our in-person gatherings, I hope you have and plan to take advantage of our digital program- ming. We're offering two Zoom presentations each month until the pandemic passes, with no summer break. This month I'll be giving a program on deciduous nebari techniques, and later Ryan Neil will be giving a BSOP sponsored public stream on February 23rd, and will be giving a private BSOP members-only Repotting Q&A session on February 24th. We have some of the biggest names in bonsai presenting to our club this year on Zoom, so please tune in and catch a program. In spite of this winter weather, it's time to start thinking about repotting season, if you haven't already! Make sure you protect repotted bonsai from freezing temperatures and wind. Bonsai undergoing a drastic repot might even appreciate a heat pad. For aftercare, typically 3-4 weeks in the greenhouse after repotting is a good guideline, but keep an eye on the weather.
    [Show full text]
  • Ring Roads and Urban Biodiversity: Distribution of Butterflies in Urban
    www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Ring roads and urban biodiversity: distribution of butterfies in urban parks in Beijing city and Received: 1 June 2018 Accepted: 26 April 2019 correlations with other indicator Published: xx xx xxxx species Kong-Wah Sing1,2, Jiashan Luo3, Wenzhi Wang1,2,4,5, Narong Jaturas6, Masashi Soga7, Xianzhe Yang8, Hui Dong9 & John-James Wilson10,6,8 The capital of China, Beijing, has a history of more than 800 years of urbanization, representing a unique site for studies of urban ecology. Urbanization can severely impact butterfy communities, yet there have been no reports of the species richness and distribution of butterfies in urban parks in Beijing. Here, we conducted the frst butterfy survey in ten urban parks in Beijing and estimated butterfy species richness. Subsequently, we examined the distribution pattern of butterfy species and analyzed correlations between butterfy species richness with park variables (age, area and distance to city center), and richness of other bioindicator groups (birds and plants). We collected 587 individual butterfies belonging to 31 species from fve families; 74% of the species were considered cosmopolitan. The highest butterfy species richness and abundance was recorded at parks located at the edge of city and species richness was signifcantly positively correlated with distance from city center (p < 0.05). No signifcant correlations were detected between the species richness and park age, park area and other bioindicator groups (p > 0.05). Our study provides the frst data of butterfy species in urban Beijing, and serves as a baseline for further surveys and conservation eforts. China is a megadiverse country but is rapidly losing biodiversity as a consequence of socioeconomic development and expansion of urban land since the 1990s1,2.
    [Show full text]
  • 蔡 佳 葳 Charwei Tsai Born 1980 Bonsai Series III – No
    蔡 佳 葳 Charwei Tsai Born 1980 Bonsai Series III – no. VII, 2011 black ink on lithographs, 26 x 31 cm 蔡 佳 葳 DISCUSSION 1 The artist has created lithographic prints of Bonsai trees. Can you see what the artist has Charwei Tsai included on the tree in place of leaves? Born 1980 2. The words are the lyrics of love songs by the sixth Dalai Lama. Why do you think the artist Bonsai Series III – no. VII, 2011 chose to depict the Bonsai trees with these lyrics? CONTEMPORARY ART FROM MAINLAND CHINA, TAIWAN AND HONG KONG black ink on lithographs, 26 x 31 cm 3 Do you think the work has a spiritual, philosophical or religious connotation? Why? ABOUT THE ARTIST 4. How did the artist give the work a sense of time and also of movement? Charwei Tsai explores spiritual and environmental Born in Taiwan, Charwei was educated overseas, and she 5. The colour palette of the work is minimal. Why do you think Charwei decided to do this? themes through a variety of media including videos, currently lives between Taipei, Taiwan and What mood or feeling do you think it gives the work? photographs, installation and performance based works. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. She is fascinated by Charwei often uses calligraphy to explore Buddhist concepts of impermanence and emptiness, which are texts on a range of natural surfaces such as tofu, tree central to Buddhist belief, and which the artist defines ACTIVITIES trunks, mushrooms and ice. Through a detailed and as an ‘understanding of the interdependence between Thinking repetitive process she reaches a meditative state.
    [Show full text]
  • View / Open Mickle Oregon 0171N 11557.Pdf
    ART BEYOND THE GENERIC CITY: YANG YONGLIANG’S PHOTO COMPOSITES 2007-2012 by ALEXANDRA W. MICKLE A THESIS Presented to the Department of the History of Art and Architecture and the Graduate School of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts June 2016 THESIS APPROVAL PAGE Student: Alexandra W. Mickle Title: Art Beyond the Generic City: Yang Yongliang’s Photo Composites 2007-2012 This thesis has been accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts degree in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture by: Dr. Jenny Lin Chairperson Dr. Charles Lachman Member Dr. Kate Mondloch Member and Scott L. Pratt Dean of the Graduate School Original approval signatures are on file with the University of Oregon Graduate School. Degree awarded June 2016 ii © 2016 Alexandra W. Mickle iii THESIS ABSTRACT Alexandra W. Mickle Master of Arts Department of the History of Art and Architecture June 2016 Title: Art Beyond the Generic City: Yang Yongliang’s Photo Composites 2007-2012 This thesis examines the digital photo composites of Chinese artist Yang Yongliang (b. 1980, Shanghai) from 2007-2012 by selecting three distinct series that focus on three cities. This thesis approaches Yang’s Shanghai-based digital landscape prints (shuma shanshui), his 2012 series A Bowl of Taipei, and his 2010 series Greece, Greece and investigates how they relate to Asian art history, contemporary art discourse, and urban theories, including Rem Koolhaas’s 1995 essay “The Generic City.” This thesis moves beyond the simple binaries with which Yang’s works are often described – past versus present, nature versus city, tradition versus modernity – dichotomies similar to those used to characterize recent urbanization in most major cities, as observed in Koolhaas’s writing.
    [Show full text]
  • Urban Cultural Heritages ——A Case Study on Shanghai
    城市文化遗产保护的经济和政策问题 ——上海案例研究 Economic and Policy Issues on the Protection of Urban Cultural Heritages ——A Case Study on Shanghai 荣 跃 明 Rong Yueming 上海社会科学院 Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences 2017. 07 Section 1 The Rich Diversity of Urban Cultural Heritages in Shanghai 上海城市文化遗产的丰富多样性 1.1 The Concept and Cognition of Urban Cultural Heritages 1.1 概念与认知 From the perspective of cultural taxonomy: • archaeological sites • historic architectures • historic districts • cultural relics • historic archives and documents • traditional classic literatures • traditional arts • traditional folk custom and beliefs • social memories • … From the perspective of patterns: • tangible cultural heritages • intangible cultural heritages 1.2 The Historical Evolution of Shanghai 1.2 上海城市的历史演进 6th Century 4th Century Shanghai 8th Century the land－forming process of Shanghai 上海成陆过程 Shanghai County in Song and Yuan Dynasties Shanghai County 宋元时期的上海县 in Ming Dynasty Shanghai County 明代时期的上海县 in Qing Dynasty 清代时期的上海县 1.3 The Rich Diversity of Urban Cultural Heritages in Shanghai 1.3 上海城市文化遗产的丰富多样性 Carbonized rice from Majiabang historic site 马家浜文化出土的碳化稻谷 The site of Qinglong Town 青龙镇遗址 The on-site museum of the Yuan Dynasty Sluice 元代水闸遗址博物馆 Longhua Temple 龙华寺 Yu Garden 豫园 Zhujiajiao 朱家角 1.4 The Urban Cultural Characteristics of Shanghai 1.4 上海城市文化的特色 Shanghai School 海派文化·弄堂 Beijing School 京派文化·胡同 The Ancient Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road 古代丝绸之路和古代海上丝绸之路 Shu Shen Du Dao Trade Route 蜀身毒道商贸通道 Shanghai in late Qing Dynasty Concessions in Shanghai 清末的上海 上海租界 The site of
    [Show full text]