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Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection
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6 reviews for Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection
We've been wanting to stop by to check out Weyerhaeuser's Bonsai Collection and finally made the time to do it last weekend. What a cool experience! The display is quite impressive and I learned a ton about bonsai trees. I had no idea there were so many styles and types. There are quite a few trees to check out and each tree has a short writeup about it. The garden is free and informative so I would encourage you to check it out!
The Rhododendron Garden is in the same location but we did not pay the $5 entrance fee. We decided that if we are going to spend the money we'll go back when more of the bushes are blooming.
Pretty interesting. so I had to check it out.
I just saw on the news that they are closing this to the public due to the economy. The closure is effective April 2, 2009.
http://www.weyerhaeuse...
This is another one of those places that I've seen the roadside advertisements for a thousand times, but just never got around to going to,until today. I've never seen a bonsai collection before and I have to say it was rather neat. Today must have been a special occasion, as there were folks demonstrating the how-to of it all.
Part of me finds this just fascinating...a hobby the OCD could really latch onto. Living art, shaped and molded by your own hands over a period of decades. Turning into little landscapes for contemplation. Very cool.
But on the other hand...to see these small plants bound tightly with wire, given now where to stretch their roots...it makes me feel a bit claustrophobic with empathy, and sad for the poor things.
Well worth seeing...
...but at the same time, it is hard not to feel that this is all a part of the worlds best marketing scheme ever. The bonsai museum is part of Weyerhaeuser's gorgeous complex in Federal Way. Truthfully, the office building here is one of my favorite buildings in the world...fit into the landscape in an incredibly lovely way, dripping with foliage, set back in a field of lupin on one side, with amazing gardens on the other. As the anonymous "Yelp U." points out, Weyerhaeuser grows _some_ of the trees they cut down, having spent years engineering highly profitable clear cuts to the point of almost ruining their own field, they had to get into the farming business, but are happy to take any chance to harvest trees of park lands that politicians give them the opportunity to grab. Weyerhaeuser may not cut down wood in rainforests, but it has been shown to purchase it from those cutting it down, which is not much better.
Anyhow...as far as PR pieces goes, this one kicks ass and would make a splendid date place.
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sorry to ruin Maria's enviro-Nazi rambling but Weyerhaeuser actually grows the trees that they cut down, kinda like farming. It's the South American cattle ranchers that are cutting down the rainforest.
Anyways, this is definitely a great and free date idea ;)
Overlook the fact that a big, bad company (Weyerhaeuser) that cuts down big, beautiful trees for mass consumpton also displays the world's tiniest trees for public enjoyment. The bonsai artists whose trees are displayed here are interntionally famous and this is one of the finest collections in the world. It's free to the public, they will give you a free little guidebook, and it's worth a visit.
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