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The popular silhouette bonsai show features deciduous trees in their dormant phase, which highlights their branch structure.

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Bonsai Collection

The Garden's bonsai collection is on rotating display in the East and West Courtyards of the Regenstein Center from May to October.

In 2000, the Chicago Botanic Garden unveiled a priceless gift to its bonsai collection. Mr. Susumu Nakamura, internationally renowned bonsai master, donated 19 of the most prized specimens from his personal collection to the Garden.

With the acquisition of these miniature masterpieces, including some international award-winning plants, the Garden’s collection of 185 bonsai becomes one of the best public displays of bonsai in the world.

It has outstanding examples of evergreen, deciduous, tropical, flowering, and fruiting trees.

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