I’m just back from a quick trip to Washington DC with my stepdaughter Katie. We first stopped at the US National Arboretum to spend some time with the new director Richard Olsen, who shared his excitement about many of the exciting plans and projects underway at the people’s arboretum including the renovation of the Chinese bonsai pavilion. Virtually all of the projects and expansions are privately funded.
While it was exciting to hear that the future looks bright, it was equally shocking to see the horrific state of maintenance and weeding due to continuing Congressional budget cuts to the arboretum’s funding. The Federal government seems to have no understanding of funding for maintenance. It’s a sad reflection on our country for visitors from around the world to see our country’s National Arboretum like this. I hope you’ll join me in calling your representatives and voice your concern!
One of the really interesting finds in the garden was a spontaneous jack in the pulpit hybrid…a cross of Arisaema heterophyllum and Arisaema ringens. This is the first spontaneous arisaema hybrid that I’ve ever heard of. We need this!
然后，在史密森尼人的国际春季学大会上发言。超过250名来自美国以外的一半的蕨类研究人员出现，分享了他们最新的蕨类植物发现和研究。这是结识这么多令人惊叹的人的绝佳机会。凯蒂（Katie）录制了我的演讲，我们将很快将其发布在You Tube频道上。
国家盆景和彭吉（Penjing）博物馆正在进行的翻新涉及日本馆，而不是中国馆。日本亭子是1976年建造的原始结构，可容纳日本53个盆景的原始两百周年礼物。
Thanks for the clarification…we understood there were stucco and other issues, along with new displays being addressed in both.
There are current issues with the Chinese Pavilion, but the 2 million dollar campaign to renovate the Japanese Pavilion is the main focus of fundraising by the National Bonsai Foundation. We have currently raised 1.8 million towards that goal.
Yes, Kudos to the National Bonsai Foundation for their support. Do you have link for folks who might want to donate the final 200k?
此链接连接到接受捐赠的国家盆景基金会网站。
http://www.bonsai-nbf.org/current-projects/
Marvelous…many thanks!