Bonsai tree: Chinese Garden of Friendship

Source: Bonsai Tonight
Chinese Garden of Friendship

I had the fortune to visit Australia last month. After a long, sleepless flight, I arrived in Sydney unable to check into my hotel for several hours. So I wandered around. Just five minutes from the hotel, I stumbled into Sydney’s Chinese Garden of Friendship. And right inside the front gate, I found myself in the “Penjing Courtyard.” I found it funny that my first photos of Australia featured small trees in pots.

Penjing Courtyard – Chinese Garden of Friendship

Penjing Courtyard

Penjing Courtyard

The rest of the garden was a pleasure – a perfect way to while away the warm afternoon.

Chinese Garden

Bridge and waterfall

The Seven Sages in Bamboo Forest

“Sage”

Waterfall

Slope below Clear View Pavilion

Australian White Ibis – these birds are all over Sydney

Iguana

Lantern in the Gurr (Clear View Pavilion)

Sleeping Boy Buddha

Frangipani (Plumeria acutifolia)

Grotto

Grotto behind Peace Pavilion

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My bonsai blog

I dedicate this blog to Bonsai trees, of which I am kindly passionate. I even don't remember when I first time became a fan of this prehistoric art of Chinese/Japanese culture, but I am sure that my passion, as for all other nature loving humans, will be in my heart till the rest of my life.
Isn't it adorable to bring up a little piece of nature in your own home, by your own hands, taking care of it like a mother of a child.
I have circled internet for some time and I have seen a lot of information and pictures of Bonsai, and I decided to dedicate this blog, for those who are starting to get known with this piece-of-art
and would like to know much more about it's history and nature...
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