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\u201cDeveloping The Curator\u2019s Journal has offered both adult education programs and the bonsai program a new medium for collaborating in telling a story that\u2019s been 30 years in the growing,\u201d says the Arboretum\u2019s adult education programs manager Rebecca Caldwell. \u201cI love to hear from Journal subscribers how excited they are to read Arthur\u2019s writing about creating with native species in signature ways or assembling a miniature landscape that seems familiar but is wholly a product of his imagination or even learning practical tips for managing garden pests.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Joura was first assigned the task of caring for the bonsai at the Arboretum he had no familiarity with it. As he immersed himself in studying the subject, his focus moved away from cultural tradition and toward horticulture and nature. He began using plants native to the WNC region because he found those species familiar, interesting and emblematic of his part of the world. They were also readily available.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the end, what mattered more than using native plant material was using native experience, that is, drawing on my own first-hand experience of trees as they are here in the mountains of Southern Appalachia,\u201d says Joura. \u201cThat made bonsai more relevant to this place, and more personally satisfying, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joura has spent a 30-year career shaping a highly original collection for the Arboretum, one that is devoted to sharing \u201cthe simple truth about bonsai,\u201d a perfect melding of art and horticulture in miniature. His efforts to create a bonsai experience that combines an ancient Eastern discipline with the natural flora of the Southern Appalachian Mountains have earned him the acclaim of the worldwide bonsai community.<\/p>\n
More information about registration, including preview journal entries, can be found at CuratorsJournal.net<\/a>. Find out more about this and other adult education offerings at NCArboretum.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The world-renowned Bonsai Exhibition Garden at The North Carolina Arboretum inspires thousands of visitors annually, and now the garden\u2019s curator is offering a unique glimpse into the art of bonsai and its place in Appalachia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":52389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoors","category-recreation"],"yoast_head":"\n