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This is a picture of a 'forest' of bonsai trees that I took when my family and I went to Longwood Gardens during the Christmas season last year. Seeing the collection of bonsai trees was one of the highlights of my night at the gardens. I wanted to take a picture of the whole collection, but there was no way to get them all to fit in the frame. I took pictures of each bonsai tree, but the ones here were the most unique to me because there are several growing next to each other which makes it look like a miniature forest. Each bonsai tree was, amazingly, hundreds of years old. The bonsai tree collection at Longwood Gardens was very popular; there were people crowded around the glass and constantly peering through it. It was somewhat difficult to get to the front and take this picture. I am glad it came out well with no glare on the glass. I was curious as to why there was glass in front of the bonsai trees at all. I didn't think anyone would pick up one of the bonsai trees (which, including the pots, were probably very heavy) and just walk out of the gardens. Seeing the bonsai trees, especially the ones in this picture, made me want to grow one myself. But I know that it would take hundreds of years for it to come close to the appearance of these bonsai trees. I wonder if the gardens bought these bonsai trees or grew them themselves a long time ago. If they bought them, they probably would've costed a lot of money. But, taking a look at the garden's thousands of acres of beautiful land, it is obvious that they could easily afford many new additions. It would have been cool if they would've decorated the bonsai trees with Christmas lights like the rest of the trees in the gardens. The entire gardens were littered in Christmas lights! It was stunning. Overall I am very glad that my family and I ran into the bonsai tree display. It is a prominent memory of that visit to Longwood Gardens.