MARQUETTE, MI— A local group has rehomed trees from the former Marquette General Hospital site.
In collaboration with the NMU Foundation, members of the Gichigami Bonsai Guild collected the trees on Saturday—Earth Day. The trees are being replanted at volunteers’ homes.
About 25 people showed up to relocate the trees, which are growing on a site that will be demolished and redeveloped. The NMU Foundation now owns the site.
The Guild calls the event “Yamadori,” or “gathering plants from the wild.”
Bonsai is the practice of keeping trees in pots, but there are many aspects that comprise the practice: horticulture, aesthetics, seasonal development, the nature of various tree species, and techniques appropriate to them.
