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Visit Bamsai

Visit our bonsai and rare bamboo collection in County Kildare

Bamsai is a developing specialist collection of bonsai and rare bamboo in County Kildare, Ireland, located close to the Irish National Stud & Japanese Gardens and Kildare Village.

Our collection brings together specimen bonsai, Japanese maples, unusual bamboo species, specialist cultivars, wild-collected material and documented collector accessions from around the world.

We welcome enquiries from bonsai and bamboo enthusiasts, collectors, horticultural professionals and anyone with a genuine interest in Japanese horticulture and unusual plants.

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Bamsai is a private collection and visits are strictly by confirmed appointment.

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Bamsai visits are arranged individually, and we'll contact you regarding your preferred date.

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We look forward to welcoming you to Bamsai.

Bonsai on a timber bench at Bamsai with a young bamboo clump growing beside it

Rare bamboo collection

Unusual species, specialist cultivars and documented collector accessions, growing alongside the benches.

The bonsai benches at Bamsai seen from the front

Bonsai collection

Trees at different stages of development and refinement, on the benches where they are worked.

Japanese maples growing at Bamsai

Growing at Bamsai

Japanese maples and the wider garden, as it develops season by season in County Kildare.