National Bonsai and Penjing Museum Apprentice

[rockm]

Anyone interested in a paying position in bonsai?

The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum is looking for a bonsai apprentice for 2026. Applications are due by November 1. It's a paying position. You won't make a fortune in cash, but former apprentices have gone on to become curators at other bonsai collections. You'll be working on dozens of species from conifers to tropicals and some of the best examples of bonsai in the U.S. You will learn with some of the best.

If you're interested:

U.S. National Arboretum

 

[pandacular]

Great opportunity! If I lived on the east coast (and wasn’t favorably tied down) I’d be applying for this.

 

[stewarjm192]

Wasn’t this funding cut?

 

[Wood]

No. The person who was able to onboard new Arboretum employees got DOGE'd. Funding was not the issue

 

[rockm]

The position is not funded through the government. It is funded by the National Bonsai Foundation.

 

[bonsaiwood]

What an awesome opportunity.

 

[DonielDoom]

Incredible opportunity. Not much has made me contemplate picking up from Oregon for another U.S. state. That sure gets some thoughts moving...

Thanks for posting! You don't see this kind of opportunity advertised everyday.