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| 2007 | Oct. 12 - 21 | Quezon City | Wu Shan Chang (Taiwan), Yang Kuo Yin (Taiwan); Mike Morden, Mrs. Fely S. Gupit, Yumie S. Gupit, Oding Reyes | |
| 2008 | May 3 - 11 | Quezon City | Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Tang Kim Hong (Taiwan), Tzen Chin Yi (Taiwan); Raymond Cordero, Dr. Emer Cruz, Erwin Miranda, Fely Gupit, Mike Morden, Joel Embuscado, Glenn Gasid, Romy Dino | |
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| 2002 | November | Abano Terme (PD), Italy | 56 samples of bonsai and suiseki from all over Europe; Tomio Yamada, Susumu Sudo, and Hideo Suzuki; Professor Giangiorgio Pasqualotto. | |
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| 2010 | Nov. 12 - 15 | Padua, Italy | 44 exhibitors from different European nations; Kunio Kobayashi (Japan); Paolo Rigotti, Mario Sandri, Xavier Redon Peinado e Adriano Nalon, Paolo Giai, Lorenzo Agnoletti, Bruno Mazza, Edoardo Rossi, Hartmuth Münchenbach, and Nicola Crivelli; Mirko Storari, Professor Giangiorgio Pasqualotto, Professor Aldo Tollini, Fabio Smolari, and Edoardo Rossi. | |
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| 2009 | Oct. 31 - Nov. 2 | Chung Hwa, Taiwan | Some 500 selected bonsai and 300 suiseki were exhibited by the Taiwan Pine Association, Hwa Fong (National Bonsai Association of Taiwan) and the Taiwan Bonsai Creators to commemorate the 10th Asia-Pacific Bonsai & Suiseki Exhibition and Convention; Shinji Suzuki (Japan, demo), Chien Liang Chen (Taiwan, demo), William N. Valavanis (USA, demo), Pedro J. Morales (Puerto Rico, demo), Arishige Mastuura (Japan, lecture: suiseki), Qing Qung Zhao (China, demo), David Benavente (Spain, demo), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia, demo), Salvatore Liporace (Italy, demo), Chung Hong Lee (Taiwan, demo), Yu Chuan Chou (Taiwan, demo), Lindsay Bebb (Australia, demo), Yi Long Chan (Taiwan, demo), and Kuo An Lee (Taiwan, demo). | |
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| 2009 | Mar. 20 - 22 | Salerno | Salvatore Liporace, Adolfo Michele, Enrico Savini | |
| 2010 | Apr. 16 - 18 | San Marino | Marco Invernizzi, Carlos Van Der Vaart (Holland), Peter Warren (UK) | |
| 2011 | Apr. 1 - 3 | Sanremo | Luciana Queirolo (suiseki), Ryan Neil (USA; demo, demo/work), Jenny Banti Pereira (demo/work: ikebana), Prof. Perino ("Introduction to the Painting Giapponese"), Marc Noelanders (Belgium; demo/work), Beppe Mokuza (work: sumi-e painting), Bandera Maximum ("The Bonsai between tradition and innovation in Japan and the world"), Dr. Claudius Littardi | |
| 2012 | May 4 - 6 | Arco (Trentino) | Giorgio Castagneri, Aldo Cetorelli, Nicola Crivelli, Armando Dal Col, Donato Danisi, Antonio Gesualdi, Adriano Nalon, Paolo Olivieri, Mario Pavone, Alfredo Salaccione, Gaetano Settembrini, Federico Springolo, Mauro Stembergher, Alfiero Suardi, Mirko Tedeschi. |
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| 2008 | Oct. 11 - 12 | Rochester, NY | 138 exhibits featuring 194 bonsai from 90 artists coming from 26 states and Puerto Rico; Seiji Morimae (Japan), Peter Warren (England), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sukosol, Dr. Alice W. Chen | |
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| 2010 | June 12 - 13 | Rochester, NY | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Dr. Alice W. Chen, Sean Smith; Trees from the following collections were on display: The US National Bonsai & Penjing Museum (US National Arboretum, Washington, DC), The Montreal Bonsai & Penjing Collection (Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, Canada), The Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection (Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA), The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Bonsai Collection (Brooklyn, NY), The North Carolina Arboretum Bonsai Collection (Asheville, NC), The Chicago Botanic Garden Bonsai Collection (Chicago, IL), The Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection (Weyerhaeuser Company's Bonsai Collection, Federal Way, WA), Iseli Nursery Bonsai Collection (Iseli Nursery, Boring, OR), The James J. Smith Bonsai Collection at Heathcote Botanical Gardens (Heathcote Botanical Gardens, Fort Pierce, FL), The Kennett Bonsai Collection (Kennett Square, PA); $8,300 was given for nine awards by three international judges: Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Farrand Bloch (Holland), and David Easterbrook (Canada); 95 exhibitors from 27 states, over 225 beautiful bonsai masterpieces. | |
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| 2012 | June 9 - 10 | Rochester, NY | 353 bonsai were entered by 118 exhibitors. Total bonsai on display was 248 by 95 exhibitors. Some bonsai were withdrawn after being accepted because of the tree's health. There were 185 formal displays including 18 shohin bonsai compositions with 80 individual specimens. 30 states were represented in addition to Canada and Puerto Rico. | |
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| 1989 | April 6 - 9 | Omiya, Japan | "World Peace Through Bonsai" |
Some 1237 delegates from 32 countries, approx. 40% Japanese and 60% from abroad;
Saburo Kato (demo: Ezo spruce group planting), Hiroshi
Takeyama (demo: stewartia grove), Hideo Kato, Masahiko Kimura, Susumu Nakamura,
Jiro Fukuda, Toshinori Suzuki, Shinji Ogasawara, Tsunekazu Nakajima (demo: informal
upright five-needle pine), Kanekazu Yoshimura, Koji
Amakawa, Masao Komatsu, Hideo Chugun, Eijiro Hiruma, Noburo Kaneko
(work: coniferous group planting) (all Japan) [See Also:
"Our Japan Trip Report" by Jack Wikle,
Journal, ABS, Vol. 23, No. 3, Fall 1989, pp. 12-21, with 27 b&w and 1
color photo and 2 line drawings] |
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| 1993 | May 27 - 31 | Orlando, FL, USA | "New Horizons" |
In conjunction w/BCI & ABS; 700 - 900 delegates; Saburo Kato (Japan, demo: 39 tree Stewartia monodelpha forest), John Naka (California, USA, demo: 111 Florida elm forest from a preplanned computerized sketch), Yuji Yoshimura (New York, USA, lect-demo: shimpaku juniper rock planting); Pius Notter (Switzerland, demo: Ponderosa pine), Ben Oki (California, USA, demo: two bald cypresses & work: Podocarpus), Rod Clemons (Georgia, USA, demo: shimpaku juniper and Kingville boxwood forest on stone slab), Mary Madison (Florida, demo & work: buttonwood), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico, demo: triple trunk Neea buxifolia & work: Ficus neriifolia clump) Ben Oki (California, USA), Russell Coker (Florida, USA, demo & work: Texas cedar elm), Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands, demo: jaboticaba & work: San Jose juniper and Hinoki cypress), Vaughn Banting (Louisiana, USA, demo: bald cypress group), James J. Smith (Florida, USA, demo: Ficus neriifolia & work: for children), Mas Imazumi (California, USA, work: juniper), Qingquan Zhao (China, demo: penjing planting on 48" white marble slab & work), Shinichi Nakajima (Japan, demo: buttonwood), Keiko Yamane (Japan, demo & work: kusamono), Paul Imada (Hawaii, USA, demo: Casuarina equisetifolia informal upright), Larry Ragle (USA, lect: suiseki), Felix Rivera (USA, lect: suiseki), Pat Vanders (USA, lect: suiseki). [See Also: "It Was An Experience" by Martin L. Mann et al, Bonsai, BCI, Vol. XXXII, No. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 9-36, with 97 b&w and 16 color photos by Randy Clark, Charles Roy and Pius Notter, plus 3 lines drawings by John Naka and 1 by Paul Imada] |
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| 1997 | Oct. 24 - 28 | Seoul, Korea | Approx. 200 overseas delegates, over 400 participants from 20 countries and a large exhibit of 220 Korean bonsai; Saburo Kato (Japan), Hideo Kato (Japan), Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Shinji Ogasawara (Japan), Hiroshi Takeyama, Haruhiko Kato, Pius Notter (Switzerland), John Naka (California, USA), Maria Teresa Volonterio, Hideo Saito, Ben Oki (California, USA), Hiroshi Suzuki, Lorenzo Malberti, Marina Pavanello, Othmar Auer | |
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| 2001 | May 31 - June 4 | München, Germany | In conjunction w/EBA ; over 100,000 visitors to the event; Walter Pall, François Jeker, Angel Mota, Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Serge Clémence, Saburo Kato (Japan), Hirosi Takeyama, Toru Suzuki, Osamu Komatu, Shinichi Nakajima, I. C. Su (Taiwan), Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Pedro J. Morales (Puerto Rico), Chen Jen-Liang, Solita Tafur Rosade (Colombia & USA), Gill Taylor-Duxbury, Patrizia Cappellaro (Italy), Sabine Weber, Kirsten van Croonen-borgh. | |
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| 2005 | May 28 - 31 | Washington, D.C. | "Bringing the World Together Through Bonsai" |
In conjunction w/ABS, BCI & NBF, some 951 registrants; Jim Barrett (USA, lect: bonsai pots), Lindsay Bebb (Australia, work & demo), Charles Ceronio (South Africa, demo), Thomas Elias (USA, lect: bonsai history), Luis Ricardo Garcia (Venezuela, demo), Gadiel Gonzalez, Jr. (Puerto Rico, work & demo), Don Gould (USA, lect: bonsai pots), Guy Guidry (USA, demo & work), Kemin Hu (China & USA, lect: Chinese scholars' rocks), Marco Invernizzi (Italy, demo & work), Arthur Joura (lect: interesting native species), Mary Madison (USA, work & demo), Koichi Masumi (Japan, work: shohin & demo), Arishige Matsuura (Japan, lects: suiseki and suiseki display), Hideo Metaxas (USA, lect: suiseki in California), Roy Nagatoshi (USA, work: Ponderosa pine & demo), Nikunj & Jyoti Parekh (India, work: black olive), Solita Rosade (Colombia & USA, work: for children & demo), Kathy Shaner (USA, demo & work), Lindsay Shiba (USA, demo & work), Arthur Skolnik (Canada, demo & work), Robert Steven (Indonesia, demo), Jack Sustic (USA, work: California juniper), Hiroshi Takeyama (Japan, demos & work), Steven Tolley (UK, work & demo), William Valavanis (USA, lect: bonsai display & work ), Keiko Yamane (Japan, works: grass planting), Qingquan 'Brook' Zhao (China, demo & work: land and water penjing). |
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San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Tohru Suzuki (Japan), François Jeker (France), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan),
Mrs. Chen (China), William Valavanis (USA), Xec Fernandez (Spain), Suthin Sukosolvisit (Thailand/USA),
Lindsay Shiba (USA), Robert Stevens (Indonesia), Sean Smith (USA), Martin Schmalenberg (USA),
Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Jim Doyle (USA), Louis Nell (South Africa), Sujey & Ruppa Shah (India),
Rafael Rebollo (Chile), Jesus Ignacio Marín (Venezuela), Juan Manuel Andrade (Costa Rica), Roberto
Martínez (Puerto Rico), Pedro J. Morales & Puerto Rico team, Masakuni Kawasumi III (Japan) |
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