INSIDE 2014 Q1
Volume 53 number 1
JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH
Tours, Exhibits and Conventions
25 BCI Tour Australia 2014 Post-convention Tour
42 National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia
By Leigh Taafe, Australia
46 Taikan-ten Impressions of The Grandview Bonsai Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
By Owen Reich, USA
People & Collections
4 The 50-Year Journey of an American Bonsai Pioneer;
Bill Valavanis’ love affair with bonsai
By Marc Arpag, USA
12 Bonsai Artistry and a Passion for Stones in the Garden State;
An Interview with Martin Schmalenberg
By Joe Grande, Canada
20 New Bonsai Museum of Baosheng Garden
By Tom Elias, USA
35 In Memory of Mary Holmes Bloomer
By Donna Banting, USA
Featured Species
32 Black Pine; Strength and Beauty
By Danilo Scursatone, Italy
Process
28 Good, better, best! Refining a Coastal Banksia.
By Grant Bowie, Australia
36 The Renaissance of an Old Pine; When a Shakan Became a Han Kengai
By Mauro Stemberger, Italy
BOOK REVIEW
59 Keshiki Bonsai: The Easy Modern Way to Create Miniature Landscapes
By Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada
NEWS
61 Bonsai and Stone News; Bonsai Exhibition by Bonsai Study Group of The Indo-Japanese Association; BCI Award of Excellence at the Toronto Bonsai Society’s fall Bonsai Show at the Toronto Botanical Gardens; Chicago Horticultural Society Seeking Curator