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 People & Collections

 
 
Ryan Neil; Contemporary Bonsai Artist
By Massimo Bandera, Italy
 
Gallery; Ryan Neil, Bonsai Mirai
Fulfilling a Dream; Mark and Ritta Cooper’s adventures in Japan
By Kath Hughes, UK
     

 

 Articles

 
Stones From the Great Lakes; A Primeval Aesthetic
By Tony Ankowicz, USA
 
Why judge bonsai? All in the Eye of the Beholder
By Kath Hughes, UK
 
Know Your Tree Series; Ficus Benjamina ‘Little Lucy’
By Lew Buller, USA
 
An Exuberance of Satsuki
By Michael Collins McIntyre, Canada
 
Juicy Bonsai; Knowing Your Succulents
By Nikunj Parekh, Jyoti Parekh and Sujata Bhat, India
 
 
 

  News

 

Bonsai in the Piazza; Major Changes at the Weyerhaeuser Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection; Bonsai and Suiseki in Slovakia; With Spring Comes a Harvest of Stones; Arcobonsai 2014, Turin, Italy; Bonsai on the Blue Line; Tree Power. A bonsai tree that charges your gadgets.

 

 

 

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      Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

 
The 88th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition
By Tom Elias, USA
 
BCI Tour Australia; 2014 Post-convention Tour
Nippon Suiseki Association: New Leadership, New Direction, New Exhibition
By Tom Elias, USA
 
The Road to Heusden-Zolder, the Mecca of Bonsai Pilgrimage; Noelanders Trophy XV 2014
By Kath Hughes, UK
 

     

 Articles

 
Advancing Stone Appreciation through Professional Stone Collectors: Ken McLeod
By Tom Elias, USA
 
Judging Bonsai; Who Decides What is Good?
By Kath Hughes, UK
 
Inspired by Masterpieces
By Danilo Scursatone, Italy
 
      

  News

 

Incredible India; Swindon ‘Winter Image Bonsai Show’; International Bonsai Art & Culture Biennale, Indonesia; The Grand Indonesian Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition

 

 

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      Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

 
BCI Tour Australia 2014 Post-convention Tour
 
National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia
By Leigh Taafe, Australia
 
Taikan-ten Impressions of The Grandview Bonsai Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan
By Owen Reich, USA
 

     

 People & Collections

 

Black Pine; Strength and Beauty

By Danilo Scursatone, Italy

 
 
 

 Features & Species

 
A Premonition of Bonsai: A Dream Set in Motion
By Alessandro Bonardo, Italy
 
 

  Processes

 

Good, better, best! Refining a Coastal Banksia.
By Grant Bowie, Australia
 
The Renaissance of an Old Pine; When a Shakan Became a Han Kengai
By Mauro Stemberger, Italy
 
 

  Book Reviews

 

Keshiki Bonsai: The Easy Modern Way to Create Miniature Landscapes
By Michael Collins-McIntyre, Canada
 
   

  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.

 

 

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Tours, Exhibits and Conventions

 
All India Bonsai Convention & Exhibition, Vadodara, India,
By Lindsay & Glenis Bebb, Australia
 

     

 Articles

 
Viewing Stones; A Contemporary Perspective
By Richard Turner, USA
 
Forest Inspirations; Saikei, Suihan Penjing, Ikadabuki (Raft style) and Netsuranari (Root Connected) bonsai
By Jyoti Parekh and Nikunj Parekh, India
 
 
 

 Process

 
Bonsai Divorce; Breaking up a Twin Trunk Premma Bonsai
By Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
 
Bonsai Species Feature; Water Jasmine
By I S Ng, Malaysia
 

  News

 

Bonsai World 2013, UK; 7th World Bonsai Friendship Federation and The 12th Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Convention, China; BCI Award of Excellence in Canada; A new bonsai garden in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Major Cutbacks at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum
 

 Events

 

Calendar of Events, compiled by Alan Walker, USA

 

 

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Highlights from 2013 International Bonsai Convention, Yangzhou, China & BCI’s 50th Anniversary Celebrations
By Kath Hughes, UK and Tom Elias, US
 
Shangshi; Chinese Viewing Stones, 2013 International Bonsai Convention in Yangzhou, China.
By Gudrun Benz, Germany
 
Penjing Exhibit 2013, International Bonsai Convention in Yangzhou, China,
By Malcolm Hughes and Kath Hughes, UK
 
The French ConneXion; The 2013 European Bonsai Convention, Audincourt, France.
By Kath Hughes, UK
BCI 2014: Sunrise on Australian Bonsai; The 27th National Bonsai Convention, Queensland, Australia
 
      

 Articles

 
The Larch; Deciduous Charm, Conifer by Nature.
By Danilo Scursatone, Italy
 
 

 Processes

 
Scorpion Rising; A Juniperus communis ‘Hemispherica’ from southern Italy,
By Giacomo Pappalardo, Italy
 
Sunrise on Australian Bonsai; The 27th National Bonsai Convention, Queensland, Australia
 
Ten Years Later; Torulosa Grove on the Seashore.
By Lew Buller, USA
Recaredo; a manifesto for a contemporary bonsai.
By Massimo Bandera, Italy
 
 

  News

 

BCI Awards of Excellence at Arcobonsai; BCI Visitors in Vietnam; A New Container for an Atlas Cedar at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, USA; BCI Awards of Excellence in Sicily.

  
   

  Events

 

Calendar of Events, compiled by Alan Walker, USA