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William N. Valavanis USA
Email: wnv(at)internationalbonsai.com Bill became interested in bonsai and horticulture at age 11 and pursued his interest by studying Ornamental Horticulture at SUNY Farmingdale and Cornell University. He has made over 50 trips to Japan and formally apprenticed with Kyuzo Murata and Kakutaro Komuro in Omiya Bonsai Village in Japan. Additionally a 30 year study and association with Yuji Yoshimura combined with his formal horticultural degrees, apprenticeships in Japan and his artistic talent provide Bill with the solid background to promote and teach Classical bonsai art around the world. He is the proprietor of the International Bonsai Arboretum in Rochester, New York where he maintains a fine personal collection of Classical bonsai and offers courses, seminars and symposia. In order to further promote Classical bonsai art around the world he began publishing International BONSAI, magazine 33 years ago. He has authored two books and numerous articles published in English, Japanese and other European languages. The distinctive bonsai and displays he has created have received many awards both in the United States and abroad. He freely shares his 45 years of dedicated bonsai study, experiences and discoveries with students and through International BONSAI and his educational bonsai programs.
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