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opening ceremony of the 19th Hua Fong National Bonsai Exhibition. Impressive not only for the color- ful opening ceremony itself, but also for the number of top quality bonsai and suiseki exhibits on display. It could only be summarized, without exaggeration, as Taiwan’s highest level of bonsai.
Thereafter over the next few days, those of us who were guests of our Taiwanese hosts, had the pleasure of visiting a some of Taiwan’s prestigious private col- lections and nurseries, including Taichung Bonsai Village and nurseries specializing in red and white pines, as well as the famous Taiwanese junipers. On the final day, the trip culminated with time spent at Mr. Chen’s Wann Yiing Garden with its extensive grounds, lakes, bonsai and impressive museum con- taining a diverse and considerable number of rare
Oriental artefacts. Words cannot adequately describe all that was there to behold; one can only express our thanks and appreciation to Mr. Chen for his generous hospitality together with those from the Taiwanese associations who provided us visitors with the op- portunity of viewing Taiwan’s bonsai and suiseki at its unsurpassed best.
Top left; Viewing stone
Top right; Juniperus chinensis -
height 1 m 28 cm.
Middle left and right; Collected Taiwanese juniper - early styling and example of unstyled collected juniper
Bottom; Collected and partially styled junipers.
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