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Top left, right and middle left;
Pinsonqiu Pine Garden in the rain. For some in the group,
it was a second trip in ve years to revisit this wonderful, well tended exhibit. The rain seemed to have added an extra sparkle to the pines.
Middle right, bottom left and right; In the afternoon we were treated to an excursion to Liu Hua West, the home of the Guangzhou Bonsai Group. An old mansion, lled with exquisite bonsai, viewing stones and ceramics was the entry to an enchanted garden with lakes and fabulous trees.
e rst day brought the group to Panyu Chu Kong Pipe Co. Ltd, Jin Long Bonsai garden in the Pearl River Valley. Acres and acres of subtropical bonsai trees in training and an enormous display and exhibition area awaited us. As far as the eyes could reach, extraor- dinary examples of Lingnan style penjing were dis- played. eir beauty and variety was overwhelming and the time was too short to see them all.
In the a ernoon we visited Peihong Primary School, base of Guangzhou Lingnan Bonsai Intangible Cultural
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