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Bonsai in the Middle of Germany
Top; Ilex serata, about 40 years old, in care since 2011
Award of the Jury
Bottom right; Opening of the event: poster of the hosting club: “Arbeitskreis Hessische Rhön”
By Gudrun Benz, Germany TPhotos by Gudrun Benz
his year’s autumn was unusual warm in Germany—a prolonged summer with still- owering vegetation. Normally, wind, rain and night frost have done their work by this time of the year resulting in broad-
leaved trees loosing their foliage. Not so this year. e weather at the last week-end of October, the date of the German Bonsai & Suiseki convention, was so bright, the color of the autumn leaves suggested an Indian Summer. But not only the outside nature glowed in the sun, the bonsai exhibited indoors re ected the outside play of color too.
Ninety-four bonsai and a dozen Suiseki were on display in the hall flooded with light. The owners of the exhibits tried to set up a beautiful display. All bonsai and stones were accompanied by accent plants. Scrolls gave a seasonal accent to most of the Suiseki displays. It is up to the owner if his or her tree(s) take part in the evaluation by the judging committee. e precondition for an evaluation: the bonsai should be in
care of the owner since at last two vegetative periods. e best bonsai of each category (Shohin, mid-sized and large bonsai) were awarded at the gala diner at Saturday evening. In addition, special awards were
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Annual general meeting and exhibition of Bonsai Club Germany and German Suiseki Society at Küenzell October/November 2015
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