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Bonsai Intermediate Course launched on Bonsai Empire Website
e Bonsai Intermediate Course, an online tutorial featuring the best of contemporary Bonsai design and the techniques needed to create outstanding works of living art is now available. Bjorn Bjorholm, a Bonsai professional who studied this living art for over six years while living in Japan, apprenticing under the famous Bonsai master Keiichi Fujikawa is the course instructor.
is expansive online tutorial with over 3 hours of videos, builds upon the previous Bonsai Beginner’s Course and features in-depth technical and practical content presented in an exciting, easy-to-use platform. e Bonsai Intermediate Course features focused, species speci c lessons on some of the most popular plants used for Bonsai, including Junipers, Pines, Hornbeams, Apricots and Maples, as well as many obscure species, such as Stewartia, Cypress, Chojubai, Dwarf Kumquat, and Pyracantha along with its evolutionary background, necessary horticultural maintenance and developmental techniques, design and styling principles, and applied progressions. Learn about the mechanics of wiring and pruning, delve into the aesthetics of design, and horticultural maintenance per tree species.
For a one-time fee of less than $50US, you get unlimited access to the online course. ere are two free lessons you can watch before buying.
In Memoriam: Guillermo Castaño Ramirez, a true friend of Bonsai
and BCI.
“Guillermo Castaño is a true friend to Bonsai! He has done so much to promote Bonsai around the world. He gives unsel shly to help promote the Art of Bonsai, and is a true Ambassador of Bonsai. When you need advice on Bonsai, Sculpture, or just life, Guillermo will always be there to help you, no questions asked. I am honored to call Guillermo a friend.” —Frank Mihalic, BCI
Director.
Guillermo’s artistic abilities were rst introduced to Bonsai Clubs International at the Louisville, Kentucky Convention when BCI President Robert Kempinski gave out the gold medallions that Guillermo had made for BCI. e BCI directors award the medallion to ac- complished bonsai people. His generous contributions to BCI and bonsai will be missed.
Above; BCI Excellence Award Medal by Guillermo Castaño.
The medallion is bronze with the BCI logo tree on one
side and the inscription “BCI Excellence Award” on the other. It is now coveted around the world.
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