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Bonsai & Stone Newspromoting international friendship through bonsaiPrice Tags Blank 2 BlankGoldenArrowBonsaiAndrew Smith, 22473 Alpine Acres Dr, Deadwood, South Dakota 57732 The largest distributor of fine quality yamadori trees for bonsai in North America. Specializing exclusively in old collected specimens. Visit us online at:goldenarrowbonsai.com605-342-4467GoldenBonsaiAndrew Smith, 22473 Alpine Acres Dr, Deadwood, SD 57732 Specializing in ancient collected trees for bonsai. Visit us online at:goldenarrowbonsai.com605-342-4467ArrowGolden Arrow BonsaiAndrew Smith, 22473 Alpine Acres Dr, Deadwood, SD 57732Specializing in ancient collected trees for bonsai.Visit us online at:goldenarrowbonsai.comor contact goldenarrow@exede.net605-342-4467www.bonsai-bci.com/joinJoining or Renewing?BCI ofers you 3 ways.1. Manage your membership online,including editing username and password. Pay securely through Paypal. Go to www.bonsai-bci.com/join.2. If you prefer to use the post, use the form on the address sheet that came with this magazine and mail it, together with your check or credit card info, to:Larry Stephan, BCI Business ManagerPO Box 639, Prospect Heights, IL 60070-0639, USA3. Join or Renew by telephone. For credit card orders by phone, please call: 00-1-847-612-5133.Still need help with your membership? Please send us an email: ofce@bonsai-bci.comMinistry to restore neglected Japanese-style gardens abroadBy Yuki Okado, The Asahi Shibun, JapanThe land ministry plans to dispatch green-thumbed experts overseas to spruce up poorly maintained Japanese-style gardens and use them as bases to present the attrac-tiveness of Japanese culture.More than 500 Japanese-style gardens are believed to have been planted abroad, and a ministry survey conducted through diplomatic ofces last fscal year showed that 40 of them needed restoration, pruning and replacement of trees and plants.Groups of Japanese living overseas and other organizations have used such gardens as venues for tea ceremony lessons, festivals and other events to introduce Japanese culture. But maintaining the beauty of the gardens is difcult, especially when skilled workers are in short supply. Trees in many unattended Japanese gardens have become overgrown, and traditional stone lanterns have sometimes collapsed. Japanese diplomatic offices abroad have received requests for help in mending damaged gardens. In response, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism decided to rebuild two Japanese gardens in California and Romania this fscal year.Te ministry will send Japanese gardeners to repair the two gardens in November at the earliest after inspections of the sites. Te ministry will also provide lectures and develop manuals for local gardeners on how to keep the gardens in good condition.“I hope such eforts will lead to the devel-opment of systems to enable Japan’s private gardening companies to help restore gardens overseas,” said Ryuichi Wakisaka, the ministry’s director for international policy of green spaces environment.Te frst overseas Japanese-style garden is said to have been built in 1873, when the Japanese government put it on display at the Vienna World Exhibition. Te expo raised public interest in Japanese culture, and many Japanese gardens were constructed by individual owners in Europe and the United States. Afer the end of World War II, Japanese gardens were introduced in parks and other facilities around the world as part of bilateral friendship programs.More than 100 countries and regions are currently said to have Japanese-style gardens.