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Left column, top to bottom;
Moshe Emergui, Israeli bonsai artist demonstrates on a massive g grown in the archetypal Taiwan form.
A member of the audience, Kim Rochelle-Brown, volunteered to help Moshe and his assistant apply wire to the branches.
Major pruning and wiring turned the tree into a beautiful bonsai.
Right column, top to bottom;
Lindsay Bebb was given
a Juniperus chinensis, professionally-grown material that looks like it was collected from nature.
Lindsay reoriented the inclination of the trunk, selected branches for his design and pruned away unwanted foliar mass.
Lindsay is joined by Glenis Bebb, who is wiring the branches for Lindsay to set.
The nished tree, at least for the time being,.
Israel is the only country in the world to enter the twenty- rst century with an increase in the number of trees in its territory. On a mission to green the desert, Israel is a leader in agricultural innovations from large scale desalinization plants that turn sea water into life-giving fresh water, to drip irrigation systems that make e cient use of this valuable resource. We learned that Israeli bonsai clubs and the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens are avidly promoting bonsai. Bonsai theory and practical application is led by local bonsai club artists and international artists that
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