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NATIONAL BONSAI

COMPETITION

V MMBA 2010

Municipal Bonsai Museum

in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

30th, 31st of October / 1st of November 2010 by LVEB Luis Vallejo Bonsai Studio

he MMBA Bonsai competition has been going on For every competition, international as well as national,
since the year 2000, organized by Arceval Jardin- experts are invited to share their methods, knowledge
Tería, S.L. and LVEB Luis Vallejo Bonsai Studio, and expertise. This year we had Mr. Shinji Suzuki and
both of which are directed and managed by Luis Vallejo. Mr. Hotsumi Terakawa from Japan; Mr. Mario Komsta
It is held biennially at the Municipal Bonsai Museum of from Poland; and Mr. Erasmo Garcia from Spain, who
Alcobendas (MMBA), in Alcobendas, a town in the north- won the previous competition in the year 2008.
ern outskirts of Madrid centre.The main objective of the This year, the trees that participated in the competi-
competition, is to bring together the best bonsai in Spain. tion were selected by Mr. Luis Vallejo and Mr. Mario
The MMBA competition has improved through the years Komsta. The winning trees were selected by Mr. Shinji
both in number of participants and also in the quality of Suzuki during the competition and later he explained his
the trees. Now it is an icon in Spain for all bonsai lovers. decisions and carried out a critique of all the trees to all
A whole range of activities were programmed for the of the participants and to the general public.
below left & right: Erasmo Gar- event; demonstrations, workshops, guided visits to other INAUGURATION
cia - styling an Olea europaea collections, gala dinner where the prizes were handed out
“sylvestris” to the winners, This took place on Saturday, the 30th of October, where
representatives of various organizations were invited to
officially open this year’s competition:
The opening speech was given by Luis Vallejo, followed by
the Deputy Mayor from the Town council of Alcobendas,
Mr. Ramon Cubian; the Ambassador of Japan, Mr. Fu-
miaki Takahashi; the Vice-president of the Royal Botani-
cal Garden of Madrid, Mrs. Inez Alvarez; among others.

After the speeches and welcoming, Spanish wine was of-
fered to all present and the competition officially began.
This year, the exhibit was attended by over 1500 people.

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