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The Renaissance





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                                                                          Old Pine


















                              When a Shakan






















                                                                                   uring the summer of 2008, I made a trip
                                                                                   to Switzerland with some of my friends
                                                                            Dto visit some bonsai gardens. Among
                                                                             them, there was one belonging to bonsai lover
                                                                             Peter Thali. (above)
                                                                             I was immediately impressed by the quality
                                                                             of the trees in his collection, all of them were
              Became a Han Kengai                                            yamadori he had collected in the Swiss Alps,
                                                                             grown, pruned and styled with expertise.
                                                                             There were lots of spruces, larches and mugo
                                                                             pines and I remember that one in particular
                                   Text and Photos by Mauro Stemberger, Italy  struck me because of the lines of the trunk and
                                                 (www.ItalianBonsaiDream.com)  its age.











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