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exhibition was opened on the morning of October 24
and my wife and I together with Vladimir cut the rib-
bons as the official ceremony opening the show.
There were over 200 selected bonsai exhibited and
almost 100 suiseki from east Europe exhibited on the
nice long row of tables for bonsai and big suiseki and
inside nice glass cabinets for smaller suiseki. Many
of them were high quality bonsai and suiseki. Many
types of species were exhibited like Juniper, pines, lar-
ix, carpinus, maple, olea, pseudocydonia and taxus.
Bonsai artists from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Italy,
Austria, Japan and Indonesia conducted demonstra-
tions in the afternoon simultaneously from five tables
with one speaker for all. Some assistants were helping
the demonstrators. I had the opportunity to work on
a juniperus chinensis I got from Vladimir’s garden as
my demonstration tree. Some artists were even bring-
ing materials from their own countries. It was fun to
have the demonstrations together. Some children are Pinus mugo
also on the stage to give demonstration. It was really a
good way to attract many youngsters to become bon-
sai lovers.
Besides bonsai and suiseki, many activities were
held for the occasion. Various tea ceremonies from
China, Taiwan and Japan were done in a very artistic

Taxus cuspidata

Stalactite Stalagmite

Pinus parfiflora Chamaecyparis pisifera
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