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National Bonsai and Suiseki

Exhibition 2014 in Germany

Strength in numbers

Text and photos by Gudrun Benz, Germany

joint event, the annual general meetings
and exhibition of the Bonsai Club Germany
and the German Suiseki Society, was held in
Mannheim on October 18 and 19, 2014. The
A t of the event was the Regional-Verband
os
h
Rhein-Main, an umbrella-organization of five bon-
sai work groups in the South-West of Germany. Each
year another regional bonsai organization organizes
the annual exhibition of the national bonsai and su-
iseki clubs. It would be too hard for a local club (work
group) to organize the event, set-up the exhibition and
to carry out the convention alone. Since the exhibition
is open to the general public it should be supervised
during opening hours. At the entrance a fee (this year
of 4 Euro) is collected from all who are not exhibitors
or involved in the organization. At a welcome desk,
interested people and bonsai newcomers can get in-
formation about the club, bonsai care etc. Therefore a
lot of volunteers are needed to fulfil all tasks.
About 90 bonsai and 11 Suiseki were on display.
The bonsai exhibited were mostly indigenous speci-
Top; Crataegus sp. mens with a few trees imported from Japan, China
Middle left; Overview of the and Indonesia. Most bonsai were labelled without the
exhibition name of the owner because several thefts of bonsai
Bottom left; Taxus sp.
Bottom right; Juniperus
chinensis

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