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By Tom Anglewicz, USA
Photos by Stephen Lee, USA and Erin Raney, USA
O n the weekend of September 10th and 11th, the Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society (RMBS) staged Top; Rocky Mountain Juniper

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its 47th annual show at the Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG). RMBS has enjoyed a long-standing
Schlafer
relationship with the Gardens, and our annual show has been presented there in all previous
years.
This year’s exhibit was a significant departure in two ways:
Traditionally, the show has been held on the Father’s Day weekend in June, but it was moved to the early fall
dates in order to take advantage of a new and expanded venue. That change of venue enabled us to stage the
exhibit for the first time in a much larger tent, measuring 40 x 160 feet, and located at the heart of the Gardens
adjacent to its central grass amphitheater where concerts are staged throughout the summer months. The cen-
tral location encouraged virtually everyone who visited the DBG on a beautiful, warm September weekend to
experience the bonsai show.
Annual show chair, Larry Jackel, took full advantage of the expanded venue to envision a unique exhibit
design that departed from the usual rows of display tables, utilizing instead a series of freestanding exhibit
“islands,” with shoji screen backdrops, organized in a chevron pattern with a wide central aisle. Attendees were

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