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BCI Excellence Awards
Down Under

BCI President Glenis Bebb awarded BCI
Medallions to Trevor Simmons and his
Portulacaria afra (Jade)at the Redlands
Bonsai Group Annual Show. The tree also
won the public popular choice award.
Rosemary Rodgers and her Taxodium
distichum, “Swampy,” was awarded the
BCI Award of Excellence. The tree was
displayed at the Gold Coast Tweed Bonsai
Group’s Annual Show.

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