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ARCOBONSAI

ARCOFIORI

By Massimo Bandera, Italy he Arcobonsai Club of Garda Trentino, Italy, held its
conference on Friday, May, 5 to Sunday, May 7. As
Photos courtesy always, the event took place in the first weekend in May
Arcobonsai.com at Arco in Trentino, at the Municipal Casino Congress
TCenter and the surrounding gardens. For the first time,
because of the limited availability of spaces at the Casino and the growing popularity of this event,
organizers added a new location, the prestigious rooms of Palazzo Marchetti.
Thanks to the dedication and work of the organizers, ArcoFiori —a market for local produce
and Trentino products derived from agriculture and livestock production—offered an additional
attraction for visitors.
This is the enviable 32nd Conference, which this year hosted the 20th National Congress of IBS,
(National College of Italian Instructors of Bonsai and Suiseki) after having hosted the National
Congress of the UBI (Unione Bonsaisti Italiani) last year.
The three days offered a range of opportunities that have made the conference a pleasant and
interesting one. The 16th Arcobonsai Trophy, a competition for plant design, has two categories:
Instructors, with the participation of fourteen IBS Instructors; and Clubs, where 20 Italian bonsai
clubs participated. Despite the new location in Palazzo Marchetti, public attendance was good. At
the end of the two days of competitions, the jury decreed the victory of Gaetano Settembrini for
Instructors, and the Oltre Il Verde Bonsai Gymnasium for Clubs.
As for bonsai and suiseki exhibitions, the audience could appreciate the remarkable level of
specimens exhibited for both plants and stones. Indeed, among the eighty bonsai exhibited, there
was a beautiful show of six precious suiseki exhibited by the instructors Luciana Queirolo and Ezio
Piovannelli. The audience responded with impressive numbers, reaching about 3,000 visitors, more
than last year, despite the fact that on Saturday the weather was not the best.
The conference also offered many interesting presentations in the lecture theatres of the Casino,
by professors Marchesini, Luca Bragazzi, Massimo Bandera, Silvia Orsi, Mario Pavone, Michele
Andolfo, Ezio Piovanelli, Carlo Cipollini and Sonia Stella. In addition, the Bonsai Schools recognized
by IBS demonstrated the level of their didactic skills.

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