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Left column: Brian Donnelly; Expo-Bonsai could not have succeeded without
Volunteer, Manon Hébert; the many society members volunteering their time to
Patrick Blandeau, Pres. Société ensure an exhibition of international quality. From the
de Bonsai et Penjing du photographs you can see they succeeded very well.
Québec; Volunteer, Caroline
Vachon Working together for the first time, member-volun-
Middle column: Joan teers not only set up and monitored the displays, they from nature, were held back at the last minute when it
Greenway, BCI; Leon Leblanc, helped visitors with guided tours, made personalized was realized there may be unintended consequences.
Vianney Leduc, Brian Donnelly. bonsai from larch saplings and gave golf cart rides to Vianney, president of the Ottawa explained “ We
Right column: Visitors, and from the parking lots. had a long discussion with Robert (owner of Bonsai
André Bertrand and Chloe Our continued awareness of environmental Gros-Bec ) and Matthiew (curator at the Montreal
Lavoie-Roberge; Penjing protection was evident in discussions about the ethics Botanical Garden) about this idea of replacing a
Demonstration, Daniel
LaFortune of Yamadori. The twenty gift Larch saplings, never collected tree with a sapling. There could be potential
destined to be bonsai but rather to replace trees taken pitfalls. A larch sapling’s soil could contain bacteria

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