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Left column, top to bottom;
Moshe Emergui, Israeli
bonsai artist demonstrates
on a massive fig grown in the
archetypal Taiwan form.
A member of the audience,
Kim Rochelle-Brown,
volunteered to help Moshe
and his assistant apply wire to
the branches.
Major pruning and wiring
turned the tree into a beautiful
bonsai.

Right column, top to bottom;
Lindsay Bebb was given
a Juniperus chinensis,
professionally-grown material
that looks like it was collected
from nature.
Lindsay reoriented the
inclination of the trunk,
selected branches for his
design and pruned away
unwanted foliar mass.
Lindsay is joined by Glenis
Bebb, who is wiring the
branches for Lindsay to set.
The finished tree, at least for
the time being,.

Israel is the only country in the world to enter the
twenty-first century with an increase in the number of
trees in its territory. On a mission to green the desert,
Israel is a leader in agricultural innovations from
large scale desalinization plants that turn sea water
into life-giving fresh water, to drip irrigation systems
that make efficient use of this valuable resource. We
learned that Israeli bonsai clubs and the Jerusalem
Botanical Gardens are avidly promoting bonsai.
Bonsai theory and practical application is led by
local bonsai club artists and international artists that

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