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trees back and to prepare their new home. Fortunately,
my experienced friends reminded me that it was mid
afternoon, otherwise I would have remained on the
site until sunset. Wisely we reserved energy to pack
trees and tools properly for the return to our vehicles
(sometimes more than an hour-walk) and to prepare ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jacinthe Auger lives near the
the trees in the evening, in a warm workshop. It is at Bonsai Gros-Bec Nursery in St-Alphonse Rodriguez, Top; At this time of year it is
this time that the exhausted yamadorists exchanged Quebec. She first visited the nursery in the summer of easy to recognize the larch
their best stories about past campaigns. 2013 and was charmed by the bonsai there to the point trees with their bright, ochre
Back home, it is a pleasure to contemplate these of registering for an introductory course, the first of needles that will soon fall.
new candidates to my collection. I look at them with many. Creativity and contact with nature are the two Bottom left and right; Jacinthe
wonder while considering their unique story. I have key elements feeding her passion. and Leon select a yamadori
to extract, first analyzing its
concrete images in mind of their home environment When she retired, she found that the best way to potential to make a good
and this sharpens my sense of responsibility because improve her bonsai knowledge and skills was to bonsai, then protecting the
I have to give them the best of myself and ensure their become a volunteer and later an intern at the Bonsai bark, carefully pruning the
longevity. Gros-Bec Nursery working with Robert Smith and roots and finally packing
Thanks to Robert, Daniel and Leon for this great it securely for the long trip
adventure. Suzanne Piché, the owners of the nursery. home.

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