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May 2015 Classical Bonsai MasterClass – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! May 24, 2015. By William N. Valavanis. May 2015 Classical Bonsai MasterClass. Today we concluded a three day Classical Bonsai MasterClass with five students from New Jersey and New York state, plus my assistant. We first discussed the topics they would like to study and selected studying classical bonsai design, wiring techniques, maple bonsai, bonsai refinement as well as bonsai display appreciation. Tom Friday and Paul Eschman. After explaining my Ginkgo alcove display we we...
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EARLY SUMMER BONSAI DISPLAY – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! July 2, 2015. By William N. Valavanis. EARLY SUMMER BONSAI DISPLAY. The alcove display in my studio is periodically changed according to the season of the year, expected visitors, bonsai class instruction or other special occasions. The period of late spring and early summer is particularily colorful. Because of the severe winter, spring arrived late and summer came a bit early. Enjoy a few of the displays composed in early summer. The Smoke tree,. A companion planting of Blac...
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About – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! William N. Valavanis. Bonsai Artist and Educator. William N. Valavanis became interested in bonsai. And horticulture at age eleven and pursued his. Interest by studying Ornamental Horticulture at. SUNY Farmingdale and Cornell University. He. Has made over 50 trips to Japan and apprenticed. With Kyuzo Murata and Kakutaro Komuro in. Omiya Bonsai Village in Japan. Additionally a 30. Year study and association with Yuji Yoshimura. Combined with his formal horticultural degrees,.
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Valavanis Bonsai Blog – Page 2 – Welcome To My Bonsai World!
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! March 23, 2016. By William N. Valavanis. 2016 Philippine/BCI Convention Part 4 (Final). Pemphis created by Min Husan Lo from Taiwan. Only one small section of the collection. Everyone was served ice tea……. This photo shows how the people love and enjoy their bonsai and is typical of the young, enthusiastic people in the Philippines. March 18, 2016. By William N. Valavanis. 2016 Philippine/BCI Convention Part 3. Colorful bark on one of the many different Acacia species. The fiv...
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Montreal Bonsai Bus Trip – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! July 23, 2015. By William N. Valavanis. Montreal Bonsai Bus Trip. Every few years our Bonsai Society of Upstate New York takes a bus trip to expose our members to interesting bonsai collections. In the past we have visited Canada (Montreal Botanical Garden and David Easterbrook); Washington, D.C. (National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, Kennett Collection and Sean Smith); and Boston (Arnold Arboretum, Suthin, Bonsai West and New England Bonsai Garden). We then checked into our hot...
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NATIONAL BONSAI HALL OF FAME – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! June 21, 2015. By William N. Valavanis. NATIONAL BONSAI HALL OF FAME. Last year in 2014 the first inductee to the National Bonsai Hall of Fame was John Naka from California. The American Pavilion was named for him because of the impact he had throughout the world, especially in his native United States. Additionally both Mr. Naka and his family have donated several of his beautiful bonsai to the Museum. At the 2015 National Bonsai Foundation Reception at the Bonsai and Penjing...
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MABA 2015 Convention – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! July 10, 2015. By William N. Valavanis. The 2015 Mid-America Bonsai Alliance Convention (MABA) was held on July 10-12, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event was hosted by members of the Indianapolis Bonsai Cub held at the Clarion Waterfront Hotel and Conference Center. The exhibit was GREAT! Best Deciduous Bonsai by Barbara Bogan. Best Evergreen Bonsai by Carl Wooldridge. Best Native Bonsai by Neil Delinger. Award of Merit by Wm. N. Valavanis. EARLY SUMMER BONSAI DISPLAY.
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Spring Beauty At The International Bonsai Arboretum – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! May 14, 2015. By William N. Valavanis. Spring Beauty At The International Bonsai Arboretum. Spring is my favorite time of the year, and also the busiest especially if you have many deciduous bonsai. In addition to transplanting and shaping emerging buds of developed bonsai must be pinched. This requires pinching many times over several days because the buds do not open at the same time on each bonsai. Joe Lentner spent many hours pinching and trimming Japanese maple bonsai.
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A Summer Bonsai Display – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! July 16, 2015. By William N. Valavanis. A Summer Bonsai Display. In May 2014 I was picking up Pro-Mix at a feed store and looked around in their nursery yard. I was not looking for anything in particular, just looking, and my eye was caught by a couple of new hydrangeas. Note I was looking at shapes, not species. Two specimens had beautiful natural untouched cascade shapes and I purchased the most interesting plant. The new plant, Great Star Panicle hydrangea,. Were selected&#...
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William N. Valavanis – Valavanis Bonsai Blog
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Welcome To My Bonsai World! Author: William N. Valavanis. September 4, 2016. By William N. Valavanis. US National Bonsai Exhibition News. It looks like the 2016 5. I’ve been busy preparing for the exhibition in addition to designing three alcove displays and four other formal displays in my garden for people who want to see what we are doing at the International Bonsai Arboretum. US National Bonsai Exhibition. August 23, 2016. By William N. Valavanis. Our soccer field size vendor area is FULL of the fine...
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