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WBFF Invitation to ENTER the 2009 Photo Competition
The World Bonsai Friendship Federation announces its continuation of the WBFF World Bonsai Photo Contest in memory of our Founder, Saburo Kato. The Grand Prize Award will be ìThe Saburo Kato Memorial Awardî.
Photos must be received by the WBFF no later then 28 February, 2009. "Best Entries" will be announced 31 March, 2009.
For full details and how to Enter CLICK HERE
December 2008 - Queensland bonsai arrive for the 2008/2009 summer.
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Eight Bonsai have just arrived from Queensland, as they are very frost tender they will only be on display until April, 2009.
For the full story CLICK HERE28 September 2008 - The
Official Opening of the NBPCA.
On a lovely sunny
spring morning hundreds of people from all over Australia gathered
together in Australiaís capital city, Canberra, to witness the official
opening of the National Bonsai and Penjing Collection of Australia
(NBPCA). Many
of the trees on display had travelled thousands of kilometres across the
breadth of Australia and had also travelled many decades in time, some
being nearly sixty years in training as bonsai. Some of the invited guests
had travelled similar distances and times to witness the opening of the
collection. For
the full story click here
August 2008 - The Story of Two 1951 Koreshoff Pines
Dorothy Koreshoff, one of Australiaís most respected bonsaiists, has kindly donated two significant, styled, landscape-size Japanese black pines to the NBPCA. On August 4, 2008 these pines were dug and moved to their new home in Canberra. For the full story click here