Last Updated: June 1, 2024
BEST OF BRITISH BONSAI (BoBB)
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| 2009 | April 11 - 12 | Birmingham | ||
| 2010 | ||||
| 2011 | April 9 - 10 | Birmingham | ||
| 2012 | ||||
| 2013 | June 12 - 16 | Birmingham | ||
| 2014 |
| 2000 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | |||
| 2001 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | |||
| 2002 | January 12 - 13 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | ||
| 2003 | January 18 - 19 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | ||
| 2004 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | |||
| 2005 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | |||
| 2006 | January 21 - 22 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | ||
| 2007 | January 20 - 21 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | ||
| 2008 | January 19 - 20 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | François Jeker (France), Jürg Rufer (Switzerland), Sandro Segneri (Italy), Roman Bona (Germany), Dino d'Hooge (Belgium), Alfredo Salaccione (Italy); suiseki exhibition by Willi Benz (Germany) | |
| 2009 | January 17 - 18 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Dana Quattlebaum (USA) and Kevin Wilson (UK); Alain de Wachter (Belgium), Paul Finch (UK), and Ivo Saporiti (Italy) | |
| 2010 | January 23 - 24 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Boon Manakitivipart (USA), Davide Benavente (Spain) | |
| 2011 | January 22 - 23 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Ryan Neil (USA), Michele Andolfo (Italy), and Serge Clémence (Switzerland). | |
| 2012 | January 21 - 22 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | William Valavanis and Ryan Neil (USA), Mauro Stemberger (Italy), Vaclav Novak (Czech Republic), and Jorge Campos (Spain). | |
| 2013 | January 19 - 20 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Suthin Sukosolvisit (USA), Robert Steven (Indonesia), Luis Vallejo (Spain), Enrico Savini (Italy), Werner Busch (Germany), and Carlos Van der Vaart (Netherlands). | |
| 2014 | January 18 - 19 | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | Ryan Neil (USA), Kevin Willson (UK), Sandro Segneri (Italy), and David Benavente (Spain). | |
| 2015 | February 14 - 15 | Genk, Belgium | Ryan Neil (USA), Salvatore Liporace (IT), and Seok Ju Kim (Korea). | |
| 2016 | January 23 - 24 | Genk, Belgium | Taiga Urushibata (Japan), Koji Hiramatsu (Japan), and Mauro Stemberger Italy). | |
| 2017 | February 3 - 5 | Genk, Belgium | Matsuo Matsuda, Daisaku Nomoto, Salvatore Liporace, and David Benevante. | |
| 2018 | February 3 - 4 | Genk, Belgium | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Bjorn Bjorholm (USA), Giacomo Pappalardo (Italy), and Milan Karpísek (Czech Rep.). | |
| 2019 | February 9 - 10 | Genk, Belgium | Korean guests: Cho Won Dong, Choi Song Ho, Her Youn Hang, Kang Sook Hoon, Kim Seok Ju, Lee Kwang Jong, and Kim Sae Won; Masajuki Fujikawa (Japan) Ryan Neil (USA), Vaclav Novak (Czech) Gabriel Romero Aguadé (Spain). | |
| 2020 | February 29 - March 1 | Genk, Belgium | Minoru Akiyama (Japan), Ryan Neil (USA), Mauro Stemberger (Italy), Tony Tickle (UK). | |
| 2021 | February 20 - 21 | The Online Edition |
CANCELLED due to COVID-19 concerns. Demonstrations by Koji Hiramatsu and Piotr Czerniachowski; talks by Udo Fischer, Caroline Scott, Marco Buisman, Danny Use, Cindy Verstraeten, Pascal Houdusse, Bartosz Warwas, Hermann Haas, Martin Englert, Martin Nielsen, Russ Farley, Thor Holvila, and Nick Rozman | |
| 2022 | CANCELLED due to COVID-19 concerns. | |||
| 2023 | February 25 - 26 | Genk, Belgium | Demonstrations Enrico Savini (Italy), Andres Alvarez Iglesias (Spain), Piotr Czerniachowski (Poland), Pietro Sampirisi (Italy) | |
| 2024 | February 17 - 18 | Genk, Belgium | Lee Cheol Ho (South Korea), Choi Song Ho (South Korea, Yannick Kiggen (Belgium), Andres Biccoca (Argentina) | |
| 2025 | February 21 - 23 |
| 1965 | January 30 | San Francisco, CA | ||
| 1966 | San Francisco, CA | |||
| 1967 | San Francisco, CA | |||
| 1968 | February 18 |
San Francisco, CA | ||
| 1969 | February 1 |
San Francisco, CA | Lecture/demo by Tosh Saburomaru | |
| 1970 | none | |||
| 1971 | May 29-31 | Cleveland, OH | World's First International Bonsai Convention and Show, co-hosted by the Toronto Bonsai Society; Frank Okamura, Mamoru Nishi (demo) and Wilma Swain (explanation for), Dorothy Young (special saikei demo), Elma Berryman (indoor bonsai), Felton Jones (lect: "The Aesthetics of Bonsai, A Philosophical Approach"), Keith B. Scott, Bev Oliver, E. G. Devons, Tom Heitkamp, Norbert Pietrzak, Anna Snyder; special programs by Leon Snyder and Larry Tooker. | |
| 1972 | July 13 - 16 | Kansas City, MO | First joint BCI/ABS; some 400 attendees; Yuji Yoshimura, Toshio Kawamoto (Feb 24), his first lecture-demonstration on saikei outside of the Kanto, Japan area; George Fukuma (workshops), Sachiko Colom (ikebana), Johonet Wicks (Japanese gardens), Elma Berryman ("Indoor bonsai from tropicals"), Leon Snyder ("Micro-Environments"), Dan Buckley ("Bonsai and Rocks"), Larry Tooker ("Bonsai Care"), George Gray ("Collecting native grown material"); Lynn Perry Alstadt, George Hull, and Jerry Stowell ("The Authors' Critique") | |
| 1973 | July | Atlanta, GA | Joint BCI/ABS; 503 delegates; John Naka (desert juniper), Marcial Rodriguez-Brossoise; Frank Okamura with George Hull ("Instructors' Critique") and Al Ross (workshop), Jim Barrett ("Instructors' Critique") with Earl Blackwell and Ed Potter (workshop), George Fukuma with Bev Oliver (workshop), Chase Rosade (advanced workshop, "Instructors' Critique"), E. Felton Jones ("The Art of Display," "Instructors' Critique"), Al Ross ("Building your own base for Suiseki"); Andy Anderson, Earl Blackwell, Warren Cooper, George Gray, Al Good, Ed Potter, and Keith Scott ("Collection of Native Trees for Bonsai"); Jerry Stowell ("Instructors' Critique"); Toy Sato ("Suiseki"). During this event Dorothy Young, ABS President, and Beverly Oliver, BCI President, (Jul 21) signed a resolution extending wholehearted support for the establishment of a National Bonsai Collection at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. | |
| 1974 | July 11 - 14 | Pasadena, CA | Joint BCI/ABS, more than 500 enthusiasts attended from U.S., Japan, Australia, and Canada. Where Mary Madison (Jul 28) first met Ben Oki and John Naka. And Bob Watson (Feb 6) was a featured lecturer on suiseki. | |
| 1975 | July 2 - 6 | Miami Beach, FL | 319 attendees; Kyuzo Murata and Masakuni Kawasumi (Japan); Morihiko Tomita, Masao Kamatsu, Yasuji Matsuda, John Naka | |
| 1976 | July 7 - 11 | Washington, D.C. | ||
| 1977 | July 6 - 10 | Chicago, IL | Guests of Honor: Susumu Nakamura and Tsuneo Takahashi; John Naka, Khan Komai, Chase Rosade, Toshio Saburomaru, Leon Snyder | |
| 1978 | July 19 - 23 | Portland, OR | Nearly 450 attendees; Toshio Kawamoto and Tom Yamamoto; Tosh Saburomaru, John Naka, Dan Robinson (Jan 26) who first did a demonstration using power tools, Herb Gustafson | |
| 1979 | July 4 - 8 | New York City, NY | Approx. 300 attendees from twelve countries; Joint BCI/ABS; Yuji Yoshimura (demo: flowering bonsai), John Naka (demo: East Coast collected material & work), and Frank Okamura (demo: forest planting & work); Susumu Sudo, Yasuji Matsuda, F. Chase Rosade (lect/demo: maple grove plantings & work), Lynn K. Porter, Dr. David Andrews (lect/demo: mixed forest & work), Dan Robinson (lect/demo: West Coast collected material), William K. Valavanis (lect/demo: maples & work), Keith Scott (work), James Barrett (work), Marion Gyllenswan (work: grass plantings), Doris Froning (work), Ben Oki (work), Marcial Rodrieguez-Brossoise (work & mini-lect), Jack Billet (work), Lynn Liggett (work), Felton Jones (mini-lect), Joe Burke (mini-lect), Marian Bouchers (mini-lect), Jerry Stowell (mini-lect), Betty Killiam (mini-lect), Jorge Lucero (work), Joe Samuels (mini-lect), Bob Drechsler (mini-lect), Betty Killiam (mini-lect), Luther Young (slides: ABS 1977 Japan bonsai tour); Fusazo Takeyama had originally been the scheduled headliner, but he died at age 65 in early Feb. | |
| 1980 | Honolulu, HI | Saburo Kato (Japan), Deborah Koreshoff (Australia), John Naka, Haruo Kaneshiro, Yoroku Ito, Mike Uyeno, Yoon Cho Chung, Yutaka Matsuda, Edwin Nishida, Jackson Kansako, Al Marciel, David Fukumoto, Ted Tsukiyama, Dr. Horace Clay | ||
| 1981 | July 9 - 12 | Atlanta, GA | John Naka, Yuji Yoshimura (Jul 11), who created the 5-1/2' long bonkei "The American Fantasy"; Jim Barrett, E. Felton Jones, Fred Galle, Billy Horton | |
| 1982 | July 7 - 11 | Cleveland, OH | John Naka, Toshio Saburomaru (demo: Boulevard falsecypress grove), Doris Froning, Tony Mihalic, Dr. Alex Shigo, William N. Valavanis, Marion Gyllenswan, Melba Tucker | |
| 1983 | July 6 - 10 | Orlando, FL | Joint with BSF; Yuji Yoshimura, John Naka, Ben Oki, Vaughn Banting, Deborah Koreshoff, Melba Tucker, Mary Madison, Dr. Alex Shigo, Dr. Terry Davis [See Also: "B.C.I. Convention 1983" by Molly Hersh, Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXII, No. 9, November 1983, pp. 307-309, with 8 b&w photos by Edward Smith and Frank Rushton] | |
| 1984 | July 4 - 8 | Seattle, WA | Some 480 attendees; Joint BCI/ABS; Shinji Ogasawara (Japan), John Naka, Haruo Kaneshiro, Mike Uyeno, Deborah Koreshoff (Australia), Toshio Saburomaru, Keith Scott, Daniel Robinson, Dr. Harold Tukey, Marion Gyllenswan, Khan Komai, Connie Raphael, William N. Valavanis | |
| 1985 | April 3 - 7 | New Orleans, LA | Hatsugi Kato; John Naka, Warren Hill, Ben Oki, William N. Valavanis, Chase Rosade, Dave DeGroot, Kimmy Littleton, Donna Banting, Vaughn Banting, Evelyn Smith; Peter Adams, Gianfranco Giorgi, Derry Ralph, Milagros Rauber Herrara, Zillah Willmot | |
| 1986 | July 9 - 13 | Washington, D.C. | Joint BCI/ABS; over 500 attendees; John Naka (lect-demo: California juniper, critique), Haruo Kaneshiro (lect-demo: Chinese banyan); Dan Robinson (lect-demo: alpine hemlock, work: shimpaku on driftwood, critique), Chase Rosade (lect-demo & work: hornbeam, critique), Dr. Vincent T. Covello (lect-demo: suiseki), Harold Sasaki lect-demo: Ponderosa pine), Randy Clark (lect-demo: Scots pine), Mary Madison (lect-demo & work: buttonwood), Doris Froning (work: mame), Vaughn Banting (work: bald cypress, critique), Marion Gyllenswan (work: crab apple), Kenko Rokkaku (Japan, slides: azaleas), Ted Tsukiyama, David Fukumoto, Larry Ragle. [See Also: "Memories of IBC '86 Washington D.C." by George Griffith, Bonsai Magzine, BCI, Vol. XXV, No. 6, November/December 1986, pp. 19-22, prefaced with 4 unnumbered pages having 25 b&w uncredited photos] | |
| 1987 | June 30 - July 4 | Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN | 15 countries represented; Hun Yunhua (China, lect-demos: Shanghai Botanic Garden's collection of penjing & planting on a Ying Tak stone), Susumu Nakamura (Japan, lect-demo: collected Minnesota tamarack/Eastern larch & collected apple tree), Horst Krekeler (Germany, lects-demos: collected Ponderosa pine & collected California juniper), Nikunj and Jyoti Parekh (India, lect-demo: bonsai/saikei murals using live tropical material), Peter Adams (England, lect-demo: Scots pine on an artificial rock), Norman Haddrick (Canada, lect-demo: windswept collected evergreen), John Naka (California, demo: San Jose juniper), Toshio Saburomaru (California, demo: San Jose juniper), Chase Rosade (demo: San Jose juniper); Harold Sasaki (Colorado, work: Ponderosa pine), Michael Hansen (Texas, work: tamarack literati), Jack Wikle (Michigan, work: mame bonsai), Randy T. Clark (Minnesota, work: Chinese tallow), Vaughn Banting (Louisiana, work: Siberian elm), Larry Jackel (Colorado, work: Ponderosa pine), Keith B. Scott (Ohio, work: juniper cascade), Melba Tucker (California, work: Kingsville boxwood), Brussel Martin (Mississippi, work: trident forests), Jim Barrett (California, work: Yaupon holly), Lynn Porter (Pennsylvania, work: collected tamarack), Dan Robinson (Washington, work: driftwood juniper) [See Also: "International Bonsai Congress 1987" by George Griffith, Bonsai Magazine,BCI, Vol. XXVI, No. 6, November/December 1987, pp. 10-16, with notes by Elyse Van Dyke and 30 b&w photos by Peter Bloomer] | |
| 1988 | July 13 - 17 | San Antonio, TX | John Naka (California, demo: California juniper & works: Yaupon holly with
Ficus neriifolia
and Catlin elm), Yuji Yoshimura (New York, demo: 150 different kinds of
plant material in 6 trays -- each representing a different climatic
area of the U.S. -- which combined to form the "Lone Star" shape of the
Texas logo); Carl & Shin Young (California, demo: 13 Seiju elm forest),
Warren Hill (California, lect-demo: juniper & work: dwarf black olive),
William N. Valavanis (, New York, lect-demo: trident maple & work: Texas
live oak), Doris Froning (Pennsylvania, demo & work:: shohin bonsai
with Kingsville boxwood and Kiyo Hime maple), Terry Ward (California,
demo & work: shohin bonsai with Kingsville boxwood and Kiyo Hime maple),
Harriett Henderson-Cushing (Pennsylvania, lect: creation of
Oriental gardens), Carol Johnson (lect: origami), Mikiko Gorup
(lect: origami), Takako Debicq (demo: calligraphy) [See Also:
"Remember the Alamo!??" by Jean C. Smith, Bonsai Magazine, BCI, Vol. XXVII, No. 6, November/December 1988,
pp. 16-19, with 31 b&w photos by John Shipley] |
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| 1989 | (none in lieu of World Bonsai Convention in Omiya) | |||
| 1990 | July 4 - 7 | Honolulu, HI | Saburo Kato (Japan, lect-demo: yoseue planting), John Naka (U.S.A., lect-demo: Brazilian pepper styling), Shinji Ogasawara (Japan, lect-demo: ishitsuki planting); Edwin Nishida (work: cascading juniper), Ed Nakanishi (work: building rock formations), Yoroku Ito (work: mame bonsai), Paul Imada (work: contemporary bonsai designs), Mike Uyeno (work: rock clinging ficus), George Masumoto (work: rock slab forest planting) | |
| 1991 | July 26 - 28 | Birmingham, England | Over 600 attendees; joint BCI/FoBBS; Hideo and Shigeo Kato (Japan), Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Peter Adams, Dan Barton, Harry Tomlinson, John Naka, Dan Robinson, Chase Rosade, Colin Lewis, Craig Coussins (Scotland), Jim McCorragh, Mike Street, Bill Jordan, Suchin-Ee, Charlotte Dalamira, George Davis | |
| 1992 | May 21 - 25 | Memphis, TN | Masahiko Kimura (Japan), John Naka; Maria Elena di Duran, Joe Harris, Mary Madison, Brussel Martin, Roy Nagatoshi, Ben Oki, Joe Samuels, Harold Sasaki | |
| 1993 | May 27 - 31 | Orlando, FL | In conjunction w/WBFF & ABS; over 700 delegates; Saburo Kato (Japan), John Naka, Yuji Yoshimura; Pius Notter (Switzerland), Rod Clemons, Mary Madison, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Ben Oki, Russell Coker, Hotsumi Terakawa (Netherlands), Vaughn Banting, James J. Smith, Mas Imazumi, Qingquan Zhao (China), Shinichi Nakajima, Keiko Yamane (Japan), Paul Imada, Larry Ragle, Felix Rivera, Pat Vanders | |
| 1994 | November 3 - 6 | San Jose, CA | Joint BCI/GSBF; delegates from 9 countries; John Naka, Toshio Saburomaru, Yuji Yoshimura, Kihachiro Kamiya, Masamitsu Kubota; Melba Tucker, Mas Imazumi, Mike Page, Sandy Planting, Roy Nagatoshi, Dennis Makishima, Hiroshi Suzuki, Cheryl Manning, Mel Ikeda, Harry Hirao | |
| 1995 | October 12 - 15 | Sydney, Australia | Susumu Nakamura, Roy Nagatoshi (California, USA), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), Harry Tomlinson, Mick Balzary, Lindsay Bebb, John Marsh, Leong Kwong | |
| 1996 | July 3 - 7 | Washington, D.C. | Masahiko Kimura (Japan), Yuji Yoshimura, Ernie Kuo (California, USA), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Dan Barton, Masaru Ishii, Pius Notter (Switzerland), William N. Valavanis (New York, USA), Maria Elena Duran, Bonnie Kobert | |
| 1997 | July 17 - 20 | Toronto, Canada | John Naka (California, USA), David DeGroot (Washington, USA), Norman Haddrick, Marc Noelanders, George Reichert, Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), David Rowe, Harold Sasaki, Arthur Skolnik, Harry Tomlinson, William N. Valavanis (New York, USA) | |
| 1998 | August 12 - 17 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | Over 300 attendees; Ferrand Bloch, Beatriz Botero, Gustavo Burés, José M. Lopez, Edwin Irizarry, Adán Montalvo, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Carlos Consuegra, Ernie Kuo (California, USA), Felix Rivera, Luis Vallejo, Qingquan Zhao (China) | |
| 1999 | June 30 - July 4 | Portland, OR | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Dan Robinson (Washington, USA), William N. Valavanis (New York, USA), Joe Harris, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Masahiro Furukawa, Frank Heidt, Roy Nagatoshi (California, USA), Dave DeGroot (Washington, USA), Charlie Anderson | |
| 2000 | July 5 - 8 | Honolulu, HI | Headliners: Yun Hua Hu (China), Susumu Nakamura, Warren Hill; Naokichi Nozaki, James Mimaki, Bob Okuda, Masaki Teshima, Joe Rosa, Amil Valpoon, Walter Bruder, Roy Hirose, Walter Ouye, Mike Uyeno, Y.C. Chung, Aaron Fujinaka, Ed Nakanishi, George Masumoto, Tim Liu | |
| 2001 | October 15 - 18 | Miami, FL to the Bahamas, on Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas | Chiu-Chian Chiang (Taiwan), Maria P. Duran-Korteweg (Colombia), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Dennis Makishima (California, USA), Mary Madison (USA), Patrizia Capellaro de Martino (Italy), Pius Notter (Switzerland), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA); Dan Avrin (USA), Solita Rosade (Columbia & USA), I. Chi Su (Taiwan), Norry Kirschten (Luxembourg), Nikunjh & Jyoti Parekh (India), Karl Bethke (USA) | |
| 2002 | July 3 - 6 | Orlando, FL | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Qingquan Zhou (China), Ben Oki (California, USA), Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Guy Guidry (Louisiana, USA), Boon Manakitivipart (California, USA), Terry Ward (Texas, USA), Jim Van Landingham (Florida, USA), Mike Cartrett (Florida, USA) | |
| 2003 | September 5 - 7 | Rochester, NY | Shinji Suzuki, John Biel, Andrew Smith, Boon Manikitivipart,
William N. Valavanis, Hideo Metaxas. BCI Board and annual meetings
on Sept. 4 at this alternative program. Originally scheduled for Sept. 5-8 in Taipei, Taiwan, that venue was cancelled due to less than ideal conditions for travel due to the SARS virus epidemic. Demonstrators there were to include: Chase Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), George Reinhard (Switzerland), Parizia Cappellaro (Italy), Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Qingquan Zhao (China), Cheng-Kung Cheng (Taiwan), Ernie Kuo (California, USA), Chiu-Chang Chiang (Taiwan), Solita Rosade (Pennsylvania, USA), Pius Notter (Switzerland), Arishige Matsuura (Japan), Norry Kirschten (Luxemburg), T.S. Tzang (Taiwan), R.S. Cheng (Taiwan) |
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| 2004 | June 17 - 20 | St. Louis, Mo | Joint BCI & ABS; Tatemori Gondo (Japan, work: satsuki azalea, critique), Marco Invernizzi (Italy, work: Japanese white pine, critique), Tomohiro Masumi (Japan, demo: shimpaku & work: shohin shimpaku, critique), Kathy Shaner (California, USA, work: Kingsville boxwood & demos critique), Shane Cary (Louisiana, USA, work: Chinese elm & demo), Jim Doyle (Pennsylvania, USA, work: pitch pine & demo), Jim Gremel (California, USA, work: shimpaku yamadori & demo), Masaru Ishii (California, USA, work: Itoigawa shimpaku), Mary Madison (Florida, USA, work: buttonwood), Boon Manakitivipart (California, USA, work: Japanese black pine & demo), Brussel Martin (Mississippi, USA, work: 17-tree maple grove & demo), Suthin Sukosolvisit (Massachusetts, USA, work: trident maple & demo), William N. Valavanis (New York, USA, work: Chinese quince & demo), Sean Smith (Pennsylvania, USA, work: stone with daiza & demo) | |
| 2005 | (none in lieu of World Bonsai Friendship Federation Convention in Washington, D.C.) | |||
| 2006 | April 30 - May 7 | Foshan City, China (Chencun Flower World (near Canton), Guangdong Province) | Masahiko Kimura (Japan), William Valavanis (America), Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Solita & Chase Rosade (Latin America & U.S.), Arishge Matsiura (Japan), Su Yiji (Taiwan), Zhu Qinfei (Singapore), Liang Yuemei (Taiwan), Jin-sheng Wei (China), Zhao Qingquan (Suzhou, China), Hu Yunhua (Shanghai, China), Liu Zhongming (Guangdong, China), Xie Keying (Guangdong, China), Song-en Wu (Guangdong, China). | |
| 2007 | July 10 - 16 | San Juan, Puerto Rico | In conjunction w/FELAB; Shinji Suzuki, Marco Invernizzi, David Benavente, William N. Valavanis, Arthur Skolnik, Suthin Sukosolvisit, William Acosta, Yrene C. Vásquez, Xenio Baron, Milagros Rauber, Pedro J. Morales, Sean Smith. | |
| 2008 | September 24 - 28 | Saint-Vincent Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy | Shinji Suzuki (Japan), Min Shuan Lo (Taiwan), Hideko Metaxas (Japan), I.C.Su (Taiwan), Isao Omachi (Japan), Nikunj and Jyoti Parekh (India), Pauline Muth (USA), Robert Kempinski (USA), Carlos Van der Vaart (Holland), and from Italy: Michele Andolfo, Chiara Padrini, Sandro Segneri, Angelo Attinà, Adriano Bonini, Luca Bragazzi, Patrizia Cappellaro, Giorgio Castagneri, Aldo Cetorelli, CarloCipollini, Samuel Corazza, Donato Danisi, Stefano Frisoni, Giovanni Genotti, Valerio Gianotti, Ezio Piovanelli, Antonio Ricchiari, Enrico Savini, and Gaetano Settembrini | |
| 2009 | June 19 - 21 | New Orleans, LA | Peter Chan (Great Britain, demo: Japanese maple and critiques), Nacho Marin (Venezuela, demo: bottle brush forest and work: bottle brush and demo: crape myrtle), Sandro Segneri (Italy, demo: large juniper), Massimo Bandera (Italy), Glenis & Lindsay Bebb (Australia, demo: boxwood and work: boxwood/elaeagnus), Tedy Boy (Indonesia, demo: large penjing landscape and work: penjing landscape planting and work: medium-size juniper), Jim & Linda Brant (USA, work: bonsai for kids), Guy Guidry (USA, work and demo: bald cypress), Ed Trout (USA, work: Japanese yew bunjin style), William N. Valavanis (USA, demo & work: pomegranate and critique), Willi Benz (Germany, suiseki forum), I.C. Su (Taiwan, critique and suiseki forum), Richard Cranford & Dora Ross (USA, work: ikebana for kids & ikebana). | |
| 2010 | October 9 - 11 | Tianjin, China (near Beijing) | 120+ BCI members in attendance from 19 countries. | |
| 2011 | June 16 - 19 | Louisville, KY | "Bonsai in the Bluegrass" | Joint BCI/ABS; Ryan Neil (work: Initial Styling of Collected Rocky Mountain Juniper; Exhibit Critique; Moderated Discussion on the Future of Bonsai in the U.S.), Jonathan Maples (work: Japanese Scroll Making), Doug Philips (works: Shohin Flat Cut Olive and Advanced Flat Cut Olives; lect: Trident Wire Frames), Boon Manakitivipart (demo, lects: Repotting for All Levels, Japanese Black Pines A One Year Cycle, Japanese Maples, and Satsuki Azalea), Chiara Padrini (lects: Basic Suiseki, Advanced Suiseki (two sessions), and Stones in China), Min Hsuan Lo (lects: Bonsai in Taiwan, Rapid Improvement in Bonsai Size Using the "Lo Style," Parts 1 & 2, and Shimpaku Refinement), Martin Schmalenberg (lects: Bonsai Rock Planting, and How To Develop a Bonsai Design Eye Intermediate & Advanced Level - Parts 1 & 2; work: Root Over Rock), Jim Doyle (lects: All About Maples For Bonsai, Collecting Trees and Stones, Literati Style Philosophy, and Elements of a Japanese Garden), William Valavanis (lects: Deciduous Shohin Bonsai, Evergreen Shohin Bonsai, Flowering Shohin Bonsai, and Forest Style Shohin Bonsai), Robert Kempinski (work: Make Your Own Exhibit Stand; lects: How To Digitally Photograph A Bonsai and Japanese Black Pine Demystified; Mini Study Group), Andy Smith (lects: The Effects of Environmental Conditions On Tree Growth and Phoenix Graft; works: Collected Common Juniper and Collected Ponderosa Pine), Enrique Castano (lects: Water -- The Main Ingredient to Life, Misho the Art at The Beginning, Myths and Truths in Botany for Bonsai, and Wood and Bark in Bonsai), Ed Trout (lects: Introduction to Weeping Style Bonsai, Discussion of Shohin Style Tropical Bonsai, and Shohin Tropical Bonsai; work: Weeping Style Bonsai), John Thompson (lects: Wiring -- Techniques and Practice; Soil, Fertilizing and Watering, and Conifers vs. Deciduous Styling Methods; work: Wiring - Applied) |
| 2012 | June 21 - 24 | Denver, CO | "Visions of the American West" | Joint BCI/ABS; Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Dan Robinson, Ryan Neil, Qingquan 'Brook' Zhao (China), John Kirby, Young Choe, Chiara Padrini (Italy), Lindsey Bebb (Australia), Harold Sasaki, Larry Jackel. |
| 2013 | April 18 - 20 | Yangzhou, China | "50 Years Anniversary" | Kunio Kobayashi (Japan), Cheng Cheng-Kung (Taiwan), Hu Leguo (China), Ng Shing-Fat (Hong Kong), Lo Min-Hsuan (Taiwan), Lindsay Bebb (Australia), David J. DeGroot (USA), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), Liu Chuangang (China), Zhao Qingquan (China), Hu Yunhua (China), Chiara Padrini (Italy), Gong Linmin (China, Zisha pot creation demonstration) |
| 2014 | August 21 - 24 | Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia | "Sunrise on Australian Bonsai" | Zhao Qingquan (China), Shinichi Nakajima (Japan), Chen Wenjuan (China), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), Nikunj and Jyoti Parekh (India), Tony Bebb (Australia), Chris Di Nola (Australia), Joe Morgan-Payler (Australia), Frank Mihalic (USA, jewelry workshop), Dr. Tom Elias (USA, suiseki critique) |
| 2015 | September 17 - 21 | Guangzhou, China | "The Infinity of Bonsai & Viewing Stone: a Culture Voyage from Canton to the World" | Joint BCI/ASPAC; Chenfa Wu, Qing Quan Zhao, Jian Liang Chen, Mitsuo Matsuda, John Wang, François Jeker (France); Thomas S. Elias (USA), Zhou Guo Xin, Dr. Qiu Zhili, Dr. Michal Sebo (Slovakia), Kunio Kobayashi (Japan) |
| 2016 | March 17 - 20 | Makati City | Joint with BCI; Dr. Tom Elias (USA), Peter Huang (China), Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Shinichi Nakajima (Japan), Xu Wen Ren (Taiwan), William Valavanis (USA), Ricky Wu (Hong Kong & China); some 280 bonsais and 80 stones | |
| 2017 | November 4 - 7 | Changhua and Taichung, Taiwan | BCI 2017 Convention and the 14th Asia-Pacific Bonsai & Viewing Stone Convention & Exhibition | Xiao-Fong Wu (Argentina), Lindsay Bebb (Australia), Carlos Tramujas (Brazil), Chuan-Gang Liu (China), Shuli Fan (China), Juan Andrade (Costa Rica), Václav Novák, (Czech.), Darrieux Laurent, (France), Nikunj & Jyoti Parekh (India), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), Moshe Emergui (Israel), Kim Seok Ju (Korea), Michael Siow (Malaysia), Enrique Castaño (Mexico), Vic Ceballos (Philippines), Jose Luis Rodrigue (Puerto Rico), David Benavente (Spain), Chung-Hung Lee (Taiwan), Jian-Chang Wu (Taiwan), Jian-Liang Chen (Taiwan), Yuan-Fa Zhuang (Taiwan), Zi-Jing Yan (Taiwan), Michael Hagedorn (USA), Nacho Marin (Venezuela), and Gudrun Benz (Germany). |
| 2018 | October 12 - 14 | Mulhouse, France | "folie' flore" | Hosted by the French Bonsai Association. Mitsuo Masuda (Japan), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), and John Wang (USA), also with Dirk Dabringhausen and Gudrun Benz (Germany), Julian de Marco (Spain), Enzo Ferrari (Switzerland), Othmar Auer (Italy), Jean-Paul Polmans (Belgium), Soazic Le Franc, Jean-François Busquet and François Jeker (France). More than 240 bonsai and 100 suiseki, 19 international demonstrators, and 50 vendors. |
| 2019 | November 27 - December 1 |
Pretoria, S.A. | Joint with ABC. | |
| 2020 | October 8 - 11 | Washington, DC | Hosted by American Bonsai Society, National Bonsai Foundation, Bonsai Clubs International, Potomac Bonsai Association. | |
| 2021 | CANCELLED due to COVID-19 concerns. | |||
| 2022 | September 24 & 30 | Changhau & Taoyüan City, Taiwan | Demonstrations by Cheng Cheng-Kung, Lo Min-Hsuan, Hsu Sung-Chan, and Ho Chih-Hsung; exhibition in Su's garden of Bonsai, Suiseki, Imperial Diet, and Pot collection; show of the best 60 Bonsai trees and the best 60 Suiseki selected by BCI 2022 Convention Committee in honor of BCI's 60th Anniversary. | |
| 2023 | April 29 - May 2 | Vigan City, Philippines | Delegates from Taiwan, USA, Korea, Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Japan, China, Thailand, Bangladesh, Puerto Rico, Hong Kong, Czech Republic, and the Philippines.&bsp; The home crowd was well represented by participants from north to south (Ilocos Region to Mindanao). There were 400 suiseki entries, 300 bonsai tree exhibits, and 69 photographic contest entries. | |
| 2024 | April 25 - April 28 | Houston, TX | Bjorn Bjorholm, Sergio Cuan, Min Hsuan Lo |
| 1997 | Nitra | |||
| 1998 | Nitra | |||
| 1999 | Nitra | exhibition only at Bonsai Center of Nitra | ||
| 2000 | Nitra | |||
| 2001 | Nitra | |||
| 2002 | Nitra | Hotsumi Terakawa (Japan), Willi Benz (Germany), Wlodimierz Pietraszko (Poland), Michal Malawski (Poland), Marek Gajda (Poland) | ||
| 2003 | Nitra | Charles Ceronio (South Africa), Mario A.G. Leal (Brazil) | ||
| 2004 | Nitra | 300 bonsai and 100 suiseki; Marc Noelanders (Belgium) | ||
| 2005 | April 21 - 24 | Nitra | Salvatore Liporace (Italy), Wang Suizhi (China), Li Haibo(China), Xu Chunsheng (China), Wang Yongmao
(China), Ni Wen (China), Zhou Hui (China), Yang Wei (China), Miho Itano (Japan), Gyorgy Racz (Hungary), Marek Gajda (Poland),
Kestutis Ptakauskas (Lithuania), Vaclav Novak (Czech Republic), Vena Hrdlickova( Czech Republic), Vladimir Ondejcik (Slovakia),
Alena Ondejcikova (Slovakia); Children's Day of Talents: Vladimír Ondejcík, Jr. (Slovakia), Barbora Ondejcikova (Slovakia), Martin Frastia (Slovakia), Norbert Cernansky (Slovakia), Matej Brodansky (Slovakia) |
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| 2006 | April 20 - 23 | Nitra | Robert Steven (Indonesia), Patrizia Cappellaro (Italy), Mirko Ortenzi (Italy), Marta Pietakiewicz & Magda Jastrzebska (Poland), Václav Novák (Czech Republic), Marek Gajda (Poland), Gyorgy Rácz (Hungary), Vladimír Ondejcík, Jr. (Slovakia) | |
| 2007 | April 12 - 15 | Nitra | Pedro J. Morales (Puerto Rico), Xec Fernandez (Spain), Alfredo Salaccione (Italy), Olivier Barreau (France), Marek Gajda (Poland), Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), Jacek Pietakiewicz (Poland), Magda Jastrzebska (Poland), Marcin Gajewski (Poland), Vena Hrdlicková (Czech Republic), Igor Bárta (Czech Republic), Gyorgy Rácz (Hungary), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Alena Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Vladimír Ondejcík, Jr. (Slovakia), Barborka Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Eva Spisiaková (Slovakia), Adeniyi O-Dada (Nigeria) | |
| 2008 | April 17 - 20 | Nitra | Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Tobie Kleynhans (South Africa), Klaus Kulterer (Austria), Noryadi Noruddin (Malaysia), Vena Hedlicková (Czech Republic), Yang Wei (China), Wang Xiaoning (China), Tomaz Kovsca (Slovenia), Marek Gajda (Poland), Jacek Pietakiewicz (Poland), Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), Gyorgy Rácz (Hungary), Jaroslav Jaros (Slovakia), Kestutis Ptakauskas (Lithuania), Marcin Gajewski (Poland), Lukasz Grochowski (Poland), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Alena Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Vladimír Ondejcík, Jr. (Slovakia), Barborka Ondejcíková (Slovakia) | |
| 2009 | April 16 - 19 | Nitra | Min Hsuan Lo (Taiwan), Tobie Kleynhans (South Africa), Klaus Kulterer (Austria), Noryadi Noruddin (Malaysia), Vena Hedlicková (Czech Republic), Yang Wei (China), Wang Xiaoning (China), Tomaz Kovsca (Slovenia), Marek Gajda (Poland), Jacek Pietakiewicz (Poland), Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), Gyorgy Rácz (Hungary), Jaroslav Jaros (Slovakia), Kestutis Ptakauskas (Lithuania), Marcin Gajewski (Poland), Lukasz Grochowski (Poland), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Alena Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Vladimír Ondejcík, Jr. (Slovakia), Barborka Ondejcíková (Slovakia) | |
| 2010 | April 22 - 25 | Nitra | Vena Hrdlicková (Czech Republic), Xin Changbao (China), Chen Wenjuan (China), Wu Yi (China), Louis Nel (South Afrika), Bernie O'Callaghan (Namibia), Mário Alberto Garcia Leal (Brazil), Bergson de M Vasconcelos (Brazil), Charles White (Brazil), José Eduardo Bettega Canet (Brazil), György Rácz (Hungary), Klaus Kulterer (Austria), Marek Gajda (Poland), Wlodzimierz Pietraszko (Poland), Jaczek & Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), Igor Bárta (Poland), Ivan Stefanovic (Czech Republic), Eva Spisiaková (Slovakia), Saso Kiselkov (Slovaki), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Alena Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Barborka Ondejcíková (Slovakia) | |
| 2011 | April 14 - 17 | Nitra | György Rácz (Hungary), Piotr Czerniachowski (Poland), Kestutis Ptakauskas (Lithuania), Corin Tomlinson (England), Tomaz Kovsca (Slovenia), Martin Nielsen & Erik Brondel (Denmark), Carim Alfaro (Venezuela), Rock Jr. F. Silva (Brazil), Marek Gajda (Poland), German Arellano (Colombia), Ivan Stefanovic (Slovakia), Cyril Tatransky (Slovakia), Jaczek & Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), Ivan Stefanovic (Slovakia), Alenka Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Barborka Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Paolo Zhang (China; calligraphy) | |
| 2012 | April 19 - 22 | Nitra | German Arellano (Colombia), Rui Ferreira (Portugal), Andrea Melloni (Italy), Mirko Ortenzi (Italy), Xec Fernandes (Menorca), Bernie O'Callaghan (Namibia), Stefan Steininger (Austria), Johannes Kralovec (Austria), Karl Thier (Austria), Tomaz Kovsca (Slovakia), Marek Gajda (Poland), Jaczek & Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), György Rácz (Hungary), Duo Desi (Czech Republic), Dusan Holik (Czech Republic), Folkórny súbor Kolovrat SZUS Art Pegas (Slovakia), Sabina Mrovcáková (Slovakia), Saso Kiselkov (Slovakia), Barborka Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Vladimír Ondejcík, Jr. (Slovakia), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Alenka Ondejcíková (Slovakia) | |
| 2013 | April 18 - 21 | Nitra | Vena Hrdlicková (Czech Republic), Seiko Ginsho (Japan), Paolo Zhang (China), Pédro J. Morales (Puerto Rico), Bergson de M. Vasconcelos (Brazil), Mirko Ortenzi (Italy), Marek Gajda (Poland), Jacek & Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), György Rácz (Hungary), Herbert & Barbara Obermayer (Germany), Stefan Steininger (Austria), Johannes Kralovec (Austria), Klaus Kulterer (Austria), Walter Schreiner & Karl Thier (Austria), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Vladimír Ondejcík, Jr. (Slovakia), Dusan Holik (Czech Republic), Peter Kocak (Slovakia), Natália Hadziivanová (Slovakia-UK), Barborka Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Eva Spisiaková (Slovakia), Alenka Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Saso Kiselkov (Slovakia), Juraj Récky (Slovakia), Tomás Bilisic (Slovakia), Gabriel Rábek (Slovakia) | |
| 2014 | April 24 - 27 | Nitra | Vena Hrdlicková (Czech Republic), Takahiro Mori (Japan), Budi Sulistyo (Indonesia), Mirko Ortenzi (Italy), Marek Gajda (Poland), Jacek & Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), György Rácz (Hungary), Rudolf Mayer (Austria), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Vladimír Ondejcík, Jr. (Slovakia), Alenka Ondejcík (Slovakia), | |
| 2015 | April 16 - 19 | Nitra | Masashi Hirao (Japan), Pédro J. Morales (Puerto Rico), Jacek & Marta Pietakiewicz (Poland), Joel Morales (Puerto Rico), Marek Gajda (Poland), Mirko Ortenzi (Italy), Alenka Ondejcík (Slovakia), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Yamil Collazo (Puerto Rico), Rudolf Mayer (Austria) | |
| 2016 | April 14 - 17 | Nitra | Takuya Suzuki (Japan), Keisho Ohno (Japan), Barborka Ondejcíková (Slovakia), Dusan Holík (Slovakia), Zheng Chunhui (China), Jitka Jarmarová (Czech Republic), Nao Higano (Japan), Paolo Nastasi (Italy), Giacinto Andrioli (Italy), Marta & Jacek Pietakiewicz (Poland), Marek Gajda (Poland), Vladimír Ondejcík (Slovakia), Alenka Ondejcík (Slovakia), György Rácz (Hungary), Czegel Richárd (Hungary), Elke Wewerka (Austria), Gerald Bogner (Austria), Klaus Kulterer (Austria), Walter Schreiner (Austria), David Schrambock (Austria) | |
| 2017 | Nitra | |||
| 2018 | ? | |||
| 2019 | ? | |||
| 2020 | - June 27 | Nitra |
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| 1975 | July 2 - 6 | Miami Beach, FL | Proceeds of one auction would be donated to the Cad Burns Memorial Fund. | |
| 1976 | ||||
| 1977 | October 7 - 9 | Gainesville, FL | Yuji Yoshimura | |
| 1978 | October 12 - 15 | Boca Raton, FL | John Naka, Ben Oki, Elma Berryman, Connie Derderian, Lynn Liggett, Norm Nelson, Jim Smith; also, dedication of Edward N. Potter Memorial Bonsai Garden at Morikami Park, Museum and Gardens | |
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| 1981 | October 1 - 4 | Pensacola, FL | ||
| 1982 | September 30 - Oct. 3 | Orlando, FL | ||
| 1983 | July 6 - 10 | Orlando, FL | Joint with BCI; Yuji Yoshimura, John Naka, Ben Oki, Vaughn Banting, Deborah Koreshoff, Melba Tucker, Mary Madison, Dr. Alex Shigo, Dr. Terry Davis | |
| 1984 | ||||
| 1985 | October 3 - 6 | Hollywood, FL | "Tropical Bonsai -- Indoors and Out" |
John Y. Naka, Sigmund Dreilinger, James Smith, Norman Nelson and Dan Nelson |
| 1986 | September 25 - 28 | St. Petersburg, FL | Ben Oki, Mary Madison, Jim Smith, Terry Davis, Dan Nelson | |
| 1987 | October 15 - 18 | Ft. Walton Beach, FL | Yuji Yoshimura, Vaughn Banting, Rodney Clemmons | |
| 1988 | October 20 - 23 | Miami Beach, FL | John Naka, Ben Oki | |
| 1989 | October 26 - 29 | Orlando, FL | Ben Oki, Hal Mahoney, Russell Coker | |
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| 1992 | Qingquan Zhao (Jan 27), making his first Western appearance. | |||
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| 1996 | August 30 - Sept. 3 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | John Naka, Ben Oki, Chase Rosade, Joe Samuels, Mary Madison, Mike Cartrett, Jorge Lucero, Mary Miller, Jim Moody, Mike Rogers, Jim Smith | |
| 1997 | ||||
| 1998 | November 6 - 8 | Fort Walton Beach, FL | Bradder, Clemons, Harvey, Ben Oki, Mahoney, Jim Smith, Ed Trout | |
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| 2003 | May 23 - 26 | Fort Myers, FL | "Tropical Bonsai Holiday" |
Ernie Kuo, Ben Oki, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Mike Cartrett, Mary Madison, Dick Miller, Jim Moody, Jim Smith, Ed Trout, Jim Van Landingham |
| 2004 | May 27 - 31 | Cape Canaveral, FL | David DeGroot, Gary Marchal, Ben Oki | |
| 2005 | (none in lieu of World Bonsai Friendship Federation Convention in Washington, D.C.) | |||
| 2006 | May 26 - 29 | Gainesville, FL | ||
| 2007 | June 8 - 10 | DelRey Beach, FL | David DeGroot, Guy Guidry, Mike Rogers, Reggie Perdue, Jason Schleigh, Dorothy Schmitz, Sean Smith, Mary Miller, Mike Sullivan, Toby Diaz | |
| 2008 | June 6 - 9 | Cape Canaveral, FL | Cheng Cheng-Kung (Taiwan), Gustavo Bures (Puerto Rico), Toby Diaz, Mike Rogers, Sean Smith, Ed Trout, Allen Carver, Erik Wigert | |
| 2009 | March 20 - 22 | Orlando, FL | "Bonsai Through the Years" |
Boon Manakitivipart, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Mike Cartrett, Mary Madison, Mike Rogers, Jim Smith, Ed Trout, Jim VanLandingham, Justin Michaels |
| 2010 | May 28 - 31 | Orlando, FL | "Soul of Bonsai" |
Robert Steven (Indonesia), Mike Cartrett, Alan Carver, Toby Diaz, Ernie Fernandez, Rob Kempinski, Reggie Perdue, Dorothy Schmitz, Ed Trout, Jim VanLandingham, Erik Wigert |
| 2011 | June 10 - 12 | Orlando, FL | "Tropical World of Bonsai" |
Ryan Neil (demos: San Jose Juniper Parsonii, Juniper shimpaku, and Buttonwood; works: Juniper procumbens nana and Buttonwood; exhibit critique), Ed Trout (work: Ilex; demo), Mike Cartrett (work: Florida privet), Mike Rogers (work: Podocarpus), Mike Sullivan (work: Neea buxifolia), Erik Wigert (works: Campeche and Bougainvillea; demo), Mike Lane (demo), Mike Feduccia (demo) |
| 2012 | May 25 - 28 | Orlando, FL | "A Learning Experience" |
Ryan Neil, Peter Warren, Kora Dalager; Michael Feduccia, Jason Osborne |
| 2013 | May 24 - 27 | Lake Mary, FL | "Spring Breeze" |
Suthin Sukosolvisit, Sean Smith, Michael Feduccia |
| 2014 | May 22 - 26 | Orlando, FL | "New Bonsai Horizons" |
Enrique Castano, Ed Trout, Peter Warren |
| 2015 | May 22 - 25 | |||
| 2016 | May 22 - 25 | |||
| 2017 | May 26 - 28 | Orlando, FL | "Moving American Bonsai Forward" |
Joint with ABS; Juan Andrade, Jim and Linda Brant, Yamil Collazo, Dave Hodgetts, David Knittle, Mike Knowlton, Boonyarat Manakitivipart, Frank Mihalic, Pauline Muth, Jason Osborne, Budi Sulistyo, Ed Trout |
| 2018 | May 24 - 28 | Orlando, FL | "A Legacy of Learning" |
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| 2019 | May 24 - 26 | Orlando, FL | "Traditional meets Tropical" |
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| 2020 | May 20 - 24 | Orlando, FL | "Movement & Style: A Discussion of Art and Bonsai" |
CANCELLED due to COVID-19 concerns. (Originally scheduled: Jennifer Price, Nacho Marin, Adam Lavigne, Ed Trout) |
| 2021 | May 28 - 30 | Orlando, FL | "Movement & Style: A Discussion of Art and Bonsai" |
Jennifer Price and Elsa Boudouri, headliners |
| 2022 | May 27 - 29 | Orlando, FL | "Strength Through Unity" |
Liliana Ortiz and Mike Lane, headliners; Angelica Ramirez and Les Lonsdale, guest artists |
| 2023 | May 26 - 28 | Orlando, FL | "Colors of Nature" |
Elsa Boudouri and Jose E. Rodriguez, headliners; Cayo Mattos, Alex Mendoza. |
| 2024 | May | Orlando, FL | "Welcoming our Future" |
Walter Pall, Mauro Stemberger, Ed Trout, Betty Siskind, Reggie Purdue, Cosette Purdue, Jennifer Price |
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| 2008 | October 4 - 5 | Olten, Switzerland | Walter Pall (moderator), Sandro Segneri (Italy, demo), Marco Invernizzi (Italy, demo), Steve Tolley (demo, UK), Serge & Edi Clemence (Switzerland, demo), Roman Bona and Gil Mariner (Germany, demo) | |
| 2009 | October | Trimbach, Switzerland | Around 60 hand-selected trees from Central Europe and Italy were shown; Serge Clemence (demo), Rene de Boni (Switzerland, demo), Roman Bona and Gil Mariner (Germany, demo), Stefano Frisoni (Italy, demo), Lorenzo Agnoletti (Italy, demo), Enrico Savini (Italy, demo), Christian Przybylski (Germany, demo), Pius Notter (special exhibit) | |
| 2010 | October 9 - 10 | Olten, Switzerland | Walter Pall (Germany, moderator), Peter Adams (UK, special guest), Enrico Savini (Italy, special guest & demo), Kevin Wilson (UK, demo), Václav Novák (Czech Republic, demo), Carlos van der Vaart (Holland, demo), Stefano Frisoni (Italy, demo), Mauro Stemberger (demo & special show), Jörg Derlien (Germany, demo), Pius Notter (Switzerland, yamadori sale) | |
| 2011 | August 27 - 28 | Oensingen, Switzerland | Walter Pall (Germany, moderator), Tony Tickle (UK), I Gede Merta, Marc Noelanders, Zino Rongo, Enrico Savini (Italy), Mauro Stemberger, Rene De Boni, Carlos van der Vaart, Budi Sulistyo. |
| 2011 | June | Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany | Petra Lamberg (G), Sárka Jásenská (CZ), Marta Pietakiewicz (PL); Václav Novák (CZ), Wlodzimierz Pietraszko (PL), Enrico Savini (I), Andrea Melloni (G); Carmen Ganzenmüller (G), Milan Karpísek (CZ), Boleslaw Wujczyk (PL). An international bonsai exhibition that would be held alternately by the MBR eV, the Czech Bonsai Association (CBA) and the Polish Bonsai Association (PBA). (In 2009 the three associations came with a good idea - to exhibit the best trees of each association in one show, in a Treinnale. In 2010 in Prague the first steps were taken, the foundation-stone was laid, the pact signed.) | |
| 2012 | April 28 - 29 | Wrocław, Poland | ||
| 2013 | September 13 - 15 | Děčin, Czech Republic | ||
| 2014 | June 20 - 22 | Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany | Tony Tickle (UK) was a guest artist. Almost 2000 visitors enjoyed a high level exhibition and a packed program of demos and lectures. | |
| 2015 | June 5 - 7 | Pilsen, Czech Republic | ||
| 2016 | April 30 - May 1 | Wrocław, Poland | Kevin Willson (UK), Koji Hiramatsu (JAPAN); Bartosz Koblanski (PL), Libor Slatinka (CZ), René Alber (G) | |
| 2017 | June 16 - 18 | Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany | ||
| 2018 | September 21 - 23 | Děčin, Czech Republic | ||
| 2019 | June 22 - 23 | Wojsławice, Poland | ||
| 2020 | ||||
| 2021 | September 17 - 19 | Rescheduled from June 18 - 20, but then CANCELLED due to COVID-19 concerns. | ||
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| 2023 | June 23 - 25 | Praha-Troja, Czech Republic | ||
| 2024 | June 14 - 16 | Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany | Around 80 trees from Germany, the Czech Republic and Poland will be presented. Visitors can expect an extensive range of dealers. Well-known designers show off their skills at design demonstrations. Specialist lectures round off the program. |
| 1987 | May 23 - 25 | Olive Branch, MS | Ben Oki | |
| 1988 | May 28 - 30 | Olive Branch, MS | ||
| 1989 | May 27 - 29 | Olive Branch, MS | William N. Valavanis, Marion Gyllenswan, Russell Coker | |
| 1990 | Olive Branch, MS | |||
| 1991 | May 25 - 27 | Olive Branch, MS | Chase Rosade, William N. Valavanis, Joe Harris | |
| 1992 | none in lieu of IBC '92 in Memphis, TB | |||
| 1993 | April 30 - May 2 | Olive Branch, MS | Mokoto Hashimoto (Japan), Chase Rosade, Joe Harris, Brussel Martin | |
| 1994 | Olive Branch, MS | |||
| 1995 | Olive Branch, MS | |||
| 1996 | Olive Branch, MS | |||
| 1997 | May 23 - 26 | Olive Branch, MS | Jim Barrett, Shane Cary, Mas Imazumi, Brussel Martin | |
| 1998 | May 22 - 24 | Olive Branch, MS | Roy Nagatoshi, Ernie Kuo, Mary Madison, Guy Guidry, Carlos Consuegra, Shane Cary, Brussel Martin | |
| 1999 | Olive Branch, MS | |||
| 2000 | Olive Branch, MS | |||
| 2001 | May 25 - 27 | Olive Branch, MS | Joe Harris, Kathy Shaner, Colin S. Lewis, and Suthin Sukosolvisit | |
| 2002 | May 24 - 26 | Olive Branch, MS | Kathy Shaner | |
| 2003 | Olive Branch, MS | Kathy Shaner | ||
| 2004 | Olive Branch, MS | Kenji Miyata, Kathy Shaner, Guy Guidry, Boon Manakitivipart, Dana Quattlebaum, Brussel Martin | ||
| 2005 | May 20 - 22 | Olive Branch, MS | Kathy Shaner | |
| 2006 | May 26 - 28 | Olive Branch, MS | Walter Pall (Germany), Steven Tolley, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Jack Sustic, Kathy Shaner, Brussel Martin, Dana Quattlebaum | |
| 2007 | May 25 - 27 | Olive Branch, MS | Roy Nagatoshi, Kathy Shaner, Yasuo Mitsuya (Japan), Michael Hagedorn, Kohn Powell, Kenji Miata | |
| 2008 | May 23 - 25 | Olive Branch, MS | Cheng Cheng-Kung (Taiwan), Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Jose Luis Rodriguez (Puerto Rico), Suthin Sukosolvisit, Kathy Shaner | |
| 2009 | May 22 - 24 | Olive Branch, MS | Rodney Clemens, Arthur Joura, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Kathy Shaner, Peter Warren (England). | |
| 2010 | May 28 - 30 | Olive Branch, MS | Peter Adams (UK), Colin Lewis, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Matthew Ouwinga, Kathy Shaner, and William Valavanis. | |
| 2011 | May 27 - 29 | Olive Branch, MS | Guy Guidry, Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Ryan Neil, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), John Powell, Kathy Shaner, Erik Wigert, Brussel Martin, and Dana Quattlebaum. | |
| 2012 | May 25 - 27 | Olive Branch, MS | Bjorn Bjorholm, Jim Doyle, Keiichi Fujikawa, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Kathy Shaner, Erik Wigert; John Powell (Japanese Garden Design), Yoshi Takusagawa (Sushi & Tempura Preparation). | |
| 2013 | May 24 - 26 | Olive Branch, MS | Rodney Clemens, Michael Levin, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Owen Rich, Kathy Shaner, Ed Trout. | |
| 2014 | May 23 - 25 | Olive Branch, MS | Rodney Clemens, Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Ryan Neil, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sukosolvisit, John Powell, and Brussel Martin. | |
| 2015 | May 21 - 24 | Olive Branch, MS | Bjorn Bjorholm, Rodney Clemens, Colin Lewis, Pedro Morales, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), John Powell, and Kathy Shaner. | |
| 2016 | May 26 - 29 | Olive Branch, MS | Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Kathy Shaner, Rodney Clemons, Matt Ouwinga, Peter Warren, Matt Reel, and John Powell. | |
| 2017 | May 25 - 28 | Olive Branch, MS | Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Kathy Shaner, Rodney Clemons, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Mauro Stemberger (Italy), Mark Fields, Pedro Morales (Puerto Rico), John Powell | |
| 2018 | May 25 - 27 | Olive Branch, MS | Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Kathy Shaner, Rodney Clemons, Todd Schlafer, Juan Andrade, John Powell, Byron Myrick | |
| 2019 | May 24 - 26 | Olive Branch, MS | Bjorn Bjorholm, Rodney Clemons, Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Jennifer Price, Kathy Shaner | |
| 2020 | May 22 - 24 | Olive Branch, MS | Young Choe, Rodney Clemons, Danny Coffey, Byron Myrick, Mark Noelanders, Kathy Shaner, Suthin Sukosolvisit, John Powell. | |
| 2021 | May 28 - 30 | Olive Branch, MS | CANCELLED due to COVID-19 concerns. | |
| 2022 | May 26 - 29 | Olive Branch, MS | With ABS and Internal Penjing Creation Conference. Marc Noelanders (Belgium), Bjorn Bjorholm, Kathy Shaner, Rodney Clemons, Suthin Sukosolvisit, Mauro Stemberger (Italy), Martin Schmalenberg, Michael Ryan Bell, John Powell, Byron Myrick; Robert Steven (Indonesia), special guest artist; Zheng Zhi Lin, Fan Shun Li, Zhao Qing Quan. | |
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