This years Noelanders Trophy is behind us and for me this exhibition is the mile-stone which opens each new bonsai season. Despite the fact that it is a long drive from Slovenia it is more than worth the trip. It is always great to meat old bonsai friends, enjoy the great trees at the exhibition and of course have lots of fun.
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| Noelanders Trophy entrance |
Unfortunately it is still not allowed to take photos of the trees at the exhibition but fortunately Bonsai Empire published a great video which shows a great part of the exhibited trees.
On both days there ware demonstration from established bonsai artists and as soon I will process all the photos I will publish some additional posts with photos from the demonstration.
Next to the exhibition and demonstration stage there was a huge bonsai market with an enormous number of traders (I think the number was 96) who basically offered anything a bonsai enthusiast can wish for.
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| One of the two huge sales areas |
On Sunday Matej arranged for our group a visit in Jean-Paul Polmans garden which is relay amazing. Not only the level of the trees and yamadoris but the whole garden is fantastic.
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| Jean-Paul Polmans garden |
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| Acer from Jean-Paul Polmans personal collection |
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| Ginko Jean-Paul Polmans personal collection |
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| Pine Jean-Paul Polmans personal collection |
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| Amazing Juniper Jean-Paul Polmans personal collection |
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| Mugo Pine from Matej Planinc |
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| One of many the yamadoris in Jean-Paul Polmans garden |
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| Pine Jean-Paul Polmans personal collection |
It was a great weekend, the motivation is here so now we need to speed up the momentum till the new Noelanders Trophy.
