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LOCAL BOURNEMOUTH UK	12 Feb	Wessex Bonsai Society Members' Winter Show. Kinson Community Centre, Pelhams Park, Kinson, Bournemouth BH10 7LH. Details 07823 440003

LOCAL MUMBAI INDIA	17 - 18 Feb	An exhibition of Bonsai from 17th to 18th February 2012 organised by National Association of The Friends of The Trees at VJTI Techical Institute.,at Mumbai. The annual event includes Vegetables, Flowers & Greenery Show.,

NATIONAL SWINDON UK	19 Feb	Swindon & District Bonsai Society '10th Winter Image Bonsai Show' To include a shohin & mame competition in conjunction with 'The British Shohin Association'. Separate Demo area with Tony Tickle - Creating a show Escallonia John Armitage - Tree Clinic Ritta Cooper - Accents & Kusamono 10.30am – 4.30pm - Stratton Community Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon. SN3 4JY Enquiries:- 07982 401103 Paul - Chairman www.swindon-bonsai.co.uk further details here

NATIONAL PONTE ALL’ABATE PESCIA ITALY	24 - 26 Feb	20th anniversary of the Bonsai Museum opening, and the second edition of the exhibition "Sotto il cielo d'inverno...", giving to visitors new interesting events, such as Bonsai and Suiseki exhibitions, workshops introducing Masters Kobayashi and Akiyama, a photographic retrospective dedicated to the Bonsai pioneers in Italy, antique pots and kimono exhibitions. Submission of trees before Jan31st. 2012 with picture of tree or suiseki. 50 trees & 20 suiseki will be selected. Confirmation of acceptance byFeb.5th . spaces for exhibiting150cm x90 cm. for trees 120cm x70 cm for suiseki € 1000,00 prize for the best tree both eastern & European. Info: FRANCHI BONSAI VIVAI – Via Lucchese, 159 – 51012 Ponte All’Abate – Pescia (PT) Tel. 0572.429262 – fax 0572.429008 – e-mail: info@bonsaimeeting.it – http://www.bonsaimeeting.it

NATIONAL DUNEDIN NZ	2 – 4 Mar	Dunedin Bonsai Club is holding the National Convention ‘Chinese Connections The main demonstrator will be Quingquan ‘Brook’ Zhao. There will also be demonstrations for local bonsai artists. Details www.bonsaiconvention.net.nz or the Otago club www.otagobonsi.co.nz

NATIONAL HEXHAM NORTHUMBERLAND UK	10 – 11 Mar	British Shohin Association Show Willowbog Nursery. Marco Invernizzi, Peter Warren, John Armitage info jarmitagebonsai@hotmail.co.uk

LOCAL BIRMINGHAM UK	11 Mar	Birmingham Botanical Gardens Annual Boot Sale 8.30 am

LOCAL LAKE CHARLES USA	23 - 24 Mar	LCBS Annual Exhibit at the SWLA Garden Fest at Burton Coliseum, 7001 Gulf Hwy. in Lake Charles, LA, USA.

LOCAL LYON FRANCE	24 - 25 Mar	The French Congress in the presence of M Haruhito Iijima, Bonsaï Master and specialist in deciduous trees. Info www.ffb-bonsai.org

LOCAL METZ FRANCE	30 Mar - 1 Apr	Trophée des 4 frontieres

INTERNATIONAL ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA USA	11 – 15 Apr	California Bonsai Society 55th Anniversary Convention Crowne Plaza, Anaheim Resort, 12021 Harbor Blvd. Garden Grove, California 92840 Reception at the Huntington Library on April 11th honoring John Naka’s “Iron Men”: Frank Goya, Harry Hirao, Shig Miya, Ben Oki, and Richard Ota. Demonstrators: Tomohiro Masui, Ryan Neil, Kenji Miyata, Kathy Shaner and the “Iron Men”. Contact: Larry Ragle crimescene@cox.net

LOCAL VEYRIER SWITZERLAND	14 - 15 Apr	Trophée des clubs

LOCAL LOUISIANA USA	14 - 15 Apr	Louisiana Bonsai Society’s Annual Fall Exhibit at the Baton Rouge Garden Center, 7950 Independence Blvd. Lecture-demo at 2:00 each day. Free admission.

LOCAL DALLAS USA	27 - 29 Apr	Lone Star Bonsai Federation Convention, Roots of Bonsai—Celebrating American Bonsai Masters Trained in Japan, at the Sheraton Dallas North Hotel. Featuring Kathy Shaner, Michael Hagedorn and Ryan Neil. Details are available at http://www.bonsaisocietyofdallas.com

LOCAL BOURNEMOUTH UK	6 May	Wessex Bonsai Society Annual Show and 22nd Open Competition - 10.30am - 5pm. Kinson Community Centre, Pelhams Park, Kinson, Bournemouth BH10 7LH Details 07823 440003

INTERNATIONAL Llubljana Slovenia	11 - 13 May	European Bonsai Association Annual Convention and Exhibition Ljubljana, Slovenia - a picturesque old city situated on a river in the north of former Yugoslavia

LOCAL NORTH DEVON UK	12 - 13 May	North Devon Bonsai Society Annual Show at RHS Rosemoor. Trees, Demo's, Trees for sale Further details - Roy Hutchison 01398 341 440 http://www.bonsai-northdevon.co.uk/

LOCAL MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA	18 - 21 May	25th AABC Ltd. Convention at Bell City in Melbourne, Australia

NATIONAL ORSCHOLZ GERMANY	19 - 20 May	German AGM with Bonsai Convention 2012 and NTC 2012 Motto: Bonsai Fascination 2012 Cloef-Atrium ,Orscholz/Saarland/ Germany In the 3 country corner of Germany, France and Luxembourg More information: http://www.faszination-bonsai.com/

LOCAL BRITANY FRANCE	19 - 20 May	The Satsuki Flowers exposition at St Germain du Pinel in Britany. Info www.ffb-bonsai.org

LOCAL MAIDSTONE UK	27 May	BONSAI EXHIBITION 10.00am - 4.00pm Lenham Community Centre Maidstone Kent ME17 2QT Info www.stonemonkeyceramics.co.uk

NATIONAL BRISTOL UK	27 May	Magical Bonsai Accents 2012 Exhibition An innovative and unique exhibition to be held in the Failand Village Hall — the 1st of its kind in Europe! For further information please check out our blogsite: http://magicalbonsaiaccents.wordpress.com or send enquiries to: Mark Cooper at: kusamono@btinternet.com

INTERNATIONAL SUBANG INDONESIA	30 May – 2 June	INTERNATIONAL BONSAI N STONE EXHIBITION &COMPETITION 2012 INCONJUNCTION LAUNCHING OF BCI CHAPTER MALAYSIA VENUE Summit Subang USJ Shopping Center We are arranging tour agent package tour will inform u all as soon as possible. Info Isng18@gmail.com

NATIONAL JIHLAVA CZECH REPUBLIC	7 - 9 June	The XV. National Exhibition of the Czech Bonsai Association on the Occasion of their 60th birthday Hotel Gustav Mahler, Jihlava, Czech Republic Accommodation hotelgmahler.cz password bonsai Info vystava13@cba-bonsai.cz

LOCAL ROCHESTER NY USA	9 - 10 June	U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition at the Fair & Expo Center in Rochester, NY, USA. Featuring demonstrations by Yasuo Mitsuya with Kathy Shaner, Marc Noelanders, and Dr. Alice Chen, an oriental brush painting artists from NY. Admission is $15/daily or $20/weekend (purchased before 1 June). Saturday evening award banquet and benefit auction is $35 by advanced reservation. For details contact WNV@internationalbonsai.com

LOCAL CLERMONT FERRAND FRANCE	9 - 10 June	The First Mame Shohin exhibition at Chamalières (near Clermont Ferrand), Info www.ffb-bonsai.org

LOCAL PIRBRIGHT UK	10 June	Surrey Heath Bonsai Show Chris Rhodes - rhodes163@googlemail.com

NATIONAL BIRMINGHAM UK	13 - 17 June	Royal Horticultural Society Presents Gardeners World Live At The National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. Five Bonsai Societies in the Midland Region will be exhibiting Demonstrations, David Cheshire, Malcolm Hughes, Mark Skan Midland region heat of the New Talent Contest Info. David Cheshire; david_cheshire_bonsai@msn.com

INTERNATIONAL COLORADO USA	21 - 24 June	Visions of the American West ABS/BCI Bonsai Stone Convention hosted by Rocky Mountain Bonsai Society will be held at the Denver Marriott Tech Center Hotel, June 22-24, 2012. Lindsay Bebb, Ryan Neil, Dan Robinson, Marc Noelanders, Larry Jackel, John Kirby, Harold Sasaki. For more information www.Bonsai2012.org.

LOCAL CHESHIRE UK	30 June	Manchester Bonsai Society Annual Show will be held on 30th June, from 10 am to 4 pm, at Lymm United Reformed Church, Brookfield Road, off Eagle Brow (A6144), as part of Lymm Festival. For more information and maps, please see our website: www.manchesterbonsaisociety.org.uk

LOCAL BIRMINGHAM UK	22 July	South Staffs Bonsai Society Annual Show Exhibition, demonstrations and traders. 11.00 - 4.00 Birmingham Botanical Gardens

LOCAL SALISBURY UK	5 Aug	25th Anniversary Show at the Cattle market Harnham, Salisbury 10am Demonstrators will be Peter Chan and John Trott. Society displays, and trader stalls as well as tree competitions Judged by Peter Chan. Info; valcasey2004@yahoo.co.uk

NATIONAL NEWPORT WALES UK.	26 - 27 Aug	Bonsai in Wales Tredegar House, Newport NP10 8YW Situated at junction 28, on the M4 An exhibition of some of the best trees in the country in the magnificent setting of an Orangery and the historic buildings of this magnificent estate. Demonstrations by Kevin Willson and his Yamadori School of Bonsai. £3 entry Set in a beautiful 90 acre park, Tredegar House is one of the best examples of a 17th century Charles II mansion in Britain and the earliest surviving part of the building dates back to the early 1500’s. The Park and Woodland Walk are open all year from 9.00am. There is a campsite at Tredegar House, and a wide choice of hotels in the vicinity.

LOCAL PORTLAND USA	14 - 16 Sept	Pacific Northwest Bonsai Club Association (PNBCA) Convention XXIII at the Hilton Hotel at Vancouver, WA near Portland, OR, USA. Hosted by the Bonsai Society of Portland and featuring Marco Invernizzi (Italy), Peter Warren (U.K.), and U.S. talents Ted Matson, Dave DeGroot, Jim Gremel, Michael Hagedorn, Joe Harris III and Scott Elser. For details visit http://www.portlandbonsai.org or call Jan Hettick at (503)504-7760

INTERNATIONAL MILAN ITALY	14 - 23 Sept	Next Crespi Cup it is an important anniversary 10th edition it means 20 years on the international scene. Crespi Cup (Three Cups: for Bonsai, for Suiseki and for Pots) The first weekend for amateurs the second one for professional. The second one is the most important. The guests will be: Huang Jiu Wei and Liu Chunan Gang (China), Takeo Kawabe (Japan) Of course many other activities will be proposed during these days.

LOCAL LOUISIANA USA	3 - 4 Nov	Louisiana Bonsai Society’s Annual Fall Exhibitat the Baton Rouge Garden Center, 7950 Independence Blvd. Lecture-demo at 2:00 each day. Free admission

LOCAL MIDDLESEX UK	4 Nov	Heathrow Bonsai Show, The Barn, High Street, Harlington UB3 5ER, Details 07850 771201 email markmoreland@live.co.uk

NATIONAL VADODARA GUJARAT INDIA	23 - 25 Nov	All India Bonsai Exhibition & Convention in Nov. 2012 at Vadodara, a cultural, educational and industrial city in Gujarat in Western India; where All South Asian people from India region will participate. We are planning to have experts from USA/ Japan, China & other Asian countries to conduct workshops /Demonstrations on Bonsai.

NATIONAL CALIFORNIA USA	27 Dec - 1 Jan	San Marino, California, California Aiseki Kai: 22nd Anniversary Exhibition of Viewing Stones Show in Friends Hall at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road Hours are 10:30AM-4:30PM. (Open on January 1st.) Daily slide shows repeated each hour, December 27-30, 2010. Free parking and free entry to our exhibit. Info see our web site: aisekikai.com or contact hutch@aisekikai.com
2013
INTERNATIONAL AUDINCOURT FRANCE	29 - 31 March	European Convention EBA, ESA, & FFB Near Sochaux and Montbeliard, France Showroom “La Filature” 9am – 6.00pm Info: www.ffb-bonsai.org

LOCAL YANGZHO CHINA	13 - 14 April	BCI will be held in Yangzhou, China. Details TBA at http://bonsai-bci.com

LOCAL ROCHESTER NY USA	7 - 9 June	International Bonsai Colloquiumsponsored by International Bonsai at Rochester, NY, USA. Featuring Kathy Shaner, Ryan Neil, Peter Warren, Dennis Makishima, David DeGroot and Wm. N. Valavanis. Special 50th year Valavanis Commemorative Bonsai Exhibit and book release. Details at http://www.internationalbonsai.com/index.html

NATIONAL CRAWLEY UK	10 - 11 August	Sussex Bonsai Group Bonsai World 2013, at the K2 Crawley, Open to society's and individuals

INTERNATIONAL JINTAN CITY CHINA	25 - 27 Sept	7th WORLD BONSAI FRIENDSHIP FEDERATION CONVENTION
2014
LOCAL BRISBANE GOLD COAST AUSTRALIA	TBA	BCI 2014 will be held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Details TBA at http://bonsai-bci.com


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