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Garden of Kunio Kobayashi Photo : Farrand Bloch
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Casino Royale
27th Arcobonsai , organized by the Arcense Club , was held 4 - 6 May 2012 in the old Casino of Arco , Italy .
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Only Buxus
François Gau styles only boxwood , or box . Its botanic name Buxus comes from the Greek word puksos .
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Printer : Offset Print , NL Issn : UK 1874 - 6853 Issn : US 1876 - 6137
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Follow your dream
Sam Thompson ( 21 ) from Australia took a break from his biomedical studies and made his dream come true .
82 Field grown pine
Developing field grown
stock is an essential part of any bonsai artist ’ s skill set .
Bonsai Focus has a co-operation with Kinbon magazine , Kyoto , Japan Translations : Peter Warren
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