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EDITORIAL Bonsai Focus 3 Who we are Publisher Bonsai Europe Publications Houtrustweg 96, 2566 GJ The Hague The Netherlands Europe: Tel.: [phone] Office hours: 9am - 5pm (CET) USA: Tel.:[phone] Office hours: 9am - 5pm (East Coast) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bonsaifocus.com Chief Editor: Farrand Bloch [email protected] Editorial staff: English edition: Ann Scutcher French edition: Patrick Bosc, Matthieu Mavridis German edition: Jörg Derlien Dutch edition: Hein-Dik Barentsen Italian edition: Erika Lakin Spanish edition: Ana Ricart Advertising & Marketing: René Rooswinkel [email protected] Subscriptions & Administration: Marja Heijmink [email protected] Issn UK: 1874 - 6853 Issn US: 1876 - 6137 Price: € 11.95 | $ 14.95 | £ 9.95 © Copyright 2015 Bonsai Europe, world rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher. The 'rocky' garden of David Benavente with some of his famous pines Two Masters David Benavente, whom I met last year during the Alcobendas show in Madrid, invited me to see his bonsai garden. It was a short trip by car from the show to his garden located in the mountains just outside Madrid. We drove up a winding road and slowly the landscape changed; rocks and pines dominated the view and suburban towns were left behind us. His garden was even more stunning, it had natural granite rocks and a great collection of amazing trees. Time did not permit us to do a photoshoot with him, so we decided instead that he would write an article for us. You can read it in this issue, a styling with a grand yew, masterly done. 'It is a tree I fell in love with right from the start,’ David explains. 'Together with my great help, Pablo Comesana, who did the photography and artwork, we managed to capture the development of this tree.' The result is stunning and we are hoping to feature David more often in our magazine. A new masterclass comes from Hotsumi Terakawa, a regular guest, with work on a juniper that was being totally restyled in the clean, plain style so typical Hotsumi. The tree has a very elegant winding shape crowned with an impressive piece of deadwood. We feature another garden worth visiting, this time very close to Düsseldorf, Germany. It contains the works of Werner Busch who is famous for his knowledge of native trees. Find a selection of them in the gallery pages of this issue. Enjoy the read, Bonsai Focus has a co-operation with Kinbon magazine, Kyoto, Japan Translations: Peter Warren Farrand Bloch Chief editor