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Thank you gonzo for giving me the chance to explain this again:

The workshop is set up by Nature's Way Nursery and it mainly consists on working with precious collected trees, mainly Rocky Mountain Junipers and a couple of Ponderosa Pines. Some of them are around 1000 years old. The aim is to teach what can and what has to be done with such material hands on. The contents are horticultural and artistic aspects. The aim is not at all to style these trees as this would be much to early. The aim is to show what can and should be done to get them one step further. The purpose is to hand on my experience that I have gained over ten years working with these species. For someone to sign up for these workshops there is no risk involved as the trees normally are not owned by the workshop participants. The tree will stay at Nature's Way Nursery. It is not at all essential that a participant purchases a tree before or after the workshop. It is, however, possible to purchase some or most of these trees right there. Folks who are interested should know that such trees are not cheap at all. Most of them will have price tags just before the beginning of the workshop, but this will be after April 2 or April 3. The reason is simply that I was commissioned to evaluate the trees. I can only do this in person right there. Since the workshop is not directly connected with a possible purchase of these trees there is no risk involved for the participants. We have never asked someone to fly in on the hope to get a bargain before someone else gets it. We have not asked someone to risk high travel expenses on that hope. The workshop has no direct connection with the possible sale of these trees. Some may well be reserved already and some may not be for sale. I do understand why someone wants to know the prices earlier, but it is simply not possible. And I have to repeat, the workshops have nothing to do with price tags on the trees or no price tags. So any connection is purley speculative and was not intended. Nobody has the 'right' to get a quote for any of these trees.

This all sounds to me like we are making this up as a marketing gimmik to boost the workshop.

20-Mar-2008	#8
Walter_Pall bonsai is not my hobby Join Date: Oct-2001 Location: Egling, south of Munich Country: Germany USDA Zone: 6a AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 1,450	Thank you gonzo for giving me the chance to explain this again: The workshop is set up by Nature's Way Nursery and it mainly consists on working with precious collected trees, mainly Rocky Mountain Junipers and a couple of Ponderosa Pines. Some of them are around 1000 years old. The aim is to teach what can and what has to be done with such material hands on. The contents are horticultural and artistic aspects. The aim is not at all to style these trees as this would be much to early. The aim is to show what can and should be done to get them one step further. The purpose is to hand on my experience that I have gained over ten years working with these species. For someone to sign up for these workshops there is no risk involved as the trees normally are not owned by the workshop participants. The tree will stay at Nature's Way Nursery. It is not at all essential that a participant purchases a tree before or after the workshop. It is, however, possible to purchase some or most of these trees right there. Folks who are interested should know that such trees are not cheap at all. Most of them will have price tags just before the beginning of the workshop, but this will be after April 2 or April 3. The reason is simply that I was commissioned to evaluate the trees. I can only do this in person right there. Since the workshop is not directly connected with a possible purchase of these trees there is no risk involved for the participants. We have never asked someone to fly in on the hope to get a bargain before someone else gets it. We have not asked someone to risk high travel expenses on that hope. The workshop has no direct connection with the possible sale of these trees. Some may well be reserved already and some may not be for sale. I do understand why someone wants to know the prices earlier, but it is simply not possible. And I have to repeat, the workshops have nothing to do with price tags on the trees or no price tags. So any connection is purley speculative and was not intended. Nobody has the 'right' to get a quote for any of these trees. This all sounds to me like we are making this up as a marketing gimmik to boost the workshop. __________________ best regards Walter Pall CD now available online http://walter-pall.de/cdavailable2.jpg.dir/index.html http://walter-pall.de http://walter-pall-bonsai.blogspot.com/