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Greybeard
Join Date: Aug-2001
Location: Fresno, CA
Country: USA
Posts: 5,206
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GSBF Convention 2004
My wife and I decided to go to the convention at the last minute. I was not going to go this year, because of the long distance from our home. I needed a pot, and thought I may be able to get it there. I was wrong. I was really dissapointed with the vendor turnout. While they had two rooms with goods, there were not many trees for sale, and the pots were lacking. The main reasons I went.
but...The exhibit was superb! The trees were in top notch condition, and they were displayed well on the stands. The overall feeling of the display was alittle crowded, but this was due to the huge amount of trees used in the exhibit. In contrast to the Fresno convention last year, where the trees were displayed on podiums in the Hotel Foyer, these trees were displayed more traditionally in a room with tables and covers.
A lot of influence in the condition of the trees was due in large part to the area in which the convention took place. While Kathy Shaner was a co-chair of the convention, I am sure that many of these trees are under her tutilage. It was clear that many of the trees were also the product of Bay Island Bonsai, and Boon Manakitivipart. I had seen many of these trees just months ago at their exhibit.
I will start out with a photo in one of the vendor rooms with a pic of my wife standing amid the explosion of orange and yellow fall color that was present in most of the stock for sale.
I was also delighted to see that in the next pic, one of my shohin stands was in the show 300 miles away from my home.
How about that pomagranite , with the yellow leaves and the closeup of that great trunk?
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Experience is fundamental
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