3rd Galician Bonsai Congress

I would like to share with all of you the 3 Galician Bonsai Congress that was held during the 10 to 13th of June. In the congress there were 50 of the best bonsai from private collections arround the region. Take in mind this is a regional event.
Lets start with some general pictures.






Following the winning trees.
First the overall winner.



Big trees first position.


Big trees second place.


Shoin-mame first place.


Shoin-mame second place.


Best autochthonous (indigenous) tree.


Popular vote.


Beside the winners, 10 merit mentions where awarded.




















Later I will post some of the other trees.

Thanks for posting. Lovely trees. A shame that no neutral backdrop was used. Something that would improve the show massively in future.

Where in North West Spain was the exhibition?

I agree with Kev. Beautiful creations lost without a backdrop.Very high standard though. My favourite was the last one. Superb!!

Wonderful trees.
Jerry
www.bonsaihunk.us

These trees are of world class level.
Thanks for sharing.

Xuan

I've never been to that Celtic part of the world where oil spills ruined the environment, and a lot of people not so long ago...

I'm glad to see that not only some of you are keeping a part of nature alive, but that art is still thriving there.

The trident maple is breath taking . Thank you for sharing.

The following are some of the other trees that were at the event.

AlainK wrote:I've never been to that Celtic part of the world where oil spills ruined the environment, and a lot of people not so long ago...

I'm glad to see that not only some of you are keeping a part of nature alive, but that art is still thriving there.

The oil spill is almost forgotten, we fought against it and almost everything is as previous. This was so thanks to many people that work at the sea, and many of the voluntiers from all over that came here to help clean the mess. "Nunca Mais" (Not any more).

The congress was held in Silleda at the Semana Verde event, close to Santiago de Compostela.

The pictures where taken at the stands, but also they where taken (tree by tree) with a plain background, but I do not have the pictures yet. I promise to put some when I have them.

Thank you all.

The pictures where taken at the stands, but also they where taken (tree by tree) with a plain background, but I do not have the pictures yet. I promise to put some when I have them.

Excellent news. Thank you. We all look forward to seeing them.

That first Trident has the most AMAZING Nebari I think I have ever seen! crikey, view em and drool.

Mike

Hello, Beautiful trees, but damage to the wood, too white for my taste

OK, as promised here are the pictures of the winning trees woth a plain background. It really makes a difference, it makes the trees "jump into your eyes".

And finally the rest of the trees.