Some Maples in Bill Valavanis' Bonsai Garden

I traveled to Bill Valavanis' garden and took this video several weeks ago.

Bill Valavanis' Shishigashira Maple won the First Prize in the Professional Division at the Midwest Bonsai Show in Chicago on August 20, 2011. To see this maple in Valavanis' garden in its former container earlier this summer, view the video and see this maple at the 1 minute point. Also, the complete story of the selection of the container for this maple is at the topic "New Container Selection - Help Needed" on this IBC site. Congratulations Bill!