5th Trophy Town of Poppi: report of Mr.Carlo Laghi

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Poppi, June 19^th- 20^th 2010

5th BONSAI & SUISEKI TROPHY

“Town of Poppi”

Report by Mr. Carlo Laghi

On 19th and 20th June 2010, various Bonsai and Suiseki lovers, included myself, coming from Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and Emilia Romagna, have found themselves in Pioppi on occasion of the 5th Bonsai and Suiseki Trophy "City of Poppi" .

Thanks to the friend and organizer Mr. Andrea Benevieri, in 2010 the location of the exhibition has passed inside : this year novelty is the staging in the inside rooms of the Giorgi Palace , kindly put at disposal by the municipality of Poppi (did you know that Poppi is included in the list of the "Best villages of Italy" ?)

The site of Conti Guidi Castle was and remains a more intriguing location for bonsai and suiseki exhibition, but do you believe that for three consecutive years at middle June in Pioppi has rained and so much ?

Let us come to the real exhibition.

Have been presente stone which the Judge Mr. Fabrizio Buccini has awarded, mentioned and discussed with their owners.
For the suiseki 2 plates have been put at disposal such as "Best Suiseki" and 3 plates as "Mention of merit"

Then there has also been a sort of twinning between the Bonsai Club City of Pioppi and the Bonsai and Suiseki Club of Forlì and I have been called to deliver , as Club Representative, the prize put ad disposal and assigned by the members of the Forlì Club.

Another point of prideis to have involved in the suiseki art two friends of Rimini, soon becoming A.I.A.S. members.

And now the winners :

Best suiseki : "Without time" of Mr. Attilio Valdifiori
Best suiseki : "The time,...sun, water and wind" by Mr. Ettore Gardini
Mention : "Summits over the hills" by Mr. Remo Cavalli
Mention : "I bend down to you" by Mr. Sergio Bassi
Mention: "The destination of the wind" of Mr. Claudio Nuti
"Award of Bonsai and Suiseki " Club Forlì - landscape in a suiban of Mrs. Cinzia Battignani

As duty report the plants have been judged awarded and discussed by Mr. Giorgio Castagneri, the demos on the plants by Mr. Mario Pavone and Mr. Giorgio Castagneri

The plates for "Best suiseki" have been assigned to :