Presented by BCI Director Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
Recipients of the BCI Excellence Award:
Zhong-Xiong Xu for his Juniperus chinensis, 86 cm. tall.
Jin-Zhu Chen for his Nantian stone, Taitung, Taiwan. Title of stone: Rhythm of Line. Not only is it a beautiful stone, but it was also beautifully displayed.
Presented by BCI Director IS Ng, Malaysia
Recipients of the BCI Excellence Award:
Choy Fook, Celtis sinensis, Imported and Malaysia category
Chong Yong Yap, Wrightia religiosa - Malaysia Category
Presented by BCI Director Gudrun Benz, Germany
Recipient of the BCI Excellence Award:
Landscape stone in a suiban, origin: Italy, collector: Cesare Fumagalli
Presented by BCI Director Massimo Bandera, Italy
Recipients of the BCI Excellence Award:
The Juniperus communis of Mirco Tedeschi.
The Suiseki Mizutamari-ishi of Paco Donato.
The shohin of Acer palmatum of Sergio Gentile.
The pot of Heian Tofukuji I of the Associazione Culturale IKI.
Presented by BCI Director Budi Sulistyo, Indonesia
Recipients of the BCI Excellence Award:
Cydonia sinensis. Photo by Lindsay Bebb
Pinus densiflora. Photo by Lindsay Bebb
Presented by BCI Director Massimo Bandera, Italy
Recipients of the BCI Excellence Award:
Serafino Dosio for his Pinus Sylvestris.
Bonsai Insubria club for a rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis.
Santo Buratto (left) received both the BCI and IBS awards for his suiseki with the striking title “Come pettirossi uno stormir di foglie,” (Like robin redbreasts a rustle of leaves).