Valavanis Bonsai

He was hooked from the start and eagerly sought information and tried to shape plants into primitive bonsai.

Valavanis bonsai. From last september s open house demonstration. Raf dwarf scots pine. Raf dwarf scots pine. Valavanis is a past president of the bonsai society of upstate new york and will be creating a bonsai from a japanese yew diane selected from a local nursery.

He specializes in larch bonsai and will share his knowledge on how to train this popular hardy species for bonsai. Seigen japanese maple autumn. Bonsai artist educator and scholar mr. Toyo nishiki flowering quince.

The international bonsai arboretum is the home of the valavanis bonsai collection and offers a complete range of educational bonsai courses workshops seminars and symposia as well as trained bonsai masterpieces pre bonsai and bonsai supplies. Valavanis was born on september 3 1951 in waukegan illinois to nicholas and irene valavanis first generation greek americans. Seigen japanese maple spring. Bill displayed an early interest in nature that was stimulated by his mother s love and skill in gardening.

The eldest of three sons william n. The bonsai of william n. Kashima japanese maple. Red leaf hornbeam.

Valavanis has been studying bonsai for over 40 years and freely shares his knowledge techniques and art on an international scale. In the early 1960s his mother and her gardening buddy went to a bonsai demonstration where they each received a free japanese yew to try for bonsai. William valavanis has been practicing the art of bonsai since a young boy. Bill became interested in bonsai and horticulture at age 11 and persued his interest by studying ornamental horticulture at suny farmingdale and cornell university.

In the early 1960s bill was given a japanese yew to try for bonsai at a local bonsai demonstration.