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put together with the help of an army of volunteers from all over the U.S. and Canada, and presented 298 trees from over 120 species and cultivars coming from 27 states and Canada. Valavanis would go on to do increasing numbers of demonstrations nationally and internationally. Except for 2009 and 2010 (for health reasons), this widely respected teacher has made over 50 trips to Japan, including leading annual group tours to
Japanese bonsai sites and in early February to the Kokufu Bonsai Ten exhibition in Tokyo, the world's premier display of bonsai. He has also
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continue to teach and promote classical bonsai art, furthering the work of his teacher. His connections with many
Japanese bonsai figures would allow him ongoing access to the history and development of the art. He has authored many articles which have been printed in English, Japanese, and European publications. Valavanis has made TV appearances in North America, Japan, Korea, Italy, and Australia as part of his well-prepared workshop and lecture presentations.
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magazine to further teach and disseminate classical bonsai art. A number of the articles are translated from the best
Japanese bonsai magazines, allowing the world's first and longest-running independent English-language bonsai periodical to remain relevant and educational. Its circulation (in 2004)
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stated that 'This is the highest level bonsai exhibition in
America.' Each new show exceeds past shows in both scope and quality of trees exhibited. This latest show had the exhibition area and room for 30 vendors occupying the equivalent of two football fields, 55,000 square feet of space. It was
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In June 2008 he organized the first biennial U.S. National Bonsai
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Beginning in 1981 and running through 2011 Valavanis hosted a two- to four-day long annual seminar/workshop in
September on a given type or style of tree. One hundred and fifty to two hundred participants each year would attend and be taught by a local, national and international faculty. He would
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Returning from another trip to Japan in 1978, the business' name was changed to "The
International Bonsai Arboretum." By this time he had been an active member in and director of the influential Bonsai Society of Greater New York for several years. He now did a one-year stint as editor of that
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Each would have a commemorative album issued afterwards.) The
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