Bonsai and suiseki exhibitions and market, demonstrations, Arcobonsai Trophy, Arcofiori, Villaggio del Gusto. Born in 1985, Arcobonsai has become a staple in European bonsai over the years and is identified by many as the most important Italian bonsai event. An event that has become a must on the international scene.
From 26 to 28 April, the 38th edition of Arcobonsai and the 25th of Arcofiori, the local horticultural exhibition and market, and the Natura Amica farmers’ market of Coldiretti, in Viale delle Palme and Viale delle Magnolie. The event is organized by Arcobonsai Club Garda Trentino in collaboration with Assocentro.
The participation of over 300 conference attendees and over 60 traders, an audience of around four thousand visitors, the patronage of the Consulate General of Japan in Italy, the Autonomous Province of Trento and the Municipality of Arco, together with the presence of Italian and foreign experts, have conferred on Arcobonsai a prestige that has earned it the privilege of hosting the European Bonsai Association convention three times – the only European club – in 2000, 2005 and 2018, as well as seven editions of the Ubi national congress.
From 26 to 28 April, the 38th edition of Arcobonsai and the 25th of Arcofiori, the local horticultural exhibition and market, and the Coldiretti Natura Amica farmers’ market will take place, which will take place in Viale delle Palme and Viale delle Magnolie. The event is organized by Arcobonsai Club Garda Trentino in collaboration with Assocentro.
The program
Friday 26 April
09.00 – 12.00 Set up of the exhibition and market areas
09.00 – 12.00 Bonsai and suiseki exhibition: acceptance of plants
09.00 – 15.00 Reception and photography of the plants and stones to be exhibited and setup of the exhibition
4.00pm Official opening of the Ubi conference and congress in the presence of local authorities
4.30pm Official opening of Arcofiori, the exhibitions and the bonsai and suiseki market; opening cocktail
8.30pm Welcome dinner in the “Bonsai Room” of the Palace Hotel Città di Arco
Saturday 27 April
09.00 Registration opens
09.00 Opening of the exhibition and market
09.00 – 16.30 XXII Arcobonsai Trophy between bonsai instructors
9.00 – 10.30 Talk by Luca Bragazzi: “Pre-summer agronomic preparation, the use of microelements at the end of spring and beginning of summer”
9.30 – 11.00 Talk by Emilio Capozza: “Bonsai and Suiseki: disquisitions on two passions that complement each other”
10.00 Opening of the origami exhibition
10.00 – 12.00 Report and origami folding demonstrations by Roberto Gretter
10.30 – 12.00 Talk by Massimo Bandera: “Kuden and kata in methods and apprenticeships from masters: joys and sorrows”
2.00pm – 7.00pm Tiberio Gracco: creation of a bonsai pot
2.00pm – 5.00pm New Italian Talent Contest 2024
2.00pm – 5.30pm Origami workshop
3.00pm – 6.30pm Guided tour of the civic gallery: “Giovanni Segantini in Milan: the Navigli series”
2.00pm – 3.30pm Giacomo Pappalardo: “The Scots pine and its cultivation”
2.00pm – 3.30pm Sonia Stella Sumi-e atelier: “Ink games”
4.00pm – 5.15pm Sonia Stella Sumi-e atelier: “The bamboos”
3.30pm – 5.00pm Talk by Bruno Proietti Tocca: “Bonsai pruning; management of vegetative vigor”
5.30pm – 7.00pm Carlo Cipollini and Adriano Bonini: “Aesthetics and design of bonsai”
8.00pm Country dinner B&B&B – Bonsai and Baraonda beer and awards ceremony
Sunday 28 April
09.00 Opening of the exhibition and market
09.00 – 12.30 Bonsai technique demonstration by Alessandro Bonardo
09.00 – 16.30 Arcobonsai Trophy reserved for Italian bonsai clubs
10.00 – 11.30 Sonia Stella: demonstration of making a bonsai halfway between sumi-e and drawing
2.00pm – 3.30pm Sonia Stella Sumi-e atelier: “Introduction to tree drawing”
1.30pm – 4.00pm Demonstration by Andrea Brasca, “Italian Talent 2023”
2.00pm – 4.00pm Sandro Segneri: “Chaos and compositional aesthetics; the trees that teach”
4.30pm – 5.30pm Ubi annual meeting
5.30pm – 6.00pm Closing ceremony
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