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NBPCA $5000 Native Bonsai AQcquisition Prize

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Hi Everyone

Native Bonsai Acquisition Prize 2019

Mel Brackstone has generously sponsored the $5000 Native Bonsai Acquisition Prize 2019 to commemorate her mother Lorna McNaughton. After Lorna's passing in May 2015, Mel was inspired to get back into the art of bonsai, specifically working with Australian native plants. The Native Bonsai Acquisition prize is to encourage and highlight the beauty of Australia native bonsai and to celebrate Lorna's passion for gardening and her love of plants.

How to enter
•Supply four high resolution images (300dpi) of the front, back and both sides of your native bonsai in either jpeg or png.
•Send the completed entry form and images of your bonsai to: arboretum@act.gov.au
•Entries must be received by 31 July 2019
•Late entries will not be accepted

Visit https://www.nationalarboretum.act.gov.a ... prize-2019
for more information.
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WOW! Nice one Mel ... super generous. :clap: :tu2: :clap:
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Cheers Leigh and Ryceman.

Anything to help extend the use of Natives as bonsai!

Hope there can be plenty of photos to choose from!
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Mel that's so generous & encouraging to all- :worship:
Your mother's passion for plants & gardening definitely lives on through you!
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Thanks KCAR, I'm really excited to be able to contribute in some small way.
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Wow Mel, what a wonderful and generous gesture in memory of your mother, you are very kind Mel.

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Cheers Anthony, I felt it was a good way to help get some more interest in Native plants as bonsai. It's been in the works since late 2016, so glad to see this come to fruition. Very excited!
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Very touching Mel ,I hope you get the highest calibre of tree this deserves. Cheers John.
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Hey thanks John, I hope so too!
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Great prize and cause.
Good luck to those that have a tree worthy of entry.
No doubt this will snare a beauty.
One of the fabulous things about growing bonsai is as you get old and decrepit your trees get old and beautiful
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Boics wrote:Great prize and cause.
Good luck to those that have a tree worthy of entry.
No doubt this will snare a beauty.
Yes, I am looking forward to seeing what comes out of the woodwork for this! What a lovely legacy to your mum, Mel.
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Thanks Boics and Sonya! I'm really looking forward to seeing the submissions too, there are some magnificent trees out there!
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Bl@@dy hell Mel! What a wonderful gesture in memory of your mum! Fantastic and I am sure your prize will draw forward some incredible native Bonsai. Great stuff! Mark


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What an awesome gesture. Your mum would be so proud
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Cheers Mark and Max, yeah thanks. :) It's very exciting!
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