Biron 2026

On 16 and 17 May 2026, for its first edition at Château de Biron, the exhibition brought together some fifty bonsai from all over France: maples, Chinese elms, azaleas, wisterias, hawthorns and Scots pines, shown under the arcades of the upper courtyard and on the terraces. Suiseki, those contemplation stones that are never reworked, answered the trees.

What happened

Guided tours explained kazari, the art of displaying a tree. A professionals' village offered pots, tools and equipment. A jury marked the trees out of thirty points, on style, display and a free appreciation: the first prize, a piece created by the Atelier des fac-similés du Périgord in Montignac, went to Hervé Dora; nine other trees were distinguished or noted.

Suiseki

“A stone can look like a mountain, like houses, like a figure or an elephant,” the organiser explained. The stone is not worked: everything rests on its shape, found as it is, and on the stand that presents it. The France 2 lunchtime news devoted a report to it, “Le veilleur de pierres”, in its series “Les gardiens du temps”.