Workshop Featuring Gary Wood-2014

On a Saturday afternoon 8-9-14, just before the Bonsai show at the Iowa State Fair, Gary Wood from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, held a workshop for members of the Iowa Bonsai Association. Gary an engaging bonsai teacher and artist, who among other projects through out the US is currently working with the trees from the bonsai collection at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden.

As always Master Wood, imparted a tremendous amount of information for our members through a general review of the qualities, characteristics, and unique needs of the trees that the participants brought in and worked on. The group worked on wiring and initial styling of their trees with Gary’s help.