November 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
Gary Wood, long time bonsai teacher from Alabama, announced his retirement recently. For those who do not know Gary, he has been a nursery man, a potter, a revered bonsai teacher, the key figure in planting and growing 12000 top notch bonsai trees at Telperion Farms in Oregon, a cook, a character, a philosopher, and […]
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October 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
There are times when putting a tired old tree or a damaged tree (due to loss of limbs or foliage from accident or disease) in the ground or into a large growing container and letting it grow wild is the best thing to do. I have an Ume that I can’t seem to get going. […]
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September 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
Too much of a good thing can be sad. Just enough is useful. Too little and it doesn’t work. For wiring, we want the middle one, just enough. Blogs are wonderful for making grand statements that have marginal utility, unhinged to useful reality. Hopefully photos will clarify this commentary about what is just enough… September […]
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August 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
On the way back to our cabin we encounter another vehicle. In these “parts of the country”, you stop to visit with other vehicles since you may not see another person for days. The driver was looking for an obscure road where his friend, the “bear lady” was camping. August – 2017 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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June 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
Helene Magruder of the Iowa Bonsai Association was announced the winner of the biggest prize at June’s American Bonsai Society Show and Exhibition held in Florida. June – 2017 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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May 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
The workshop was held at the Magruder farm. I arrived with two trees that I had first worked on with Bjorn while at Brussels. The first was a large Prostrada juniper and the other was a small, not quite shohin sized white pine. May – 2017 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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