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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April 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
On April 1, 2017, members of the Iowa Bonsai Association and, by gracious invitation, members of the Eastern Iowa Bonsai Association, had the privilege of working with Bonsai artist, Todd Schlafer, at the Magruder’s home. April – 2017 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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March 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
Bonsai pots have many drain hole configurations. One of the trickier situations is figuring out how to arrange wires to tie in your tree, when the pot has only a single drain hole and no wire holes. March – 2017 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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February 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
This time of year we begin preparation for repotting season. This is fairly easy if you have only one tree and you plan to put it back into the same pot. All you need is some fresh bonsai soil and a bit of number two aluminum wire. February – 2017 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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January 2017 – IBA NEWSLETTER
There’s something magical about a garden that’s hard to put into words, it’s like a little slice of Elysium in our own backyard. The great impressionistic painter Claude Monet once referred to his garden as, “my most beautiful masterpiece.” January – 2017 DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER
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