Janurary 2015 – IBA Newsletter
Gary Wood performed a major restyling of a Garden Juniper belonging to the Des Moines Botanical Garden. The tree is 59 years old basis DMBG records. Observing the tree showed it had a long straight section of deadwood with a live vein alongside it. Junipers are known for movement of their trunks and limbs, so […]
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November 2014 – IBA Newsletter
I was raking the leaves last Friday, trying to get the yard waste corralled and bagged before the Free Day at the Dump in Ames on Saturday, when I had to stop and stare at the shrub that always stops me dead in my tracks once a year on a day just like this […]
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October 2014 – IBA Newsletter
Last spring I sent some photos of some of my trees to International Bonsai to be considered for the National Exhibition. To my delight, two of my trees were selected. My big Japanese Five Needle Pine and my Blue Alps Juniper were chosen. Then nerves set in and I set to work. Helene Maguder […]
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September 2014 – IBA Newsletter
Gary Wood gets around. Really around. Gary is a bonsai expert from Alabama. He has traveled extensively during his bonsai teaching career. Oregon almost became a second home for a few years where he worked with Telperion Farms to develop a top notch bonsai nursery. Gary comes to Iowa three times a year to work […]
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August 2014 – IBA Newsletter
“Your tree looks some dead, but not plumb dead! This is why we buy scissors and wire. We grow this stuff, so we can cut it off.” Gary Wood August 14 – DOWN LOAD THE NEWSLETTER
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July 2014 – IBA Newsletter
Do you admire yamadori (collected) junipers with their turning, twisting trunk, commonly with interesting shari? Often the admiration ends when you open your wallet and find that you cannot afford the price tag. Do not despair! You can create your own twisted trunk juniper. As photos are worth a lot of my words, I will […]
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