June 2018 – IBA NEWSLETTER
Problem: Your soil goes all over the place when you water. You put it on. You wash it off. Repeat daily. Problem: I just can’t grow moss. I have too much sun. I have too much wind. I have Robins (large, red-breasted, North American songbird that positively delights in stripping the moss off of pots […]
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May 2018 – IBA NEWSLETTER
On April 15, 2018, my husband, John, and I once again had the great pleasure of joining IBA members for Todd Schlafer’s Spring workshop in Indianola. May 2018 – IBA NEWSLETTER
MORE >>Bjorn Bjorholm Workshop
Bjorn Bjorholm workshop, at the Magruder’s Bonsai Studio.
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Earth Day Spring Bonsai Exhibit 2018
The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden hosted the Earth Day Spring Bonsai Exhibit, Saturday April 21st. Our Earth Day hands-on participation activity this year featured vote for your favorite Bonsai trees. There were 5 different categories for voting.
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April 2018 – IBA NEWSLETTER
Here is a slick way to tie in a tree that has a very solid root pad. I was first taught this technique by Michael Hagedorn at a Seasonal several years ago. Once you remove some soil and roots from the top and bottom surfaces and the sides, you can take a chopstick and drive it […]
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March 2018 – IBA NEWSLETTER
It is February 25, 2018, and I am moving north-northwest deep into a ravine to visit some of my favorite trees. This is a regular activity. I visit them through the year. Through the years. And as I progress in my thinking, I notice things I never noticed before – so that, Always, the Woods […]
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