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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2017 Iowa State Fair
JUDGE Todd Schlafer, Denver, Colorado Best of Show Ron heinen , Ames, Iowa The George Roupp Award Ron heinen , Ames, Iowa The Helen Fagan Award Ron heinen , Ames, Iowa Open Class First Place –Ron heinen, Ames, Iowa – 4 blue ribbons First Place –Cat Nelson, Washington, Iowa – 1 blue ribbon First Place […]
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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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Earth Day Spring Bonsai Exhibit 2017
The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden hosted the Earth Day Spring Bonsai Exhibit, Saturday April 22nd & Sunday the 23rd. Our Earth Day hands-on participation activity this year featured a tree, on a turntable stand, with signage inviting the public to find the side they prefer as a front.
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