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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IBA Hosts Todd Schlafer’s Workshop April 1 and 2, 2017
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. Todd is a student of Ryan Neil’s and is from Denver, Colorado. He collects very fine conifers from the Colorado […]
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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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IBA MEMBERSHIP MEETING AT THE GREATER DES MOINES BOTANICAL GARDEN
January 21, 2016 @ 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM with presentation at 11:30 AM Des Moines Botanical Garden, 909 Robert D. Ray Drive Open Study Group is a chance (with ample time) to bring your trees to work on, and/or watch others work on their trees so you can learn by observing and exchange […]
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