2014 Fall Show at Reiman Gardens
The theme of this year’s show was ‘bonsai forests’ and the subtheme will be kusamono. Bonsai, a horticulture art form developed in Japan, is now practiced world-wide. Iowa bonsai enthusiasts are active in multiple styles of bonsai including not only the stereotypical leaning pine tree but also temperate deciduous trees, group plantings (forests), tropical material, […]
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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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On a Saturday afternoon 8-9-14, just before the Bonsai show at the Iowa State Fair, Gary Wood from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, held a workshop for members of the Iowa Bonsai Association. Gary an engaging bonsai teacher and artist, who among other projects through out the US is currently working with the trees from the bonsai […]
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2014 Iowa State Fair
Judge Gary Wood – Muscle Shoals, Alabama Best Of Show Ron Heinen, Ames Open Class: First Place – Ivan Hanthorn, Ames – 2 blue ribbons First Place – Ron Heinen, Ames – 5 blue ribbons First Place – Zoe Nady, Ames – 1 blue ribbon Second Place – Ivan Hanthorn, Ames – 2 red ribbons […]
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Tanabata Matsuri (Star Gazing Festival)
July 12, 2014 — The Bonsai Association was represented at the, Japanese America Association Iowa, Tanabata Matsuri (Star Gazing Festival) this weekend at Grey’s Lake. President, Hiromi Umeda of the Japanese America Association Iowa, would like to see further interaction with our two organizations.
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