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 […]
MORE >>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 […]
MORE >>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, […]
MORE >>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 […]
MORE >>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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