The passing of a formative Bonsai Artist (Vance Wood)

MrFancyPlants said:

I was just thinking about Vance in recent weeks when considering when to repot my nursery mugho that is sitting on the ground next to my bench.
Whether he knew it or not, him and JKL were my main mentors through the first half of my bonsai career.

I think the most important lesson I learned from Vance was that anyone can do this and can try new methods and on plants not generally considered good material. He could be a bit salty, but hey, so is fertilizer. And he usually wasn’t wrong about any salt that may have been cast in my direction.

Peace Friends

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Ah yes Jim was another one that could be cranky but a good guy that knew his stuff! I remember him from the old IBC days back in the late 90’s early 2k.

milehigh_7 said:

Ah yes Jim was another one that could be cranky but a good guy that knew his stuff! I remember him from the old IBC days back in the late 90’s early 2k.

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I was a lurker in the IBC days, but lurk I did. The first club meeting or workshop for me was around 2007 or 2008. I had some books but the forum was/is my main source for information.
Vance was a king of sharing information and stings a little that I won’t read any more of his fresh takes on my atrocious photography skills.

rockm said:

Vance Wood--Good conduct medal is a good one Knew him online for twenty years. He was a disruptor and proud of it.

Vance Wood Obituary - Clinton Township, MI

Celebrate the life of Vance Wood, leave a kind word or memory and get funeral service information care of Resurrection Funeral Home.

www.dignitymemorial.com

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I tickled me to read that, as well. He was a firecracker in every post I've seen.
I love when family really pours into an obituary. It's such a horrific experience losing a loved one but when you can reflect back on the life they lived and how full it was, it does make it a little better. It is a bummer but while reading his obituary, even though I didn't know the man personally, it did make me smile and just be Thankful for the life he did live. And thankful for all that he shared with us. He will continue to live on through his family, friends and this nuthouse along with all the many mugos he helped along thru his wisdom.

Here is a photograph of Woody at Meyer Gardens as an instructor during the All Michigan show back around 2000 or so.

R.I.P Sir.

Bloody good man.
Much respect.

Wonder if they'll replant him in the summer?

God Bless the mourning.

Sorce

Stumbled across this news in the contest threads and came here

Really too bad. He was a wealth of information as well as knowledgeable with mugo pines. I was looking at some mugos last spring because of the info I’d read from his mugo thread