Wolfgang Putz
Wolfgang Putz was born in September 1969 in Austria. His job is landscape gardener, and has various hobbies including cacti, petrified wood, hosta's etc., but his big hobby is Bonsaiand accent plants.
His collection contains over 200 Bonsaiand yamadori trees and about 500 accent plants. He has followed workshops from Pius Notter, Gerhard Vorderwülbecke, Serge Clemence, Angel Mota, Kazuichi Kokubo, Jürgen Zaar, Walter Pall, Jim Doyle, Francois Jeker and "Scuola D'Arte bonsai" school with Auer Othmar since 2002. To collect yamadori he goes to Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Bavaria, Finland and Mallorca. He is a member of BonsaiClub Tyrol, German BonsaiClub and BonsaiClub "AK bonsaifreunde Straubing".
Quick facts
Appeared at these events: 4th World BonsaiConvention, Ginkgo Award (2003 & 2005), EBA Congress (2007 & 2008) and some other European Bonsaiexhibitions in Germany, Italy and Austria
Appeared in these magazines: BonsaiArt, Natur und Mensch, BonsaiKunst, BonsaiToday, BCD-bonsai-Magazine, BonsaiEurope etc.
Awards: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 under the top 100 of the JAL World BonsaiContest.
Books: N/A
Some of Wolfgang Putz's Bonsaitrees
Acer Buergerianum
Larix Decidua
Tilia Platyphyllos
Contact information
Location: Alberndorf in der Riedmark, Austria
Email: wolfg.putz(at)aon.at
Website: www.yamadori-bonsai.info
