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Bonsai Wire

Plants, art, and experience wired to perfection. Join bonsai artists Jonas Dupuich, John Eads, Michael Hagedorn, Andrew Robson, and Eric Schrader for roundtable debates on hot button topics and interviews with bonsai luminaries. Connect with us at [email protected].

Patch and Michael chat about the Kokufu-ten, Okinawa birding, and a return to Obuse

38 mins; March 09, 2026

Patch and Michael discuss Crataegus happenings

29 mins; January 18, 2026

John and Michael chat about growing Japanese Black Pine

31 mins; October 11, 2025

Chat with Jean-Dominic Côté

99 hours 43 mins; September 26, 2025

Chat with Tyler Sherrod

102 hours 30 mins; September 19, 2025

Chat with Walter Pall - Part 2

76 hours 24 mins; September 10, 2025

Chat with Walter Pall - Part 1

54 mins; September 10, 2025

Patch's first apprentice check-in

40 mins; August 31, 2025

Chat with Chase Rosade

51 mins; December 03, 2024

2024 Expo Recap

64 hours 39 mins; November 05, 2024

Leveling up - approaches to improving your bonsai practice

54 mins; September 05, 2024

Olives, olives, and more olives - chat with Cesar Ordoñez

81 hours 25 mins; August 25, 2024

Chat with Mike Pistello

61 hours 32 mins; August 21, 2024

Chat with Bernard Marque and David Scheltema

68 hours 8 mins; August 13, 2024

Eric chats with Jay and Greg McDonald

74 hours 36 mins; August 06, 2024

Eric chats with Sam Tan about California Natives

53 mins; July 22, 2024

Getting excited about bonsai exhibits

56 mins; July 14, 2024

Chat with Richard Wright

106 hours 9 mins; July 04, 2024

Jury Secrets Revealed

74 hours 39 mins; June 29, 2024

How you've been growing junipers wrong

87 hours 36 mins; May 31, 2024

Eric and Jonas Chat about Jurying and Judging the Expo

70 hours 55 mins; May 25, 2024

Updates about the 2024 Pacific Bonsai Expo

44 mins; April 23, 2024

A casual conversation about growing trees with Michael and John

31 mins; December 24, 2023

Bonsai Central: How to run a bonsai convention

83 hours 42 mins; October 20, 2023

Corin Tomlinson: a life in bonsai

83 hours 41 mins; October 13, 2023

Why should one go to the US National Bonsai Exhibition?

29 mins; October 06, 2023

Chat with Dylan Ferreira

75 hours 20 mins; August 18, 2023

Shade Cloth

20 mins; August 11, 2023

Chat with Martin Walters

63 hours 11 mins; August 04, 2023

Michael and Jonas chat about bonsai containers

48 mins; July 28, 2023

Chat with Cesar Ordoñez

48 mins; July 14, 2023

Chat with Bob Pressler and Michael Roberts

69 hours 6 mins; July 03, 2023

Grafting natives

33 mins; June 16, 2023

Learning and teaching pine techniques

56 mins; June 08, 2023

Andrew and Jonas talk with Sam Tan and Addison Galambos

39 mins; June 01, 2023

Pacific Bonsai Expo recap

93 hours 37 mins; November 19, 2022

Show prep - 7 tips to make your trees look their best

48 mins; October 29, 2022

Why visit bonsai shows?

37 mins; October 22, 2022

Warm weather bonsai care

26 mins; September 18, 2022

Andrew chats with Eric and Jonas about the Expo

83 hours 50 mins; September 11, 2022

Carmen and Michael talk accents

41 mins; July 06, 2022

Andrew and Jonas talk shohin

72 hours 51 mins; July 01, 2022

Farm to Table Recap

82 hours 56 mins; May 22, 2022

Chat with John Romano

51 mins; May 10, 2022

Learn Field Growing at BSOP's Farm to Table

49 mins; April 24, 2022

ABAS Exhibit Critique

32 mins; April 15, 2022

Gender Disparity in American Bonsai - Part 1

55 mins; March 08, 2022

2021 Wrap-up

47 mins; January 31, 2022

Introduction to the Pacific Bonsai Expo

32 mins; November 11, 2021

Chat with Nao Tokutake

51 mins; October 08, 2021

Short Interviews at the US National Exhibition

65 hours 10 mins; October 01, 2021

U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition Critique

56 mins; September 24, 2021

Carmen's first apprentice check-in

39 mins; September 10, 2021

Andrew and Jonas recommend three species for development as bonsai

41 mins; September 03, 2021

Chat with Sergio Cuan

89 hours 32 mins; August 27, 2021

Bonsai Evaluation with Jonas and Andrew

38 mins; August 04, 2021

Chat with John Thompson

76 hours 17 mins; July 28, 2021

Andrew and Michael chat about chojubai

47 mins; July 03, 2021

Spring Roundtable

75 hours 43 mins; May 20, 2021

Chat with Cheryl McAlister

77 hours 24 mins; May 10, 2021

Starting a Bonsai Garden: Rakuyo

61 hours 36 mins; April 10, 2021

Planning a regional bonsai show

59 mins; March 18, 2021

Repotting roundtable

69 hours 40 mins; February 24, 2021

Chat with Carmen Leskoviansky

71 hours 33 mins; January 22, 2021

Chat with Kaya Mooney

75 hours 7 mins; December 29, 2020

John talks to Jonas about his apprenticeship

77 hours 29 mins; December 06, 2020

Stories Behind The Little Book of Bonsai

80 hours 14 mins; November 15, 2020

Jonas and Michael chat about Michael's new book: Bonsai Heresy

105 hours 26 mins; November 08, 2020

Chat with Adam Toth

64 hours 11 mins; October 04, 2020

Chat with Eric Schrader

78 hours 16 mins; September 18, 2020

Chat with Bill Valavanis

87 hours 1 min; September 12, 2020

Bonus Episode: Andrew and Jonas chat about colanders

10 mins; September 07, 2020

Listener Questions about Deciduous Trees

40 mins; August 30, 2020

Bonus Episode: "From the Apprentice". Watering in the summer.

5 mins; August 19, 2020

Colin Lewis

84 hours 57 mins; August 11, 2020

Curating a Personal Collection

50 mins; August 11, 2020

Introductions

25 mins; August 11, 2020

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