Bonsai Wire

Tyler, Nathan, and Jonas talk about the upcoming Bonsai Central, a regional event in St. Louis, Missouri, to be held on May 14-16, 2027.

Learn more at the Bonsai Central website.

Suzanne Muller, Director of the Bonsai Garden at Lake Merritt, talks about her role at the garden, her team, and her goals for making the garden a great place to learn and to enjoy bonsai.

https://bonsailakemerritt.com/

Angelica Ramirez, curator of the burgeoning bonsai garden at Waterfront Botanical Gardens in Louisville, Kentucky, chats with Jonas about her new role and her love of bonsai ceramics.

Links:

• Waterfront Botanical Gardens
• SPIRIT: The Great American Tree
• North American Bonsai Pottery Competition
• ARBonsai

Eric, Andrew, and Jonas offer takes on how they'd rebuild their collections from scratch.

Eric, Andrew, and Jonas review all that's new for the 3rd Pacific Bonsai Expo.

The event will be held February 6-7, 2027, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California.

https://pacificbonsaiexpo.org/

If you follow bonsai on Instagram you've likely seen Zane's garden and helpful how-to clips. Host Jonas chats with Zane about learning and teaching bonsai and how to build a following online.

@zanestrees

Ever been curious what it's like to take intensive classes with different professionals? Hear the first-hand experience from Gianne Souza, an enthusiast with several years of experience working with a mix of teachers on the West Coast.

Jonas sits down with Michael James, curator of the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, to talk about managing legacy collections, working with different styles, and planning for the Museum's 50th anniversary later this year.

Jonas sits down with Aarin Packard, curator of the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way, Washington, to talk about the museum's current exhibit, Bonsai United. The exhibit explores how landscape, native flora, and cultural practices shape bonsai expression.

Learn more the exhibit at the Pacific Bonsai Museum website.

Jonas sits down with Kevin Bielicki, curator of the Bonsai Collection at Longwood Gardens, in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.

Kevin and the gardens will be hosting a Bonsai Festival on June 24-29, 2026. Learn more at the Longwood Gardens website.

Michael and Patch chat about Michael's visit to the Kokufu-ten exhibition in Tokyo, his return to Mr Suzuki's garden in Obuse, and birding in the cloud forests of Okinawa.

Patch and Michael reflect upon happenings at Crataegus and what's ahead in the new year.

John Eads and Michael Hagedorn compare their experiences in growing Japanese Black Pine from seedling all the way to exhibition trees.

Learn more about John's field growing work at https://leftcoastbonsai.com/

Host Jonas Dupuich talks with Canadian bonsai enthusiast Jean-Dominic Côté from Quebec. JD, as he is known to English-speaking friends, has worked with Junichiro Tanaka at Aichi-en in Nagoya, Japan, and is a graduate student studying soil science and fertilizer.

JD had suggested we talk about why we do bonsai and the conversation went in many directions from there.

Learn more about Jean-Dominic at https://www.instagram.com/jd.bonsai/

Host Jonas Dupuich catches up with bonsai professional Tyler Sherrod. Tyler completed his apprenticeship with Shinji Suzuki in Obuse, Japan, and is proprietor of Dogwood Studios in North Carolina.

Learn more Tyler at https://www.dogwoodstudiosnc.com

Host Jonas Dupuich is off to Germany to interview world-renown bonsai professional Walter Pall. Jonas and Walter talk about Walter's extensive writing on bonsai, the role of the artist, and the Murano effect, among many other topics.

See the Bonsai Wire Podcast on YouTube for a video version of this episode.

Part 2 of host Jonas Dupuich's interview with Walter Pall in Germany plus bonus questions from Jennifer Price.

See the Bonsai Wire Podcast on YouTube for a video version of this episode.

Michael Hagedorn and apprentice Patch Clark talk about the past year, including the 2024 Pacific Bonsai Expo and garden anxieties while Michael was in Australia.

Host Michael Hagedorn talks with bonsai luminary Chase Rosade and Kevin Faris (of the Bonsai Time podcast) about the early days of bonsai in the US and some of the adventures that followed.

Hosts and Expo Board members Eric, Andrew, and Jonas share highlights from the 2nd Pacific Bonsai Expo.

Links:
- Expo videos
- Photos of award winning trees
- Scans of Expo trees from 3D Bonsai
- How we created the Expo backdrops