Bonsai Wire

Chat with Angelica Ramirez

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 bon

Recovering from the bonsai apocalypse

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

2027 Pacific Bonsai Expo Updates

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 Plea

Chat with Zane from Zane's Trees

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 h

Chat with Gianne Souza

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

Chat with Michael James

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 plann

Bonsai United: new exhibit at the Pacific Bonsai Museum

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 e

Chat with Kevin Bielicki

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 Bonsa

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

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

Patch and Michael discuss Crataegus happenings

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

John and Michael chat about growing Japanese Black Pine

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

Chat with Jean-Dominic Côté

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 a

Chat with Tyler Sherrod

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

Chat with Walter Pall - Part 1

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

Chat with Walter Pall - Part 2

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 ve

Patch's first apprentice check-in

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.

Chat with Chase Rosade

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 advent

2024 Expo Recap

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 E

Leveling up - approaches to improving your bonsai practice

Andrew Robson and Maciej Adwent address the question of how we can "get better at bonsai." This is the first episode of the Deciduous Bonsai Podcast featuring Andrew an

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

(Following a brief discussion about custom car sound systems - and the music that played on them), hosts Eric and Jonas chat with Cesar Ordoñez about collecting and growi