After spending 6 years as a full-time bonsai apprentice in Japan, Bjorn Bjorholm moved back to his home state of Tennessee, USA, to create his own bonsai nursery known as Eisei-en. Now, years after success in this endeavor, Bjorn has just relocated his family and his nursery to Kyoto, Japan! Find out what's in store for those who visit his new nursery and for those who utilize his bonsai learning platform, Bonsai-U, as it will now be based in Japan.

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For this next 3-part series, Kevin and Ryan interviewed Josh Hooson of Bonsai-en Nursery in Australia. In this second episode, Kevin, Ryan, and Josh share from their experience how bonsai has positively impacted their lives and hypothesize on other ways we may not always think about in which this artform creates benefits for the practitioners and those around us. Also, check last week's minisode for information on Josh's experience as a bonsai business owner and an find another full episode in the Modern Bonsai Podcast feed on developing a bonsai mindset.

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The minisode (Ep33) with Josh can be found here.

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Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

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Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.

For this next 3-part series, Kevin and Ryan interviewed Josh Hooson of Bonsai-en Nursery in Australia. In this first minisode, Josh shares his background both in bonsai as an entrepreneur and advice from his experience in starting a bonsai business. Check back next week for the deeper discussions we had with him as well in regarding the benefits of bonsai and the bonsai mindset.

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Music by MIDICANCER. Find more music by them at the links below.

More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

Find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.

For this next 2-part series, Kevin and Kelly interviewed Bob Pressler regarding a bonsai scholarship that he helps organize. They talked about why you should apply and how you can boost your odds of success! The Ben Oki Scholarship Fund is awarded by the California Bonsai Society to two recipients a year. Each recipient is granted $1000 to use to further their bonsai education to give back to the bonsai community. Your co-hosts, Kevin Faris and Kelly Lui, are among the previous recipients of this scholarship.

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Submit questions or pictures for future Bonsai Brainstorm episodes to our email, social media DMs, or at the link below.

Your hosts can be found below:

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More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

Find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.

For this next 2-part series, Kevin and Kelly interviewed Bob Pressler regarding a bonsai scholarship that he helps organize. They talked about why you should apply and how you can boost your odds of success! The Ben Oki Scholarship Fund is awarded by the California Bonsai Society to two recipients a year. Each recipient is granted $1000 to use to further their bonsai education to give back to the bonsai community. Your co-hosts, Kevin Faris and Kelly Lui, are among the previous recipients of this scholarship.

The video version is available ⁠⁠⁠here.

Show notes, relevant pictures, and links are available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (coming soon).

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Podcast Info:

Submit questions or pictures for future Bonsai Brainstorm episodes to our email, social media DMs, or at the link below.

Your hosts can be found below:

Music by MIDICANCER. Find more music by them at the links below.

More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

Find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.

For this special 2-part Earth Day series, Kevin and Ryan interviewed Dr. Gordon Bonan, a Colorado-based bonsai artist and climate scientist. We asked Gordon in this wide-ranging interview to distill his scientific findings from climate modeling, how it may impact us as humans, bonsai artists, and our trees, and how he approaches sharing information on the subject with the public. In part 2, we also have some listener questions he addresses.

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More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

Find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.

For this special 2-part Earth Day series, Kevin and Ryan interviewed Dr. Gordon Bonan, a Colorado-based bonsai artist and climate scientist. We asked Gordon in this wide-ranging interview to distill his scientific findings from climate modeling, how it may impact us as humans, bonsai artists, and our trees, and how he approaches sharing information on the subject with the public. In part 2 coming next week, we also have some listener questions he addresses.

The video version is available ⁠here⁠.

Show notes, relevant pictures, and links are available ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

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More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

Find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.

In today's episode, Kevin interviewed Rodney and Charlie Clemons at their bonsai nursery in Georgia. Rodney is well known online as a specialist in Boxwoods, but less well known is the story of his wife Charlie who is an accomplished bonsai artist in her own right. Here they share their intertwined story.

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Submit questions or pictures for future Bonsai Brainstorm episodes to our email, social media DMs, or at the link below.

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Music by MIDICANCER. Find more music by them at the links below.

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More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

Find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.

In today's episode, Kevin, Kelly, and Ryan met up to share recent listener questions and submitted tree pictures. There was vigorous discussion online about Benjamin Keating's work potting bonsai into metal sculptures which we talked with Ben about in the last episode. Many listeners wondered about the viability of these trees long-term, so we posed the question to Ben and relayed his response to go deeper into that subject. Many listeners also submitted questions surrounding spring topics such as how to identify good bonsai styles or techniques when working with a new species and how to dig wild bonsai aka "yamadori". Lastly, Kevin and Ryan shared some pots and trees to discuss style options and considerations when for matching trees to pots as the repotting season gets underway around the northern hemisphere.

The video version is available here (follow along to see Ben's trees in development during the garden tour):

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Submit questions or pictures for future Bonsai Brainstorm episodes to our email, social media DMs, or at the link below.

Your hosts can be found below:

Music by MIDICANCER. Find more music by them at the links below.

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More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

Find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.

In today's episode, Kevin and Benjamin Keating discuss his history in art and how he got into bonsai, challenges associated with displaying bonsai in art galleries for long periods, Ben's bonsai + metal marriage projects in progress, and what to look forward to from Ben's art!

The video version is available here (follow along to see Ben's trees in development during the garden tour):

https://youtu.be/j5mIz2ateOE

Show notes, relevant pictures, and links are available here.

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Anytime you listen, subscribe, rate us, or share us with friends you help keep us motivated to keep making episodes for you all! If you want to take it to the next level, you can also help keep the podcast going by donating to us through Spotify or by sponsoring an episode (contact us directly for that). All donations go back into the podcast such as for our web hosting, recording gear expenses, etc. Even $1/month would be a great help!

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More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:

Read more about Ryan's bonsai blog below.

Find my bonsai seeds for sale here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.

Find me on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.

Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives below.