Bonsai-U Library – Eisei-en

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Life in Kyoto | Episode Eight

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Japanese White Pines – History, Culture and Care

Autumn | Horticulture | Pines | Winter

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 12/18/24

Live Q&A Session 12/13/24

44th Taikan-ten Exhibition

Aesthetics | Autumn | BTS

Bunjin or Rock Planting?

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 12/4/24

Live Q&A Session 11/29/24

Bunjin White Pine Styling

Aesthetics | Pines

Peter Tea’s Bonsai Garden

BTS | Horticulture | Other Conifers

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 11/13/24

IBA Use in Grafting

Live Q&A Session 11/6/24

Life in Kyoto | Episode Seven

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Pacific Bonsai Expo 2024

Aesthetics | BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Wabi Sabi and Bonsai Art

Repotting Pine in Autumn

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 10/16/24

Life in Kyoto | Episode Six

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Shinto and Bonsai

Live Q&A Session 10/9/24

IBA and Grafting

Horticulture | Junipers | Other Conifers | Pines

Life in Kyoto | Episode Five

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Live Q&A Session 9/25/24

Life in Kyoto | Episode Four

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 9/23/24

Live Q&A Session 9/11/24

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 9/19/24

Akamatsu Bunjin Bonsai

Aesthetics | Pines

Manipulating Space in Bonsai

Aesthetics | Junipers | Other Conifers

Live Q&A Session 8/28/24

Bonsai Care App

Suiseki – The Art of Stone Appreciation

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 8/21/24

Life in Kyoto | Episode Three

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Live Q&A Session 8/15/24

Life in Kyoto | Episode Two

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Black Pines with Jonas Dupuich

Beginners | Pines

Live Q&A Session 8/2/24

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 7/25/24

Bonsai-no-Ma

Aesthetics | BTS

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 7/10/24

Live Q&A Session 7/15/24

Watering a shimpaku juniper bonsai tree

Watering in Summer

Beginners | Horticulture | Summer

Live Q&A Session 6/26/24

Secondary Defoliation Techniques

Maples | Other Broadleafs | Summer

Bonsai Tools and copper wire at Eisei-en

How to Sharpen Tools

Beginners | Horticulture

Japanese Red Pine bonsai at Daitoku-ji

Red Pine Decandling

Needle Juniper Pruning

Junipers | Summer

The Nature of Bonsai

Aesthetics | BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Live Q&A Session 6/12/24

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 6/14/24

Ishitsuki Bonsai Style

Aesthetics | Maples | Other Broadleafs

Wisteria with Andrew Robson

Other Broadleafs | Summer

Live Q&A Session 5/29/24

Olive bonsai deadwood close up

Early Summer Olive Techniques

Other Broadleafs | Summer

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 5/18/24

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 5/14/24

UBE Bonsai Exhibition 2024

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Life in Kyoto, Episode One

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 5/1/24

Dealing with Bad Juniper Foliage

Horticulture | Junipers

Good Bones in Yamadori

Aesthetics | Junipers

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 4/17/24

Live Q&A Session 4/24/24

Moving Momo to Japan

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

US National Bonsai and Penjing Museum

Aesthetics | BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Grafting Failures and Kaizen

Horticulture | Junipers | Spring

US Live Q&A Session 3/27/24

EU/UK Live Q&A Session 3/27/24

Pre-recorded Q&A Session 3/24/24

Repotting Yamadori Pine Bonsai

US Live Q&A Session 3/13/24

EU/UK Live Q&A Session 3/13/24

Hinoki from Nursery Stock

Beginners | Hinoki

Live Q&A Session 2/28/24

Live Q&A Session 2/28/24

Kokufu-ten Tour 2024 and Review

Aesthetics | Winter

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 2/22/24

Live Q&A Session 2/18/24

Kuromatsu Yamadori w/ Kaya Mooney

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 1/31/24

Chapter Three – Finding an Architect in Kyoto

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Live Q&A Session 1/24/24

Deshi – The Life of a Bonsai Apprentice in Japan

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Gafu-ten Review 2024

Aesthetics | Autumn

Chapter Two – Buying Land in Kyoto

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 1/16/24

Live Q&A Session 1/12/24

Chapter One – The Big Move to Kyoto

BTS | Youtube Pre-release

Japanese Snowbell with Michael McTeague

Other Broadleafs | Winter

The Legacy of the White Dragon

Aesthetics | BTS | Junipers | Youtube Pre-release

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 12/31/23

Live Q&A Session 12/27/23

What Makes a Good Bonsai?

Aesthetics | Beginners

American Beech, Part Two

Other Broadleafs | Winter

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 12/15/23

Photography and Videography of Bonsai

Aesthetics | Beginners | BTS

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 11/29/23

US Live Q&A Session 11/22/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 11/22/23

Deadwood Carving with Drew Binkley

Aesthetics | Junipers

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 11/8/23

US Live Q&A Session 11/8/23

Styling a Limber Pine Yamadori

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 10/27/23

Bonsai Masterclass with Masahiko Kimura

Double-Flush Pine Species Guide

Pines | Species Guide

US Live Q&A Session 10/25/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 10/11/23

US Live Q&A Session 10/11/23

Styling Yamadori Lodgepole Pine

Shohin Japanese Black Pine, Part Four

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 9/27/23

US Live Q&A Session 9/27/23

US National Bonsai Exhibition Critique 2023

Aesthetics | BTS

Leaving a Legacy

Youtube Pre-release

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 9/13/23

US Live Q&A Session 9/13/23

BIG Announcement

Youtube Pre-release

Traditional vs Contemporary Bonsai Display

US Live Q&A Session 8/21/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 8/21/23

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 8/30/23

Designing a Shikoku Shimpaku

Aesthetics | Junipers

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 8/9/23

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 7/30/23

Shortleaf Pine Secondary Candle Work

The Risks of Defoliating Japanese Maples

Maples | Summer

Gardenia Bonsai, Part Three

Other Broadleafs | Summer

US Live Q&A Session 7/26/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 7/26/23

Inducing Back Buds on Pine Bonsai

Shohin Japanese Black Pine, Part Three

Beginners | Pines

US Live Q&A Session 7/12/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 7/12/23

Secondary Shoot Pruning on Deciduous Species

Other Broadleafs | Summer

How to Water Your Bonsai

Beginners | Horticulture

US Live Q&A Session 6/28/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 6/28/23

Treating Needle Cast on Pines

Pruning Junipers in Mid-Summer

Junipers | Summer

Emergency Summer Repotting

Other Broadleafs | Summer

Rebalancing Energy on Double Flush Pines

Is Bonsai Art?

Aesthetics | Youtube Pre-release

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 6/14/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 6/7/23

US Live Q&A Session 6/7/23

Understanding pH

Beginners | Horticulture

Shortleaf Pine Decandling

US Live Q&A Session 5/24/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 5/24/23

Maple Bonsai from Landscape Material

Beginners | Maples | Summer

Dwarf Star Jasmine Summer Pruning

Other Broadleafs | Summer

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 5/10/23

US Live Q&A Session 5/10/23

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 5/10/23

Defoliating Arakawa Maple

Maples | Summer

Defoliation Techniques (POCD)

Flowering Apricot | Maples | Other Broadleafs | Spring

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 4/26/23

In Praise of Shadows – How Darkness Impacts Bonsai Aesthetics

Aesthetics | Youtube Pre-release

Juniper Yamadori – Initial Styling

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 4/14/23

Transitioning Pine Yamadori to a Pot

Aesthetics | Pines | Spring

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 3/29/23

US Live Q&A Session 3/22/23

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 3/22/23

Japanese Maple Development – 3rd Year Work

Removing Foliage after Grafting

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 3/8/23

US Live Q&A Session 3/8/23

Kokufu-ten Critique 2023

Aesthetics | BTS

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 2/28/23

Winter Silhouette Refinement – Korean Hornbeam

Other Broadleafs | Winter

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 2/15/23

Japanese Aesthetics in Bonsai Art

Olive bonsai deadwood

Deadwood Work on Olive Bonsai

Other Broadleafs

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 1/31/23

Limber Pine from Raw Material

Rebuilding a Special Juniper Bonsai

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 1/11/23

Shortleaf Pine Bunjin-gi

Aesthetics | Pines

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 12/31/22

US Live Q&A Session 12/28/22

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 12/28/22

Japanese Maple Clump Design, Part Three

Beginners | Maples

Species Guide – Japanese Maple

Maples | Species Guide

Species Guide

US Live Q&A Session 12/15/22

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 12/15/22

Olive Demo with Rafa Torres

Other Broadleafs

Olives – Balancing Soil, Water and Fertilizer

Other Broadleafs

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 12/2/22

US Live Q&A Session 12/2/22

The Bonsai Museum of Luis Vallejo

Youtube Pre-release

Cork Oak – Basic Care

Other Broadleafs

Aleppo Pine Styling

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 11/10/22

US Live Q&A Session 11/10/22

Wedge Cuts on Pines Follow-up

US Live Q&A Session 10/26/22

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 10/26/22

Pre-Recorded Q&A 10/18/22

Optics of Water on Foliage

Autumn Yew Work

Autumn | Other Conifers

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 10/12/22

US Live Q&A Session 10/12/22

US Live Q&A Session 10/05/22

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 10/05/22

Tropicals – Repotting, Pruning & Overwintering

Species Guide | Tropicals

Species Guide – Junipers

Junipers | Species Guide

US Live Q&A Session 9/15/22

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 9/14/22

Clip-and-Grow Shohin Hinoki

Beginners | Hinoki

Japanese White Pine Shohin

Beginners | Pines

Shohin Gardenia Bonsai

Beginners | Other Broadleafs | Summer

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 8/31/22

Yew Bonsai Pruning & Styling

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 8/17/22

US Live Q&A Session 8/17/22

Sekka Hinoki Cypress

US Live Q&A Session 8/3/22

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 8/3/22

Style Profile – Formal Upright Style

Olive Bonsai with Rafa Torres

Other Broadleafs

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 7/13/22

US Live Q&A Session 7/13/22

All PDF Guides & Journals

Shohin Japanese Black Pine, Part Two

Beginners | Pines

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 6/29/22

US Live Q&A Session 6/22/22

Europe/UK Live Q&A Session 6/22/22

Shohin Shimpaku Basics, Part 3

Beginners | Junipers | Youtube Pre-release

Weeping Red Pine

Europe Live Q&A Session 6/8/22

US Live Q&A Session 6/8/22

Juniper Bone Structure Design

Europe Live Q&A Session 5/25/22

US Live Q&A Session 5/25/22

Pruning Spruce, Fir & Yew

Other Conifers | Spruce

Pyracantha Bonsai

Other Broadleafs

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 5/10/22

Live Q&A Session 5/11/22

Species for Kusamono

Aesthetics | Horticulture

Shohin Bonsai Cultivation

Shohin Propagation Techniques

Kusa Farm Shohin Bonsai Nursery

Youtube Pre-release

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 4/27/22

Live Q&A Session 4/29/22

Approach Grafting Follow-up

Horticulture | Junipers

Scion Grafting Follow-up 2

Horticulture | Junipers

Fungicides & Pesticides

Autumn | Horticulture | Spring | Summer | Winter

Live Q&A Session 4/13/22

Japanese White Pine Rock Planting

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 3/30/22

Repotting an Old Established Juniper Bonsai

Junipers | Spring | Youtube Pre-release

Live Q&A Session 3/30/22

Live Q&A Session 3/23/22

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 3/23/22

Japanese Maple Spring Work

Maples | Spring

Epic Repotting Episode

Aesthetics | Horticulture | Spring

Live Q&A Session 3/10/22

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 3/2/22

Grafting Junipers in Early Spring

Junipers | Spring | Youtube Pre-release

Planting Trees On Deadwood

Junipers | Spring

Itoigawa Shimpaku

Youtube Pre-release

Live Q&A Session 2/23/22

Root-Over-Rock Japanese Black Pine

Beginners | Pines

Exposed Root Japanese Black Pine

Beginners | Pines

Shohin Japanese Black Pine, Part One

Beginners | Pines

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 2/11/22

Live Q&A Session 2/9/22

Major Bending – Doug Fir

Live Q&A Session 1/26/22

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 1/25/22

Clump Style American Beech

Other Broadleafs | Winter

Snow at Eisei-en

Youtube Pre-release

Live Q&A Session 1/12/22

Styling the ‘Tornado’

Aesthetics | Youtube Pre-release

Pad Creation on Japanese White Pine

Aesthetics | Pines

Winter Silhouette Refinement – Japanese Maples

Maples | Winter

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 12/21/21

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 12/29/21

Live Q&A Session 12/22/21

Letting Bonsai Go

Filming and Photographing Bonsai

Aesthetics | Youtube Pre-release

Korean hornbeam bonsai at Eisei-en

Korean Hornbeam – Winter Refinement

Other Broadleafs | Winter

Overwintering Bonsai

Horticulture | Winter

Live Q&A Session 12/8/21

Carving Deadwood on Yews

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 11/26/21

Autumn Rain

Youtube Pre-release

Winter is Coming

Youtube Pre-release

Live Q&A Session 11/24/21

Limber Pine bunjin style

Bunjin-gi Bonsai, Part Two

Aesthetics | Pines

Japanese White Pine bonsai styled by Bjorn Bjorholm in Kyoto

Bunjin-gi Bonsai, Part One

Yamadori Delivery at Eisei-en

Youtube Pre-release

Anamorphic Bonsai

Youtube Pre-release

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 11/10/21

Live Q&A Session 11/10/21

Heavy Bending of Junipers

Autumn | Junipers

Live Q&A Session 10/27/21

Wedge Cuts on Pine Bonsai

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 10/20/21

Live Q&A Session 10/13/21

Pre-Recorded Q&A Session 10/10/21

Building a New Apex

Aesthetics | Pines

Live Q&A Session 9/29/21

Rocky Mountain juniper bonsai for the US National Bonsai Exhibition

Bonsai Display, Part Two

Bonsai Display, Part One

Live Q&A Session 9/15/21

Japanese flowering apricot bonsai on display at Daitoku-ji in KYoto

Continuum – A Year in the Japanese Bonsai World

Japanese Red Pine bonsai at Daitoku-ji

Early Fall Pine Work – Back Budding

Live Q&A Session 9/1/21

Bjorn Bjorholm restyling a Rocky Mountain Juniper

Redesigning Another Artist’s Bonsai

Aesthetics | Junipers

Japanese Maple Clump Design, Part Two

Beginners | Maples

Shohin shimpaku juniper with shari and green foliage

Shohin Shimpaku Basics, Part Two

Beginners | Junipers

Shohin shimpaku juniper bonsai part one

Shohin Shimpaku Basics, Part One

Beginners | Junipers

Japanese White Pine bonsai in an oval tokoname pot

Preparing Bonsai for Exhibition

Aesthetics | Pines

Bonsai-U Live Q&A August 18, 2021

Live Q&A Session 8/18/21

Late summer pruning on Juniper and Hinoki bonsai trees

Late Summer Pruning on Junipers and Hinoki Cypress

Hinoki | Junipers | Summer

Yew bonsai with David Benavente

Yew Bonsai with David Benavente

Other Conifers | Summer

Bonsai-U Live Q&A 7/28/21

Live Q&A Session 7/28/21

Bjorn Bjorholm styles an Ashe Juniper for Bonsai-U

Ashe Juniper, Part Two

Bjorn Bjorholm styles an Ashe Juniper for Bonsai-U part one

Ashe Juniper, Part One

Live Q&A Session 7/14/21

Mauro Stemberger on Scots Pine, Part Two

Mauro Stemberger on Scots Pine, Part One

Bonsai-U Live Q&A session held on 6/23/21

Live Q&A Session 6/23/21

Single-Flush Pines in Summer

Bjorn Bjorholm explains Double-Flush Pine for Bonsai-U

Double-Flush Pines in Summer

Bonsai-U Live Q&A session held on 6/9/21

Live Q&A Session 6/9/21

Bjorn Bjorholm explains Approach Grafting Junipers for Bonsai-U

Approach Grafting Junipers

Junipers | Summer

Wound Closure Rate

Horticulture | Summer

Bonsai-U Live Q&A session held on 5/26/21

Live Q&A Session 5/26/21

Hinoki Cypress Forest

Hinoki | Spring

Japanese Flowering Apricot Follow-up

Flowering Apricot | Spring

Live Q&A Session 5/12/21

Scion Grafting Follow-up

Junipers | Pines | Spring

Trident Maple POCD

Maples | Spring

Live Q&A Session 4/28/21

Watering bonsai trees in the spring

Fertilizer

Autumn | Horticulture | Spring | Summer

Japanese Maple Spring to Early Summer Maintenance

Maples | Spring | Summer

Live Q&A Session 4/14/21

Thread-Grafting Technique

Maples | Other Broadleafs | Spring

Repotting Spruce Yamadori

Spring | Spruce

Deciduous Seasonal Schedule

Autumn | Flowering Apricot | Horticulture | Maples | Other Broadleafs | Spring | Summer | Winter

Conifer Seasonal Schedule

Autumn | Hinoki | Horticulture | Junipers | Other Conifers | Pines | Spring | Spruce | Summer | Winter

Live Q&A Session 3/24/21

Ebihara Technique Part 2

Maples | Spring

Ebihara Technique Part 1

Maples | Spring

Live Q&A Session 3/10/21

Ceramics Part 3 – Repotting an Ume Bonsai

Aesthetics | Spring

Ceramics Part 2 – Pot/Tree Matching

Aesthetics | Spring

Ceramics Part 1 – History

Live Q&A Session 2/24/21

Scion Grafting Junipers and Pines

Junipers | Pines | Winter

How to Value a Bonsai

Colorado Blue Spruce

Field-Grown Japanese Black Pine

Summer Refinement Techniques for Double-Flush Pines

Sekka Hinoki Techniques

Beginners | Hinoki

Broadleaf Summer Techniques

Other Broadleafs | Summer

What is a Shimpaku?

Hinoki Cypress Techniques

Broadleaf Bonsai Basics

Beginners | Other Broadleafs

Bonsai Terms

Late Summer Techniques for Double-Flush Pines

Grafted Sierra Juniper Design

Wire Scars and Solutions

Live Q&A Session 2/10/21

Scots Pine Pad and Apex Creation

Live Q&A Session 1/27/21

Japanese Maple Aesthetics & Design Part 2

Japanese Maple Aesthetics & Design Part 1

Rocky Mountain Juniper Design

Pinyon Pine Design

Ponderosa Pine Design

Japanese Maple Clump Design, Part One

Beginners | Maples

Flowering Apricot Defoliation

Flowering Apricot | Spring | Summer

Live Q&A Session 1/13/21

Juniper Bonsai Refinement and Apex Design

Stages of Development and How Plants Grow

Welcome to Bonsai-U