Spotted in the Wild
Historical Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and RSS posts previously curated by the club (2017–present). Not authored by the club — preserved here since the original source feeds no longer carry this history.

Bonsai Demo by Lee Cheol Ho and Choi Song Ho
Lee Cheol Ho and Choi Song Ho and their team worked on a Juniper tree at the Trophy 2024 (Belgium). Serious about growing your own Bonsai trees? Then consider enrolling in one of our online Bonsai Courses, taught by…
International Bonsai Spring 2024 Open House & Sale
The spring weather has finally arrived (and hopefully will persist) and the maples and other flowering specimens are in their glorious spring brilliance. The International Bonsai Arboretum will be hosting the Spring…

Trophy 2024 #bonsai
The Trophy Bonsai Exhibition 2024 Serious about growing your own Bonsai trees? Then consider enrolling in one of our online Bonsai Courses, taught by expert teachers. For the curriculums and free lectures, go to:…

Spring Bonsai Watering. #shorts #bonsaitree #bonsaiart

Creating deadwood by Andres Bicocca
In this video we show the Bonsai demonstration of Andres Bicocca (who creates the deadwood on this pine) and Yannick Kiggen (who styles the tree the second day). This took place at the Trophy Bonsai Exhibition in 2024.…

The Trophy 2020
An impression of the International Bonsai Show held during the weekend of 29 February and 1st of March 2020 in Genk, Belgium. This year with special guests: Minoru Akiyama, Ryan Neil, Tony Tickle and last but not least,…

Bonsai Focus Magazine
The international magazine for beginners and experts Discover how fascinating Bonsai Focus is! With informative reports and stunning photography every two months, Bonsai Focus Magazine makes you eye-witness…

The May /June issue Bonsai Focus
Flip through the latest issue of Bonsai Focus magazine: go to: https://www.bonsaifocus.com/en/single-issues/english Bonsai Focus May/June issue contend: GALLERY: The winners of the Trophy 2020. MASTERCLASS: Valentin…

French curves
With almost two branches only, Mauro Stemberger creates one of his best pines. As Mauro explains: 'This time I am going to work on a very elegant pine from France, it is not an easy one and will be quite a challenge.…

Naoki Maeoka works on the deadwood
Making the stumps into natural looking jin and creating a shari at the base of the trunk. Read the complete article go to: https://www.bonsaifocus.com/en/single-issues/english/bonsai-focus-en-156-179

ARCO BONSAI '22
YT The 36th edition of the 'ArcoBonsai' event. Despite the dreary weather, with some occasional rain, the Arco bonsai show and Trophy was a great success for the 36th time. The event again took place in May showing that…

Flip through Bonsai Focus
Flip through the last edition of Bonsai Focus magazine page: 6 Gallery The best bonsai from the Trophy 2020. 10 Sweat and tears Ryan Neil vs huge garden tree. 21 The last flush... Harry Harrington sums up the tasks for…

European Bonsai-san Show 2019 Saulieu
An impression of the Bonsai-san Show which was held in the weekend of 12 - 13 October 2019, Saulieu, France. Guest of Honour Mauro Stemberger.

Bonsai or Cactus?
This year the 13th edition of Bonsai of the West was held again in the Botanical Garden of Delft University of Technology.

THE BIG SCOTS PINE of Mauro Stemberger
An amazing bonsai, the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) by Mauro Stemberger. A massive tree with such refined branchsetting and small needles.

An impression of the Eda Uchi Kai show
Diepenbeek Belgium the first weekend in November 2019, the triannual show of the Eda Uchi Kai bonsai club initiated by Jean Paul Polmans. Thanks to Mario Komsta who arranged the exceptional displays and highquality…
Pushing bonsai ideas
Pushing bonsai ideas is the most important part of my bonsai teaching. Techniques and caretaking are equally important parts of any workshop, but I try not to pressure certain styles or ways of designing a bonsai onto…
Whist-eria
Guest post by Carmen Leskoviansky My second visit to Crataegus bonsai was in the spring of 2018 for the spring Seasonal. It was a glorious day in late May, and after some tea and rousing conversation around the dining…
Stimulating new buds on cork oak
One of the best things about working with cork oak bonsai is that you can cut almost anywhere on the tree and expect new buds to pop. The buds don’t always appear where you want them, but there are usually enough to…

A three year progression - Juniper Bonsai tree #art #bonsai
Watch how we train this Juniper Bonsai tree from nursery stock to beautiful Bonsai, in about 3 years time! The full video will soon be available in 4K so make sure to subscribe now! Serious about growing your own Bonsai…

GRAFTING JUNIPERS with Mauro Stemberger
Changing the foliage of junipers is becoming more and more common in the bonsai scene. Mauro Stemberger talks about his juniper projects using scions or the so-called approach graft technique. Mostly a finer variety of…

World Bonsai Convention Celebration #shorts
#bonsai #bonsaitree #bonsaijapan

Repotting theory and Bonsai substrate explained
In this lecture Bjorn introduces the topic of repotting. He talks about the nuances that different tree species present, how soil breaks down over time, and why we often choose to repot in early spring. Depending on the…

Catching up with David Cutchin. #shorts
Tune in to our latest episode of Asymmetry, where David joins us to share his life updates and offer an intimate view of his creative perspective. Discover how he navigates the bonsai garden and crafts his celebrated…