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Seasonal bonsai care: placement, watering, repotting, feeding basics

Seasonal bonsai care: placement, watering, repotting, feeding basics

Most forest-type bonsai belong outdoors year-round; follow seasonal, species-specific guidance on placement, watering, feeding, repotting, and winter protection.

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Hands-on Bonsai 101 workshop lets Wichita makers create live trees

Hands-on Bonsai 101 workshop lets Wichita makers create live trees

Johnson's Garden Center West hosts a Bonsai 101 workshop at 11:00 AM today; participants build and take home a complete ...

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Time spring repotting by bud stages, not fixed calendar dates

Time spring repotting by bud stages, not fixed calendar dates

Use bud stages (dormant, swelling, extending, opening) to time repotting; aim for the extending stage so roots repair wh...

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Bonsai Bar Hosts Beginner Dwarf Jade Workshop at Long Live Beerworks

Bonsai Bar Hosts Beginner Dwarf Jade Workshop at Long Live Beerworks

Bonsai Bar led a beginner Dwarf Jade workshop at Long Live Beerworks on January 18, giving attendees hands-on training i...

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Essential bonsai care guide - watering, light, soil, repotting, pests

Essential bonsai care guide - watering, light, soil, repotting, pests

Practical how-to for daily and seasonal bonsai care covering watering, light, soil mixes, repotting timing, fertilizing,...

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Bonsai & Blossoms brings early-flowering trees to Sonoma Botanical Garden

Bonsai & Blossoms brings early-flowering trees to Sonoma Botanical Garden

An indoor show of early-flowering bonsai is on view at Sonoma Botanical Garden through March 22, 2026. Docent-led discus...

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Anga’s Farm Offers $10 Hands-On Beginner Bonsai Seminar January 18

Anga’s Farm Offers $10 Hands-On Beginner Bonsai Seminar January 18

Anga’s Farm & Nursery hosted a $10 hands-on beginner bonsai seminar on January 18, offering practical care and species-a...

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Baikoen opens 61st Winter Silhouettes show at LA Arboretum

Baikoen opens 61st Winter Silhouettes show at LA Arboretum

Baikoen's 61st Winter Silhouettes exhibition opens today at the Los Angeles Arboretum, showcasing deciduous bonsai in le...

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Short essay frames bonsai as living history and memory

Short essay frames bonsai as living history and memory

Craig D. Lewis wrote a brief personal essay that links Pacific Bonsai Museum specimens to life, training, and the long t...

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Bay Area Bonsai Associates holds 42nd annual show at Lake Merritt

Bay Area Bonsai Associates holds 42nd annual show at Lake Merritt

BABA hosts a two-day show at Lakeside Park Garden Center with exhibits, plant sales, raffle, food, and a Saturday demo b...

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Essential beginner bonsai toolkit and practical usage primer

Essential beginner bonsai toolkit and practical usage primer

A compact toolkit explains essential bonsai tools and how to use them. It helps beginners pick, use, and care for tools ...

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Essential January-March bonsai checklist to protect trees through dormancy

Essential January-March bonsai checklist to protect trees through dormancy

A practical January-March bonsai checklist explains winter care steps—dormancy, watering, light, pruning, pests, repotti...

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Practical wiring techniques every bonsai grower should master

Practical wiring techniques every bonsai grower should master

A clear wiring guide explains safe methods for shaping trunks and branches and why timing, materials, and aftercare matt...

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Bonsai Book of Days offers daily historical context and event timeline

Bonsai Book of Days offers daily historical context and event timeline

A calendar-style online reference compiles bonsai anniversaries and exhibition notes by date, helping growers and clubs ...

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San Diego Bonsai Club updates hub with January event details

San Diego Bonsai Club updates hub with January event details

San Diego Bonsai Club updated its newsletter hub on Jan 12, 2026. It lists Jan meeting notes, repotting assistance, Bons...

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January 18 Boozy Bonsai Workshop at PlantHouse Sold Out, Canceled

January 18 Boozy Bonsai Workshop at PlantHouse Sold Out, Canceled

PlantHouse's January 18 boozy bonsai workshop in Virginia Beach was listed as sold out and canceled; attendees should ch...

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How to prune flowering quince for cleaner winter silhouettes

How to prune flowering quince for cleaner winter silhouettes

Jonas Dupuich outlines a January pruning approach for flowering quince that shortens internodes and refines silhouette, ...

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Willow Leaf Ficus care and training tips that actually simplify winter months

Willow Leaf Ficus care and training tips that actually simplify winter months

A focused entry highlighted practical care and styling for the Willow Leaf Ficus (Ficus salicaria), stressing dormancy m...

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Tadashi Kawamata's Bonsai show blends huts and living wood

Tadashi Kawamata's Bonsai show blends huts and living wood

Tadashi Kawamata opens Bonsai at Mennour in Paris Jan 15-Feb 21, 2026. The sculptural series attaches miniature huts to ...

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Mini bonsai-making workshop brings Kawaguchi craft to Ikebukuro station

Mini bonsai-making workshop brings Kawaguchi craft to Ikebukuro station

Two-day hands-on workshop on 24 and 25 January will teach Kawaguchi's 400-year bonsai tradition to visitors at AZLM TOBU...

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National Spring Fair to feature bonsai in Tet Spring Flower zone

National Spring Fair to feature bonsai in Tet Spring Flower zone

The National Spring Fair will include a Spring Flower zone with bonsai and shaped trees, free indoor exhibition space, a...

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How the right display table transforms your bonsai’s story

How the right display table transforms your bonsai’s story

An in-depth piece examined how table choice shapes a bonsai’s presentation and why picking the right table matters for d...

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Sip and Learn Bonsai: Beginner Workshop at Industrial Arts Brewing

Sip and Learn Bonsai: Beginner Workshop at Industrial Arts Brewing

Beginners learned potting, pruning and styling at a two-hour bonsai workshop hosted by Bonsai Bar at Industrial Arts Bre...

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BonsaiBar Offers Beginner Bonsai Workshops Nationwide Jan 13-20, 2026, Materials Included

BonsaiBar Offers Beginner Bonsai Workshops Nationwide Jan 13-20, 2026, Materials Included

BonsaiBar hosted beginner bonsai workshops across the U.S. Jan 13-20, 2026, providing trees, tools, and a beginner-tree ...

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Bonsai & Brews at Keel Farms grows southeast bonsai community momentum

Bonsai & Brews at Keel Farms grows southeast bonsai community momentum

Keel Farms hosted a hands-on Bonsai & Brews workshop Jan 12 where participants created bonsai with expert instruction an...

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Jonas Dupuich releases comprehensive practical guide for bonsai hobbyists

Jonas Dupuich releases comprehensive practical guide for bonsai hobbyists

Jonas Dupuich published The Essential Bonsai Book, a hands-on manual covering selection, pruning, wiring, repotting and ...

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Nihon Bungeisha releases photographic Bonsai Illustrated Guide for hobbyists

Nihon Bungeisha releases photographic Bonsai Illustrated Guide for hobbyists

Nihon Bungeisha released a photographic, process-focused Bonsai Illustrated Guide on December 17, 2025. It provides step...

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Local club opens 2026 with Japan travel bonsai presentation

Local club opens 2026 with Japan travel bonsai presentation

Mark Takagishi presented on Japanese bonsai, Niwaki, and Yakushima at the club's January meeting. Members left with prac...

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Beginner BonsaiBar Workshops at Jersey Cyclone Brewing Offer Hands-On Dwarf Jade Sessions

Beginner BonsaiBar Workshops at Jersey Cyclone Brewing Offer Hands-On Dwarf Jade Sessions

BonsaiBar ran a beginner-level workshop at Jersey Cyclone Brewing in Somerset teaching hands-on Dwarf Jade styling and b...

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Midtown East Bonsai Bar workshop brings hands-on beginner pruning and potting

Midtown East Bonsai Bar workshop brings hands-on beginner pruning and potting

Bonsai Bar ran a beginner workshop at The Greats of Craft on Jan 12, offering hands-on pruning, potting and styling inst...

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