2024 Program Schedule

New for 2024, the Pacific Bonsai Expo will feature presenters and demonstrations during the weekend events. All presentations will be held in the North Ballroom.

Saturday

10:00 am  Session 1: Super Demo with Mike Pistello and Sam Tan - Mike and Sam will kick-off work on their trees with a follow-up at 12:30 to present the final results

11:00 am  Session 2: Mini Lectures with Adam Toth, Julian Tsai, Carmen Leskoviansky (~30 minutes each)

12:30 pm Demo wrap-up with Sam Tan and Mike Pistello

1:00 pm Session 3: Principles of Bonsai Design - David DeGroot 

2:00 pm  Session 4: Classical Bonsai Art - William N. Valavanis

3:00 pm  Session 5: Learn to Evaluate Bonsai - Jonas Dupuich

Sunday

10:00 am  Session 1: Super Demo with Todd Schlafer and Andrew Robson

12:30 p.m. Session 2: Panel Discussion with bonsai growers John Eads, Ed Imholt, Dylan Ferreira, and Eric Schrader

2:00 p.m. Session 3: Mini Lectures with Michael Hagedorn (Display/Scrolls), Austin Heitzman (Stands), and Nao Tokutake (Pots) (~30 minutes each)