Episode #20 Pacific Bonsai Expo Interviews Part 1- Jeff Stern, Sam Tan, Mike-o Macasio, John Kim

Jeff Stern

Time Stamp, interview starts at: 0:40 secs

Find out more about Jeff at Star Bonsai on Facebook

Winner of 3 awards at the 2024 Pacific Bonsai Expo and 3 awards at the 2022 Pacific Bonsai expo.  In this episode I catch up with Jeff about his history in Bonsai, thoughts on his trees, his recent move from California to Utah, the history of his collection, working with Peter Tea and more. 

Sam Tan

Time Stamp: 42:20 minutes 

Instagram: Samtanbonsai 

Sam Tan is a California Bay Area Bonsai Enthusiast who was a presenter and exhibitor at this year's Pacific Bonsai Expo.  In this episode Sam and I chatted about his Sierra Juniper entry in this year's show. Sam gave me his background in Bonsai, we chat about what classifies something as the Bunjin style and he filled me in on his new Bonsai garden. 

Mike-o Siquig Macasio 

Time Stamp: 52:57 minutes 

Instagram: alohabonsai  

Mike is the president of the Utah Bonsai club.  I caught up with Mike to get his thoughts on this year's Expo, spoke about the Utah club, some concepts he's learned from Peter Tea and more.  

John Kim owner of Joshua Roth Bonsai Tools

Time Stamp: 1:04:55 

Website: Joshuaroth.com 

John is the owner of Joshua Roth Tools and one of the awards sponsors for this years PBE.  I got to dig in about Joshua Roth tools and get John's opinions on the Expo