Beginning Bonsai Workshop - March 23

Name: Beginning Bonsai Workshop - March 23
Start: 2025-03-23T11:30:00-04:00
Location: 116 W 6th St. , Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401

Schedule

Sun, 23 Mar, 2025 at 11:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

116 W 6th St. , Bloomington, IN, United States, Indiana 47401 | Bloomington, IN

March 23, 11:30am at oak.

All materials needed for this workshop will be provided.
Join local bonsai specialist Kawa No Oka Bonsai as he goes through the steps to introduce you to the age old practice of bonsai.
This class will be geared toward the beginner. I will give a short introduction into the world of bonsai. Then we will style a young sapling to begin its journey in bonsai. There will be multiple varieties of trees there to choose from. Trees will range from fully hardy species that can stay outside year round to indoor varieties. Chinese elm, maples, junipers and several ficus species will be among those on the list. Aftercare will be provided by me and you will be sent home with a small overview of care on paper as well
The teacher: I was introduced to bonsai by accident back in 1997, after coming across a bonsai kit in a mall. The idea and the culture interested me. While the kit sadly never amounted to anything, it did inspire me to start learning more about bonsai. This I did by scouring all the local libraries for any books I could find on the subject. Unfortunately the internet was not a source yet back then! I learned everything I could on my own and began increasing my plant knowledge in learning to care for the trees. Several years later I came across someone while working that had bonsai in their yard. They helped me to find and join the Indianapolis Bonsai Club. There I was able to meet people involved in the art/hobby. This gave me the chance to greatly increase my knowledge and skills. In the years since I have been keeping and learning everything about bonsai that I can. In 2021 I decided that it was time to move my hobby forward. I left my job of 20 years to pursue my passion of propagating, raising, styling and selling bonsai for a living. It has been an amazing adventure that continues to grow every day. My goal for the future is to help those that have an interest to get started into the hobby. I know how hard it was when I started. It is my desire to create high quality pre-bonsai and bonsai that are affordable to anyone with the interest.
Class must meet minimum of 6 students or will be cancelled. We will notify you the day before the workshop IF the class does not make.
All class participants will receive a 20% off discount the night of the class as a thank you for joining us.
Class size is limited to 10 people. No refunds or exchanges.