OPEN STUDY WORKSHOPS

These frequently occurring workshops offer the students the space, time, and resources to study and practice bonsai with professional mentorship. Open Study Workshops align with bonsai techniques that are appropriate for both the given season and species you choose to work with. You will be guided to respond to your tree’s stage of development and adjust your techniques and approach according to the tree’s progress over time.

Apart from a short introductory lecture at the beggining of the day our workshops are hands-on with much of the time spent responding to your trees. Our aim is to deliver you the ability to study bonsai with seasonally-specific techniques, design, and horticultural applications to help you elevate your bonsai and your experience.

Details

Open Study workshops give you the capacity to study as frequently as you like. Bring a tree in to to be developed or refined. Each class offers you suggestions of techniques covered and what types of species to work with.

Class size

Classes are small and capped at 3 students each. This is to maximise the quality of teaching and delivery of technique.

Workshop duration

10am - 5pm

Most workshops are run over a weekend*. You can choose to study for 1 or 2 days. To attend for a whole weekend simply book and add to cart each day option in a singular weekend.

* some workshops may be 2 days in length.

Trees

1. Bring your own trees to work with and gain training on, OR

2. Work on provided seasonal and skill specific trees from our garden.

Catering

Coffee and tea are provided, and lunch if opted into*

Tools

We provide many of the tools required for technical work such as carving tools, raffia, repotting tools etc. We simply require each student to provide there own basic tool set including wire, which can be purchased while on site here at TreeMakers. Some workshops may specify unique tool requirements.

Cost

$200 per day

*Optionally catered lunches are $25 per day US