This course, designed for beginners and intermediates, will teach you how to pinch conifers, prune maples and cut back elms. Bring in your own bonsai for a trim or practice on one of the trees at New England Bonsai Gardens. Also designed for beginners and intermediates, this class serves as an introduction to these basic skills. Bring your own bonsai or practice on New England Bonsai Gardens plants. Space, tools and guidance are provided in this non-structured workshop.
Participants pay for soil and wire.
Now is the time for pruning, pinching, repotting, shaping, wiring and general cleanup and refinement of this tree. Perspective, space and implied space, choice of rocks and stones, color, texture and container choice are all important aspects if saikei that will be covered in this class. You carve the rock, plant the bonsai and install the pump, resulting in an artistically sculpted rock with a flowing waterfall and beautifully shaped tree. You buy the pump, rock and plant. Light refreshments will be served.