BC Bonsai

Demo site

Workshops

Come learn with us

Bonsai is learned by doing, so every class is hands-on. Bring your own tree for styling help or buy one from our stock — and out at the nursery, we’ll teach you on our trees for free.

To sign up, call (630) 386-1515 Jump to the calendar

Saturday styling workshops

$25

Bring a tree you’ve been meaning to work on, or pick one from our stock, and we’ll style it together. Morning and afternoon sessions, about 2½ hours each.

Bonsai Basics

$185

Seven Saturday mornings, 9:30 to noon. We run it in summer (Jun 6 – Jul 25) and again in fall (Sep 12 – Oct 24).

  • care
  • styling
  • wiring
  • feeding
  • propagating
  • overwintering
  • special care

Free lessons at the nursery

Free

Some weekends we’re out in Paw Paw teaching on trees growing in the ground. Over the summer you can keep developing a tree there with us and harvest it in early spring.

Call (630) 386-7585 to check we’re open.

Spring harvest

Weekends every March and April at the nursery. Choose a pre-bonsai from the field, dig it up, and take it home.

Private lessons & get-togethers

Want one-on-one time, or bringing a few friends? Give us a call and we’ll set something up.

On the calendar

What’s coming up

Coming up Whole season

June

  1. Jun 6
    Bonsai Basics starts
    Seven Saturday mornings, through Jul 25
    $185
  2. Jun 6
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:30 pm
    $25
  3. Jun 14
    Nursery closed
    closed
  4. Jun 20
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:30 pm
    $25
  5. Jun 27
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:30 pm
    $25

July

  1. Jul 4
    Nursery closed
    closed
  2. Jul 18
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:00 pm
    $25
  3. Jul 25
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:00 pm
    $25

August

  1. Aug 2 – 3
    We’re at the Morton Arboretum
    Asian Festival & bonsai show
    closed
  2. Aug 8
    Styling workshop
    10:00 am – 12:30 pm
    $25
  3. Aug 14 – 16
    We’re at the Chicago Botanic Garden
    Midwest Bonsai Show
    closed
  4. Aug 22
    Nursery closed
    closed
  5. Aug 29
    Styling workshop
    10:00 am – 12:30 pm
    $25

September

  1. Sep 5
    Styling workshop
    10:00 am – 12:30 pm
    $25
  2. Sep 12
    Bonsai Basics starts
    Saturdays 9:30 am – noon, through Oct 24
    $185
  3. Sep 12
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:00 pm
    $25
  4. Sep 26
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:00 pm
    $25

October

  1. Oct 10
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:00 pm
    $25
  2. Oct 17
    Styling workshop
    1:30 – 4:00 pm · bring a tree or buy one here
    $25
  3. Oct 24
    Styling workshop next up!
    1:30 – 4:00 pm
    $25

March 2027

  1. Mar 1 – Apr 30
    Spring harvest at the nursery
    Weekends in Paw Paw · dates to come

Call (630) 386-1515 to save your spot.

Say hello

Find us at the shows

We close the nursery on show days — come see us there instead.

August 2 – 3

Asian Festival & bonsai show

The Morton Arboretum, Lisle

August 14 – 16

Midwest Bonsai Show

Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe