Open Bonsai Workshops - Mid Spring Preperation (Bairradas, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal)

Let this workshop be your guide to refining and directing your bonsai's development effectively. 

At the Open Bonsai Workshop, you'll perform essential tasks tailored to your bonsai's unique needs. Here’s what you can expect:

Spring Preparation: Gear up with the right tools and materials, such as soil, pots, pruning shears, and wire, to ensure you're fully equipped for the season.

Repotting: Capitalize on spring's growth onset to refresh your bonsai's soil and address root-bound conditions. Select the right soil mix and pot size for optimal development.

Pruning: Shape your bonsai and promote desirable growth patterns by strategically cutting back branches, twigs, and occasionally roots. This will preserve its miniature stature while boosting visual appeal.

Debudding: Remove selected new buds to influence the growth direction of branches and enhance the form of your bonsai, which is vital for flowering varieties to improve bloom size and quality.

De-wiring: Inspect and adjust any wiring from previous sessions to prevent bark damage as your bonsai’s branches expand.

These unstructured sessions focus on hands-on practice under guidance, making them invaluable for both beginners and experienced enthusiasts who want to perfect their bonsai care skills.

The amonut of Bonsai you can work on during the course of the day is dependent on the Bonsai, the task that need to be done. Bring along a few of your bonsai and you can work on them under expert guidence.

If you dont have a Bonsai you can buy one from.

Language: Please note the Workshop is conducted in English 

Venue: Vila Pinheiro, Rua Projetada á Dona Maria II 9, Bairradas, 2500-532, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Genral Instruction: We will be working both Indoor and Outdoors so please dress for the weather. Plese bring a Packed Lunch we will have short lunch break around Mid-day.

Places are limited so book you seat as soon as possible.