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(SOLD OUT) Rooted Workshop: Bonsai Trees
February 5 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
$70 – $85
Click here for the workshop on February 6
Rooted Workshop: Bonsai Trees on February 5 is sold out.
Discover the foundational techniques of bonsai while working directly with living trees in this hands-on workshop.
Led by Daniel Deephouse of Deephouse Land, participants will learn basic design principles, pruning, wiring, potting, and ongoing care, with an emphasis on slowing down and working with intention.
Each participant will work with their own Chinese Elm bonsai tree and leave with a finished bonsai to take home. No prior bonsai experience is necessary.
$70 members, $85 non-members. Advance registration required, please note that this workshop is sold out.
About Daniel Deephouse
Daniel Deephouse is a lifelong bonsai practitioner and educator from Perth, Australia, who began studying bonsai at the age of eight under the guidance of his grandmother, Elizabeth Deephouse.
He is currently the Assistant Curator of Bonsai at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens and teaches private, group, and corporate workshops.
His work centers on using bonsai to foster presence, creativity, and connection to the natural world.







