Bonsai Essentials 3: Workshop with Peter Olsen

In this class, we explore bonsai techniques with cold-hardy trees. This class will include a tree as students begin to take their bonsai skills from the easier tropicals to the evergreen and deciduous trees that the Japanese have made so famous for the past 2000 years. We take the skills we learned in the previous two classes of watering, lighting, and fertilizing and learn how to apply them to our cold-hardy counterparts. Discover how to overwinter a tree that cannot remain inside during the cold months. We then repot our cold-hardy tree into the included bonsai container and learn to prune. This class is part of a recurring series which is offered throughout the year. All four levels of classes are required to receive Meraki Bonsai’s Certification of Completion in Bonsai Techniques. Registration is required and limited to 12. Adults only. Includes tree and all materials. Members $65 | Nonmembers $75 About the Instructor: Peter Olson is the head Bonsai Professional at New England Bonsai Gardens. He has been practicing bonsai for 12 years and turned pro in 2020. He learned the art from a genuine Japanese Bonsai Master named Jun Imabayashi, who is now in charge of the Larz Anderson Bonsai collection at Harvard University Arboretum. He teaches and demonstrates the art of bonsai throughout New England and is an instructor in the prestigious Kaikou school of Bonsai. He works closely with private clients throughout the North East, and in 2024, Martha Stewart invited him to her show “Martha Gardens” for her episode called “container gardening” which can be viewed on Roku from anywhere in the world. Last year after having to sign a non-disclosure, another celebrity invited me down to Washington D.C to display my work at one of their events as well. For the past two years I have been running my bonsai program with Polly and Mike of Robin hollow farm, unfortunately they have decided to retire and Iam looking to set up a new home for my bonsai program here at Blithewold for the foreseeable future.