At The Hidden Gardens
• 500+ bonsai to choose from
• The largest inventory of yamadori (collected from the mountains) in all of the Midwest
• Workshops with U.S. and international artists throughout the year (see 2024 Dates below)
• Pots, wire, fertilizers and tools
• Soils: Akadama, pumice, lava rock and the Hidden Gardens "special blend"
Services
• Take your tree to the next level at "Saturday Morning Bonsai", 9am - Noon.
• Learn more about bonsai with the "Beginners Bonsai Class" or with a "Private Lesson "
• Boarding - for when you are out of town.
• Overwintering
2024 VISITING ARTISTS and SHOW DATES
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Call The Hidden Gardens Bonsai at (630) 655-8283 or email Jeff Schulz at hiddengardenbonsai@gmail.com
• April 6-7, Julian Tsai
Workshops, cost $140/day, 9-4pm
Julian Tsai is a bonsai professional based out of Southern California. He spent 2 years apprenticing under his Oyakata, Keiichi Fujikawa, at Fujikawa Kouka-en located in Osaka Japan. After returning at the onset of the COVID pandemic, Julian furthered his skillset studying with professionals Peter Tea and John Wang. After cumulative 6 years of intensive study, he launched his professional business, "Just Bonsai" servicing clients throughout the US.
• April 28, Mark Karczewski
Forest planting workshop, cost $140/day, 9-4pm
Join Mark, our local professional, on creating a maple forest planting. Workshop includes, instruction, five trees, pot, and soil.
• May 3-5, Vending at the Bonsai Central Convention, in St. Louis, MO
We will be vending at the Bonsai Central show in Saint Louis. We will be closed May 3rd -5th. Please consider joining us as this should be the premium show in the Midwest.
• May 10-12 and 17-19, Mauro Stemberger
The Bonsai Dream School of Chicago (Sold out)
We are taking students for the class beginning in spring 2025. This is a 3 year intensive school that meets for 3 days at a time in spring and fall
• June TBA, Owen Reich
Workshops, cost $140/day, 9-4pm
Owen will be back again this year. Owen's workshop will focus on deciduous trees.This is a good time to work on these trees as the spring growth has harden off. Bring your trees in for styling and maintenance.
• August 10-11, David Cutchin
Workshops, cost $140/day, 9-4pm
David is from Florida and helps manage DL Nursery and began training to be a bonsai professional while simultaneously learning how to manage a multi-decades old growing operation. In 2016 David became a student of Ryan Neil of Bonsai Mirai where he concentrated on technical application in his 10th year, David teaches temperate, sub-tropical, and tropical cultivation through DL Nursery and Mirai Live.
• October 19-20, Todd Schlafer
Workshops, cost $140/day, 9-4pm
Todd will be back this fall. We will be doing conifers fall is the best time to be styling conifers.
• November 16-17, Andy Smith
Workshops, cost $140 each day, 9-4pm
Andy is owner of Golden Arrow Bonsai in South Dakota. Andy sees trees in there natural habitat which gives him his style for Bonsai. Andy's motto " if it ain't fun it ain't Bonsai
• December 6-8 and 13-15, Mauro Stemberger
The Bonsai Dream School of Chicago (Sold out)
We are taking students for the class beginning in spring 2025. This is a 3 year intensive school that meets for 3 days at a time in spring and fall
SIGN-UP NOW! They fill up fast!
Call The Hidden Gardens Bonsai at (630) 655-8283 or email Jeff Schulz at hiddengardenbonsai@gmail.com