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Bonsai Basics: Creating Ficus Bonsai

Chicago Botanic Garden
4.4 148 reviews

Discover the art of bonsai as you learn to shape and care for a Ficus tree in this hands-on workshop. Guided by expert instruction, you’ll explore styling techniques, maintenance practices, and essential bonsai principles to nurture a thriving miniature tree. Perfect for beginners, this class provides the foundational skills needed to refine and develop your bonsai with confidence.

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  • 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL
  • 6 hours over 2 sessions
Bonsai Basics: Creating Ficus Bonsai
Bonsai Basics: Creating Ficus Bonsai
Bonsai Basics: Creating Ficus Bonsai
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Bonsai beginners will learn the care of Ficus and gain experience styling this commonly used tropical bonsai. Demonstration and discussion will be followed by hands-on work with your own ficus tree. You will gain the basic knowledge and skills to take your tree to the next level of design and care. Fee includes a ficus of $75 value. 

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Refund requests must be submitted to [email protected] 2 business days prior to the program’s start date and time. The registration fee will be refunded less a 15% processing charge. A refund is issued in the form of a credit on file (to be used for future programs).

Refund requests submitted less than 48 hours prior to a program start date are non-transferable and are not eligible for a refund.

Fees are nonrefundable and nontransferable on and after the program’s start date. We cannot refund fees requested on or after the start date of a program or for sessions missed due to student illness or other personal situations.

Registration fees for courses grouped and priced as a series will be considered one program and subject to all of the above guidelines. A refund request must be received prior to the start date of the series' first class session and will subsequently cancel your registration in every session of the series.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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The Chicago Botanic Garden is a world-renowned living museum and conservation science center that offers multiple unique nature courses spread throughout 26 gardens and four natural areas on 385 acres.

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