BC Bonsai
2024 Calendar
Call 630-690-0404 or 630-386-1515 for more information and to sign up for any of the workshops or other events.
All are invited to come out to the nursery on the weekends when we are open and learn about styling trees while they are in the ground. Practice is the only way to gain or sharpen your bonsai skills. We will teach you on our trees at no cost to you. You can also develop trees for harvesting in the spring. Call 630-386-7585 for more information and to confirm that we will be open.
• August
• 3rd&4th PSBS bonsai show at the Moryon Arb. See the PSBS website for more information.
• 16th-18th Midwest Bonsai show at the Chicago Botanical Gardens. See the Midwest Bonsai Society website for more information
• 24th Bring your own tree workshop 9:30 am to noon. Get some help with that difficult tree or that new tree from the show. Bring your own tools if you have them. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.
• September
• 1st closed
• 2nd closed
• 14th thru October 26th from 9:30 to Noon, BC Bonsai will be conducting our 7 week "Bonsai Basics" class
.. topics covered: History of bonsai, Styles, care, bug control, watering, feeding, wiring, tools, propagation, soils and repotting, aftercare and more. Call us at 630-386-1515 to reserve a spot. Cost: $185
• 14th Bring your own Tropical tree workshop from 1:30 to 4:30 pm. Update the styling and prep your tropical tree to come indoors for the winter. cost $25, Call us at 630-386-1515 to reserve a spot.
• 21st Bring your own tree, tropical or hardy, workshop 1:30 to 4:30 pm. Get some help with that difficult tree or that new tree from the show. Bring your own tools if you have them. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.
• October
• 12th Bring your own tree workshop 1:30 to 4:30 pm. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.
• 15th closed
• 19th Bring your own juniper workshop 1:30 to 4:30 pm. Fall sytling and winterprep of junipers. Bring your own tools if you have them. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.
• 26th Bring your own pine workshop 1:30 to 4:30 pm. Learn the fall pine techniques and winterprep of pines. Bring your own tools if you have them. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.
• November
• 2nd Bring your own maple workshop 10am to 12:30. Fall sytling and winterprep of maples. Bring your own tools if you have them. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.
• 12th Bring your own deciduous tree workshop 10am to noon. Bring your own tools if you have them. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.
• 16th Bring your own evergreen tree workshop 10 am to 12:30 pm. Bring your own tools if you have them. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.
• 23rd Bring your own tree workshop 1:30 to 4:30 pm. Get some help with that difficult tree. Bring your own tools if you have them. The cost is: $25 For more information and to sign up for the workshop please call us at 630-386-1515.