Bonsai Outlet — Bonsai Basics: Create Your Own Bonsai

Category: Learning Also called: Bonsai Outlet Bonsai Basics; Create Your Own Bonsai workshop (Bellingham, Massachusetts)

What it is

Bonsai Basics: Create Your Own Bonsai is a paid, hands-on beginner workshop run by Bonsai Outlet, the Bellingham, Massachusetts nursery already listed under Nurseries. The class page calls it “The Complete Bonsai Experience · 2027 Sessions” and says students spend a couple of hours at the working nursery, choose a premium Dwarf Jade pre-bonsai, prune, shape and pot the tree, and leave with a finished bonsai. No experience is needed. It is a class, not a club; the nursery itself is listed separately under Nurseries.

Official URL

Bonsai Basics workshop: https://www.bonsaioutlet.com/workshops-at-nebg/bonsai-basics/

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Last checked

2026-11-11.

Who it’s for

Beginners and first-time visitors in the Bellingham / southern New England area who want a materials-included, make-and-take workshop at a working bonsai nursery. No experience is required. Class size is limited to eight students.

Why it’s listed

It is a dated, priced beginner workshop on Bonsai Outlet’s own BigCommerce shop, with inclusions, a live Add to Cart path and a printed Bellingham address. Checked on 2026-11-11:

Date / time: 2027 sessions, each 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (about 2½ hours). The first date on the page is Saturday, March 20, 2027. Later open dates on the same product page: April 3, 10, 11 and 24; May 1, 2, 15 and 22; June 5, 12, 13 and 26; July 17 and 31; August 14, 22 and 28; September 4, 12 and 18, 2027.
Price / booking: $125.00 per person, tax included (“All-Inclusive per person”). The product page exposes a required date selector, quantity controls and Add to Cart. The cart URL /cart.php returns 200. Registrations are nonrefundable; date transfers are possible with at least four days’ notice. A Bonsai Basics gift certificate is also offered so a recipient can pick a date.
Format / inclusions: “No experience needed.” Class size 8 students maximum. The $125 fee includes a premium Dwarf Jade pre-bonsai “grown at our Florida nursery,” a Japanese ceramic bonsai pot (or a $15 credit toward another pot from the retail collection), professional bonsai soil, bonsai shears to take home, a humidity tray and river rocks, fertilizer and fertilizer baskets, a wooden chopstick, a printed Dwarf Jade care guide, and bottled water. “We also provide all the additional tools you’ll need during class. No hidden costs, no required purchases.”
Instructors (class page): taught by Manny Ortiz and Eduardo. Manny’s blurb: around five years in bonsai, shohin and medium-sized trees. Eduardo is described as a Kaikou School of Bonsai graduate and a student of John Romano; the page does not print Eduardo’s last name.
Venue / nursery: “Location Bonsai Outlet, 914 South Main Street, Bellingham, MA 02019. Workshops are held in the greenhouse behind our retail store.” The same nursery is already listed under Nurseries.

Location

Class host: Bonsai Outlet, 914 South Main Street, Bellingham, Massachusetts 02019, in the greenhouse behind the retail store, per the first-party class page. Confirm the live class page before traveling.

Notes

Finn flags: the Dwarf Jade pre-bonsai used in class is described as grown at the company’s Florida nursery, while the workshop itself is in Bellingham, MA. Eduardo’s last name is not printed on the class page. Workshop registrations are nonrefundable (transfers allowed with at least four days’ notice). Photos on the class page are examples; “individual trees and pots will vary.” Same nursery brand already has a Nurseries listing (bonsai-outlet); this card is Learning only (Allshapes / BlackRoot Farms / High Water First Cut precedent).
Geography: first Bonsai Outlet Learning listing. Massachusetts already has Bonsai Outlet under Nurseries and Bonsai West — School of Bonsai Classes under Learning (Littleton; a separate brand).
Listing image: Bonsai Outlet’s official logo (the same first-party mark used on the nursery listing), saved as bonsai-outlet-bonsai-basics-create-your-own-bonsai-logo.png (320×128) on a black field.
Not affiliated with Bonsai Plaza. No registration, payment, cart add, form or contact was made.

FAQ

Q: When is the Bonsai Outlet Bonsai Basics workshop? A: 2027 sessions run 10:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. The first date on the class page is Saturday, March 20, 2027, with additional dates through September 18, 2027. Pick a date on the live class page.

Q: How much does it cost? A: $125 per person, tax included, with the tree, pot, soil, shears and listed care supplies included.

Q: Do I need any experience? A: No. The class page says no experience is needed.

Q: Where is it held? A: At Bonsai Outlet, 914 South Main Street, Bellingham, MA 02019, in the greenhouse behind the retail store.

Q: How do I register? A: Choose a date on the official class page and use Add to Cart. Registrations are nonrefundable; date transfers are possible with at least four days’ notice.