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  • 2025 The Art of Bonsai – March Saturday

    2025 The Art of Bonsai – March Saturday

    The Art of Bonsai embodies the Japanese spirit with philosophy and aesthetics harmonizing and complimenting each other. Bonsai is more than just an art form – it is a way of life and thinking; a way of cultivating patience, nobility, and sympathy – and this is the reason why bonsai is important for Japanese culture. Therefore, to understand bonsai, you must learn and understand each of its core values ​​in order to experience it with a calm and open mind.

    Explore Gresham Japanese Garden’s Art of Bonsai workshop with Mark Vossbrink. Each month will be a different project in creating your own bonsai. The $40.00 cost includes all materials. A show and tell is part of the workshop, so feel free to bring one of your pieces from home.

    Please bring your own pruners or snippers.

    Cost: $40 per class
    2024 Dates: Third Thursday or third Saturday of the month. Project is repeated.
    Time: 1pm – 3pm
    Place: The Gresham Japanese Garden’s Kyoudou Center, the building at the south end of Main City Park. There is a parking lot near the building.

  • 2025 The Art of Bonsai – March Thursday

    2025 The Art of Bonsai – March Thursday

    The Art of Bonsai embodies the Japanese spirit with philosophy and aesthetics harmonizing and complimenting each other. Bonsai is more than just an art form – it is a way of life and thinking; a way of cultivating patience, nobility, and sympathy – and this is the reason why bonsai is important for Japanese culture. Therefore, to understand bonsai, you must learn and understand each of its core values ​​in order to experience it with a calm and open mind.

    Explore Gresham Japanese Garden’s Art of Bonsai workshop with Mark Vossbrink. Each month will be a different project in creating your own bonsai. The $40.00 cost includes all materials. A show and tell is part of the workshop, so feel free to bring one of your pieces from home.

    Please bring your own pruners or snippers.

    Cost: $40 per class
    2024 Dates: Third Thursday or third Saturday of the month. Project is repeated.
    Time: 1pm – 3pm
    Place: The Gresham Japanese Garden’s Kyoudou Center, the building at the south end of Main City Park. There is a parking lot near the building.

  • 2025 The Art of Bonsai – Feb Saturday

    2025 The Art of Bonsai – Feb Saturday

    The Art of Bonsai embodies the Japanese spirit with philosophy and aesthetics harmonizing and complimenting each other. Bonsai is more than just an art form – it is a way of life and thinking; a way of cultivating patience, nobility, and sympathy – and this is the reason why bonsai is important for Japanese culture. Therefore, to understand bonsai, you must learn and understand each of its core values ​​in order to experience it with a calm and open mind.

    Explore Gresham Japanese Garden’s Art of Bonsai workshop with Mark Vossbrink. Each month will be a different project in creating your own bonsai. The $40.00 cost includes all materials. A show and tell is part of the workshop, so feel free to bring one of your pieces from home.

    Please bring your own pruners or snippers.

    Cost: $40 per class
    2024 Dates: Third Thursday or third Saturday of the month. Project is repeated.
    Time: 1pm – 3pm
    Place: The Gresham Japanese Garden’s Kyoudou Center, the building at the south end of Main City Park. There is a parking lot near the building.

  • 2025 The Art of Bonsai – Feb Thursday

    2025 The Art of Bonsai – Feb Thursday

    The Art of Bonsai embodies the Japanese spirit with philosophy and aesthetics harmonizing and complimenting each other. Bonsai is more than just an art form – it is a way of life and thinking; a way of cultivating patience, nobility, and sympathy – and this is the reason why bonsai is important for Japanese culture. Therefore, to understand bonsai, you must learn and understand each of its core values ​​in order to experience it with a calm and open mind.

    Explore Gresham Japanese Garden’s Art of Bonsai workshop with Mark Vossbrink. Each month will be a different project in creating your own bonsai. The $40.00 cost includes all materials. A show and tell is part of the workshop, so feel free to bring one of your pieces from home.

    Please bring your own pruners or snippers.

    Cost: $40 per class
    2024 Dates: Third Thursday or third Saturday of the month. Project is repeated.
    Time: 1pm – 3pm
    Place: The Gresham Japanese Garden’s Kyoudou Center, the building at the south end of Main City Park. There is a parking lot near the building.

  • 2025 The Art of Bonsai – Jan Thursday

    2025 The Art of Bonsai – Jan Thursday

    The Art of Bonsai embodies the Japanese spirit with philosophy and aesthetics harmonizing and complimenting each other. Bonsai is more than just an art form – it is a way of life and thinking; a way of cultivating patience, nobility, and sympathy – and this is the reason why bonsai is important for Japanese culture. Therefore, to understand bonsai, you must learn and understand each of its core values ​​in order to experience it with a calm and open mind.

    Explore Gresham Japanese Garden’s Art of Bonsai workshop with Mark Vossbrink. Each month will be a different project in creating your own bonsai. The $40.00 cost includes all materials. A show and tell is part of the workshop, so feel free to bring one of your pieces from home.

    Please bring your own pruners or snippers.

    Cost: $40 per class
    2024 Dates: Third Thursday or third Saturday of the month. Project is repeated.
    Time: 1pm – 3pm
    Place: The Gresham Japanese Garden’s Kyoudou Center, the building at the south end of Main City Park. There is a parking lot near the building.

  • 2025 The Art of Bonsai – Jan Saturday

    2025 The Art of Bonsai – Jan Saturday

    The Art of Bonsai embodies the Japanese spirit with philosophy and aesthetics harmonizing and complimenting each other. Bonsai is more than just an art form – it is a way of life and thinking; a way of cultivating patience, nobility, and sympathy – and this is the reason why bonsai is important for Japanese culture. Therefore, to understand bonsai, you must learn and understand each of its core values ​​in order to experience it with a calm and open mind.

    Explore Gresham Japanese Garden’s Art of Bonsai workshop with Mark Vossbrink. Each month will be a different project in creating your own bonsai. The $40.00 cost includes all materials. A show and tell is part of the workshop, so feel free to bring one of your pieces from home.

    Please bring your own pruners or snippers.

    Cost: $40 per class
    2024 Dates: Third Thursday or third Saturday of the month. Project is repeated.
    Time: 1pm – 3pm
    Place: The Gresham Japanese Garden’s Kyoudou Center, the building at the south end of Main City Park. There is a parking lot near the building.

  • Introduction to the Aesthetic Pruning Approach: Zoom

    Aesthetics are integral to the stewardship of trees in our gardens. In this online course learn to apply the aesthetic pruning approach to trees and shrubs, including how to assess your plant material, identify the role they play in your garden, and develop a pruning plan to achieve your goals. Aesthetic pruning works in any garden style.

    This class will be recorded and available to view for two weeks after class. The link will be sent out Friday morning.

  • Fundamentals of Conifers – Onsite

    This class will build upon the knowledge gained in ‘Pruning Fundamentals for Conifers’ on the 8th. It will be beneficial to take the Zoom class. We will look at various small conifers in and around Tsuru Island and apply useful techniques and strategies that can be used in any garden style.

    This class will meet at GJG’s Tsuru Island.

  • Fundamentals of Conifers – Zoom

    Fundamentals of Conifers – Zoom

    In this online course, instructor Maryann Lewis will cover a variety of conifer basics, from identifying their cultivar, growth pattern, and pruning approach. Learn fundamental pruning techniques for your favorite conifers including pines, spruce, hinoki and others, and how to interpret each cultivar. This class will help you feel comfortable making pruning decisions so you can enjoy conifers even more. We highly recommend taking Maryann class on Sunday the 9th, Pruning Conifers in the Garden.

    This course will be recorded and available for two weeks. The link will be sent out Friday morning.

  • Winter Pruning Japanese Garden at Vanport Int’l

    Winter Pruning Japanese Garden at Vanport Int’l

    For the intermediate pruners, a hands-on opportunity to prune a variety of plants at a Japanese garden in Boring, OR, learning alongside Francheska Snyder, a professional aesthetic pruner trained in Japan who owns her own business, Niwa Method. This will be the Gresham Japanese Garden’s 6th opportunity to prune at Vanport International. There are still many plants that need restored to their size and brought back to the vision of the original garden designer, Hoichi Kurisu.