Date: July 13th
Time: 10 am-12 pm
Instructor: Zach Adamz
Ages: 12+
Location: The Lafayette County Arena Classrooms
This demonstration class will provide an introduction to the art and horticulture of bonsai. This demo will be a juniper-specific focus on styling and how to develop your trees moving into secondary stages of development. During the bonsai styling demo you will be able to participate in an interactive Q+A to learn the nuances of bonsai appreciation, cultivation, and creation. We will answer your questions and cover the basics of styling, pad development and tree care that will be featured in–depth during the full session, small-group workshops.
This demo class is open and applicable to those who've attended the previous demo class(es) and new students!
Price: $12 per person
Online registration ends at noon on July 11th!
About the Instructor: Zach Adamz is owner and executive artist at Komorebi Bonsai. He has studied bonsai with artists across the United States and around the world for over a decade. In 2019 he studied at the National Bonsai Museum in Seoul, South Korea, where he qualified as a bonsai master, and soon after returning established Komorebi Bonsai. Since locating to Oxford a few years ago, Zach has integrated bonsai into his new home, establishing the Magnolia State Bonsai Club (MSBC) in 2023.His aesthetic inspiration for bonsai comes from growing up in the east Tennessee woodlands of Appalachia, and his subject matter highlights native species of the American South. He has almost two decades of teaching at various levels (from children to children-at-heart) in a variety of subjects ranging from bonsai to the Bolshevik Revolution, but bonsai is his favorite!
