Brooklyn Brainery
Nature with Julian Velasco

Bonsai Rock Planting

Bonsai Rock Planting

Bonsai Rock plantings are one of the most dramatic and exiting styles in bonsai art. Here is your chance to bring home some drama by creating one of your very own!

Learn the artistic, philosophical and horticultural process of designing, planting, and maintaining a bonsai rock planting.

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Students take home a Bonsai tree, Bonsai container and soil. Bonsai tools and supplies will be available for use during the class.

What to bring

Bonsai, bonsai pot, rock, & special rock planting soil.
Julian Velasco

About Julian Velasco

Julian Velasco is a bonsai professional and former curator of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's C.V. Starr Bonsai Museum’s world famous collection of 300+ bonsai for over 10 years. Julian has designed, developed and maintained some of the best bonsai in the US. Along with solo bonsai art shows, his bonsai art has been commissioned for film, museums, designers, architects, and of course private bonsai collectors.

http://www.bbg.org/gardening/article/bonsai_heart