Events

First Cut: Beginner Bonsai Workshop Your first bonsai starts here.Chinese Junipers (Nov 14): This session uses Chinese juniper, a tough, forgiving evergreen that handles Texas heat and takes wire well. It’s a great first tree for learning to shape branches. First Cut is for people who have never styled a tree. In two hours, you’ll...

Most bonsai don’t die in summer. They die in winter, from the wrong kind of care. San Antonio winters are mild most of the time, until a hard freeze blows in overnight. That mix confuses a lot of growers. Temperate trees like elms, junipers, and pines need a real winter rest to stay healthy. Tropicals...

Grower’s Table is our hands-on, open-studio workshop for bonsai enthusiasts who want guidance on trees already in their collection. Bring up to three trees and spend two hours working alongside High Water Bonsai growers. Get help with pruning, wiring, styling, repotting, tree health, or planning the next stage of development—or simply get a second opinion...

Your first bonsai starts here.Japanese Black Pines (Dec 5): This session uses Japanese black pine, one of the classic bonsai species. Winter is a good time to wire pines, and you’ll learn the basics of how pines grow differently from other trees. First Cut is for people who have never styled a tree. In two...

Some of the most striking bonsai in the world are partly dead. On an old juniper growing on a mountainside, the bare, bleached wood tells the story of what the tree has survived. Lightning, drought, and broken limbs leave behind dead branches and stripped trunks while a living vein keeps the tree going. In bonsai,...