Hands-on bonsai
at a brewery near you

Grab a beer. Grow a tree.

A hands-on beginner bonsai workshop at Red Bus Brewing Company in Folsom. Style your own dwarf jade, learn the fundamentals of an age-old art, and leave with something you'll shape and care for for years to come.

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No experience needed · All materials included · You keep the tree

What it is

Just a taste of the bonsai world.

There are no shortcuts in bonsai — but there is a road map. We hand you the keys to the car, a beginner-friendly tree, and a real first taste of a craft you can grow into for life.

How the night goes

1

Grab a drink and settle in.

2

Pick the tree that speaks to you, it's yours to keep.

3

Roll up your sleeves and shape your tree.

4

Take it home with everything you need to keep it thriving.

Where it happens

Hosted at a brewery near you.

First stop: Red Bus Brewing Company, Folsom's oldest craft brewery — good beer, good people, and a seat with your name on it. More breweries on the way.

The arched entrance to Red Bus Brewing Company with its red bus sign Red Bus beer posters and string lights over picnic tables inside the brewery The bar and taproom inside Red Bus Brewing Company The outdoor patio at Red Bus Brewing Company with red umbrellas

Red Bus Brewing Company · Folsom, CA

The tree you take home

Meet the dwarf jade.

Portulacaria afra — the dwarf jade. It's the perfect beginner bonsai: hardy, forgiving, and nearly impossible to kill. You'll shape your own and carry it home the same night, and enjoy it for years to come.

Young Portulacaria afra (dwarf jade) starter plant in a nursery pot
What you start with

A young, sturdy dwarf jade — small enough to shape in an evening, tough enough to forgive a beginner.

A fully grown Portulacaria afra (dwarf jade) bonsai@zanestrees
What it can become

A bonsai this size takes decades to grow — years of patient pruning, shaping, and care, one season at a time.

BrandonRobert Who's behind itMeet Brandon & Robert, your instructors →

Tickets

Pick your night.

Two pop-up nights this winter. Every ticket includes your tree, pot, tools, and instruction.

A styled dwarf jade (Portulacaria afra) bonsai in a blue pot — the kind of tree you shape and take home

November pop-up

Sunday, November 8

  • Time
    4:00 – 6:00 PM2 hours, hands-on
  • Where
    Red Bus Brewing Company802 Reading St, Folsom
  • Tree
    Your own dwarf jadePot, soil, wire, and tools included
  • Seats
    25 per night

$100per seat

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A styled dwarf jade (Portulacaria afra) bonsai in a blue pot — the kind of tree you shape and take home

December pop-up

Wednesday, December 9

  • Time
    6:00 – 8:00 PM2 hours, hands-on
  • Where
    Red Bus Brewing Company802 Reading St, Folsom
  • Tree
    Your own dwarf jadePot, soil, wire, and tools included
  • Seats
    25 per night

$100per seat

Check out

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