Toronto Botanical Garden — Introduction to Bonsai 101 — Toronto, ON learning

What it is

Toronto Botanical Garden’s Introduction to Bonsai 101 is a schedule-first, ticketed adult education class at a public botanical garden in Toronto, Ontario. The official event page prints the date, time, member and public fees, instructor bio, and street address. The session is an introductory talk/course on bonsai origins, craft, cultural influences, and basics of production, development, and care. This listing is Learning. It is not a retail nursery shop and not a membership bonsai club (the instructor is President of the Toronto Bonsai Society, but the class is sold by the garden).

Who it’s for

Toronto-area adults who want a low-cost, garden-hosted introduction to bonsai before committing to a club or a longer workshop series. Absolute beginners are the stated audience. TBG members pay a lower fee. People who only want to walk the garden should use general visit information separately from this class registration.

Why it’s listed

This is a first-party public-garden class page. It prints a dated 2026 session, public and member fees, an instructor credit, and a street address. It is curriculum and schedule first, not a shop blur. (Several otherwise strong US garden series still had no upcoming bonsai date, were sold out/past, returned bot-check 202 responses, or collided with already-listed brands at check.)

Next listed class (event page, checked 2026-09-29): Introduction to Bonsai 101, Thursday, October 1, 2026, 6:30–8:00 p.m. (schema start/end; page heading matches). Registration is linked from the garden event page. Focus: origins of bonsai practice, the practical craft side, cultural influences, and basics of production, development, and care.
Fees (event page, checked today): Public $20 | TBG Members $15 (plus applicable taxes and fees).
Instructor (event page, checked today): Josh Chang, described as the current sitting President of the Toronto Bonsai Society, with a personal collection of over 200 trees, about nine years of practice, and seven years of teaching.
Garden address (event schema + page, checked today): Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, ON M3C 1P2, Canada.

Class date, fees, and instructor details above are what the official TBG page showed on the check date. Seats and prices change. Check the live event page before treating any figure as fixed.

Official URL

Primary class / event page: https://torontobotanicalgarden.ca/event/introduction-to-bonsai-101/

Become a TBG member (fee discount context): https://torontobotanicalgarden.ca/development/become-a-member/
Garden home: https://torontobotanicalgarden.ca/

Location

Class meeting: Toronto Botanical Garden, 777 Lawrence Ave E, Toronto, ON M3C 1P2. Confirm room and check-in details on the registration confirmation. Use the garden’s own visit notices for trail or weather updates (home page carried a storm-damage trail note at check).

This is a garden education / class address. Do not treat it as a retail bonsai nursery shop or as a membership club meeting hall. The category remains Learning even though registration may be handled through a third-party ticketing link from the garden’s event page.

Notes

Category is Learning. This is a first-party public-garden class with a printed date, member and public fees, and an instructor. It is not a nursery and not a club, and it is distinct from Bonsai Outlet (Nurseries) and Nashville Bonsai Society (Clubs).
The Oct 1, 2026 6:30–8:00 p.m. session at $20 / $15, the Josh Chang instructor credit, and the 777 Lawrence Ave E location come from official TBG pages checked on 2026-09-29 and may change.
Geographic spread: Toronto is away from the Monday Sep 28 Learning card in Fort Pierce, FL. This is a Canada Learning card; prior directory Learning cards were mostly US gardens plus online courses.
Listing image: official site logo at /images/toronto-botanical-garden-introduction-to-bonsai-101.png (first-party asset from torontobotanicalgarden.ca).
Not affiliated with Bonsai Plaza.
No Bonsai Plaza contact, purchase, booking, or publication action was taken.

FAQ

Q: What does the TBG bonsai class cost, and when is it?
A: The event page (checked 2026-09-29) lists Thursday, October 1, 2026, 6:30–8:00 p.m., at Public $20 and TBG Members $15 (plus taxes and fees). Confirm seats on the event URL above.

Q: Who teaches it?
A: Josh Chang, described on the TBG event page as President of the Toronto Bonsai Society, with over 200 trees in his collection and years of teaching experience.

Q: Is this a nursery or a club?
A: Neither, for Bonsai Plaza category purposes. TBG publishes a schedule-first class page with fees and an instructor, so the card is Learning. Tree retail with shop prices belongs under Nurseries (e.g. Bonsai Outlet), and member-run club meeting schedules belong under Clubs (e.g. Nashville Bonsai Society). The instructor’s club role does not move this garden class into Clubs.