Become a Bonsaibai Member

Choose your plan

Basic Membership
£5.99
Every year

Pricing is per year, roughly 49p per month. Access care guides and our discord channel, where you can ask for advice on your tree. Advice covers pruning, styling, soils and general health of your tree. The fee includes access to the community. 5% discount on all items. Your discount code will be applied at checkout (code in your member area, after sign up).

✓ Unlimited Tree Support on Discord
✓ Join discussions with other discord members
✓ 5% discount code for all checkouts
✓ Access Care Guides (by species, by month, by roots)

Available now

Bonsai Club
£55.00
Every year

Join the online and offline meetups scheduled throughout the year. Access the bonsaibai-en garden for one of six days per year. (Usually over Spring/Summer), where you can pick your tree in person. Includes The Basic Membership benefits. Club Association members get £30 off the price. (£2.10 per month for association members) Standard member pricing is roughly £4.58 per month.

✓ Bonsaibai-en open club days.
✓ Bonsaibai Club Meetups (online and offline)

Available now

If you are an existing member of any official bonsai club in the UK, contact them for your £30 discount code for the first year.

Bonsai Grower Apprenticeship
£3,500.00
One time

Get in-depth intensive hands-on experience working on trees, performing duties and gaining insights and experience of growing trees in the field. Learn pre-bonsai techniques, pruning, wiring and other activities to set yourself up for doing bonsai. This apprenticeship is aimed at those that wish to learn the techniques of growing from the beginning and who want to learn how to start their own field growing. We will specialise in Junipers/Conifers and Pine but with some broad leaf varieties.

✓ 4 x 2 hour theory classes in June (dates to be announced)
✓ Onsite 10am-4pm - 4th/5th/11th/12th July
✓ A certificate of completion
✓ Lifetime Bonsai Club Membership

Available in March 2025

If you are a Horticulture student at any university, contact them for your 20% discount.

plus+ these benefits

  • NEW Care Guides by Month, Species and Roots

  • COMING SOON: Beginner course

Members-Only Discounts

Members Get 5% off a tree when you purchase.

Alert and responsive? Discord Channel

We are trying out a Discord discussion channel. We are not sure if it will work, but you will gain free access. Our hope is that with your participation we will foster a good online community.

What’s included?

We would love for you to join us and become a member.

  • We post a few times per month, come read and comment.

  • Discord, newsletter, Videos and Live Chats

FAQs

  • Pick one of the memberships to gain access.

  • You learn that being part of a community can be dull or rewarding, boring or exciting - it all depends on whether you participate well.

  • You have to purchase one of the subscriptions to become a member.

  • The world is offline and online. We love our trees offline, but we can learn so much online. Let's embrace both.
    The online services include learning, discussion and community. Our offline services are styling, growing, prebonsai products, tools etc