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Enjoy the beauty of your trees at rest under skies that are clear
but sharpen your tools and your minds eye, for springtime is near...

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TREE-HAVEN, Warren Hill's School of Bonsai
is located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains near the
picturesque and historic town of Greeneville, Tennessee.

Well known Bonsai Master Instructor and former Supervisory Curator for the U.S. National Bonsai Collection, Warren Hill has designed the curriculum to provide a flexible, comprehensive learning program for all levels of Bonsai enthusiasts.

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Courses covering all aspects of the Bonsai experience take place at the school.

  • Introductory, intermediate and advanced classes are offered throughout the year.
  • Students can choose lectures, workshops and field trips according to their needs.
  • Tree-Haven also provides Bonsai apprenticeships, on-site growing of premier Bonsai material and quality tools, pots and publications.

"I think it essential that the tree's intrinsically endowed natural beauty be expressed without wasted effort and that something sings within the heart of the observer.
This sensibility is at the soul of Bonsai…"

Saburo Kato, 1963