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Rooftop Mini Zen Garden: Build a Living Bonsai Landscape in 90 Minutes
A guided 1.5-hour workshop on a secret rooftop where a professional landscaper teaches Japanese design principles as you build a take-home mini Zen garden.
Rooftop Mini Zen Garden: Build a Living Bonsai Landscape in 90 Minutes.
Set on a secret rooftop garden known for beekeeping, this 1.5-hour private workshop invites you to work with a professional landscaper to design and build a living mini Zen garden. You’ll learn core Japanese design principles—Austerity and Asymmetry—and the meaning of elements such as rocks (mountains) and bridges (portals), enjoy the garden setting and end the session with a cup of sake, then take your creation and a live mini bonsai home.
Highlights
Outing Highlights
A Secret Rooftop Garden with Beekeeping
The workshop runs on a secluded rooftop garden popular for its beekeeping, surrounding the session with living elements as you build your mini landscape.
Guidance from a Professional Landscaper
A professional landscaper—someone who designs and builds actual Zen gardens for clients—leads the session and teaches the design principles behind the art.
A Living Mini Garden and Mini Bonsai to Care For
All materials are provided and the workshop includes a live mini bonsai as the centrepiece; at the end you take home your living garden and can tend and re-rake its sand designs.
What the day feels like
How the Workshop Feels
Over 1.5 hours you move from orientation in a rooftop garden through hands-on design and planting, learning aesthetic concepts such as Austerity and Asymmetry, arranging rocks and bridges as symbolic elements, and finishing the session with a cup of sake before taking home your living mini garden.
Suitability
Who it's for
Who this workshop suits best.
Practical planner
Details to review before reserving
All materials are supplied by the operator, including the live mini bonsai that serves as the centrepiece of your garden.
You get to take home the living mini Zen garden you build during the session; it is a living piece that you will tend after the workshop.
All tools and materials needed for design, planting and raking the sand are provided onsite.
Review cancellation policies before reserving.
Frequently asked questions
Planning Your Outing
How long is the session?
The workshop lasts 1.5 hours.
Where do we meet?
Meeting location is 705a E Coast Rd, Singapore 459062.
Are materials provided?
Yes — the operator provides all materials, including a live mini bonsai that becomes the centrepiece of your garden.
Can I take my garden home?
Yes, you build a living mini Zen garden during the session and take it home to tend and re-rake its sand designs.
Is this suitable for children?
The workshop is offered for all ages.
Can I book a different time slot?
If you’re looking for another time slot, please contact the operator directly.