IEvents
Bonsai composed for a room and an evening.
Each arrangement is composed for the room it will occupy and the evening it will mark. Charleston Bonsai works directly with planners, florists, and couples within the Lowcountry — every event is built from scratch, set on the day of, and tended through the night.
IIThe Practice
The practice
Bonsai for an event is not a centerpiece pulled from a shelf. The tree is selected and styled with the table in mind — its scale, the height of the candles, the kind of conversation that will happen across it. A studio bench is set up days ahead so that what arrives at the venue has been seen and adjusted before anyone else sees it.
Charleston Bonsai works directly with couples planning their own table, with planners building the room around a theme, and with restaurants and hotels who want a living object on a counter for the season. The conversation always begins the same way: tell me about the room, the evening, and the people who will be there.
- Trident maple groveTable-scale · 8–14″
Unglazed Tokoname
Starting from $185 / assembly
- Japanese white pineCenterpiece · 16–22″
Mica training pot
Starting from $325 / assembly
- Coastal juniperStatement · 28″ and up
Stoneware on a hand-cut slab
Starting from $850 / piece
IIIWhat’s Included
What’s included
- Delivery
- Placed on the day of, by the person who composed the arrangement.
- Styling
- On-site composition with your planner or florist, with the room in mind.
- Care
- Trees are checked and tended through the evening; they’re alive, not props.
- Pickup
- Retrieved the day after. Nothing for you to coordinate.
IVPlanners & Florists
Working with planners and florists
Bonsai sits unusually well alongside florals — it brings vertical weight and a longer line than cut flowers can, and it survives the room temperature shifts that florals don’t. The work is meant to complement what’s already being designed, not to compete with it.
Send the brief — color palette, table count, the florist of record, anything visual you’ve already pinned. The first reply will be honest about what’s possible at the scale of the event and what should probably stay floral. If we’re a fit, planning happens in your timeline, not a separate one.