Celebrate one of The Dawes Arboretum’s most beloved gardens during the Japanese Garden Festival! Food trucks will consist of Ono Turo Turo & Poppy’s Roadside Diner, Velvet Ice Cream Cart and Woodland Pub. There will be activities for all ages including Dragon Ikka Calligraphy, Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko Drumming, Granville Yoga’s Qigong, Ikebana floral arrangement and display, origami, wishing tree and more!
Additionally, guests will have the opportunity to participate in a Formal Tea Ceremony with Tea Master Yumiko Passalacqua or try their hand at writing their own haiku with award-winning poet Jennifer Hambrick during the Festival for a fee. (Registration is required and space is limited, visit dawesarb.org to register for a Formal Tea Service or the Haiku Workshop!)