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Event Calendar: Make your reservations now. Tour dates fill up fast with our part time staff and volunteer leaders. ================================================================= SPRING: The Redbuds are the first trees to flower in the spring at Yuko-En on the Elkhorn. Later watch for the Japanese Iris blooms.
Summer: schedule your weddings and events.
FALL: A great time of year to visit the garden. Visit and check out the fall colors.
WINTER: A peaceful time of the year.
PROGRAMS Programs and tours are available for schools and groups on a first come basis. We will set up programs to cater to school C.O.R.E. content. Make reservations well in advance of your desired date.
Scott County 3rd graders learning about fossils during a field trip to Yuko-En on the Elkhorn.
Children at Zen Rock Garden. ======================================================================== SCHEDULE YOUR EVENT Weddings are popular at Yuko-En on the Elkhorn. Call today to reserve your date. Please contact the Program Director to make your reservations: 502-316-4554 ================================================================ Annual Events: Join us April 19 and 20, 2008 for Cardome Centre's International Kite and Culture Festival. We will have concurrent programs going on at Yuko-En on the Elkhorn Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Tour the garden, canoe Elkhorn Creek with Canoe Kentucky, attend a program or feed the Japanese Koi.... Go to www.kitefest.com or www.cardomecenter.com for more information. See Kite Festival and Morgan's Raid. IN THE PAST: Yuko-En 2007 schedule for Kite Fest Weekend: Concurrent events offered as part of the kitefestPLAN4-12-07 International Kite and Culture Festival, also Earth Day weekend. Enjoy the world around you at
the Official Kentucky-Japan Friendship Garden (adjacent to historic Cardome Centre)
Yuko-En on the Elkhorn is a Kentucky Bluegrass landscape in a Japanese style stroll garden. It is operated by the Scott Education and Community Foundation, a local non-profit group that empowers life-long learning. The garden was created with donations and in-kind service and we continue to grow. It is open daily from dawn until dusk. For school and group tours contact the Program Director tours at phone 502-316-4554. Website: www.yuko-en.com. Saturday April 21 & Sunday April 22, 2007 U.S. Highway 25 North, Georgetown (In the event of rain, most garden activities will be moved into the Cardome Main building – downstairs, the Elkhorn Room)
Tour Yuko-En on the Elkhorn daily from dawn until dusk. Feed the Japanese Koi. Canoe Trips: Take a canoe or kayak trip on beautiful Elkhorn Creek with Canoe Kentucky. Call Ed at 502-395-1513 to reserve your launch time (every ½ hour). Cost $5.00 per person Starbucks: Stop by for coffee or tea while supplies last…learn what they do for the environment.
Saturday Yuko-En on the Elkhorn Events: (Each program is approximately 20-30 minutes, then Question & Answer) Noon Welcome to Yuko-En on the Elkhorn - staff &/or Trustees of the garden 1:00 How to draw a Japanese Lantern – supplies provided, open to first 12 participants - (concurrently) Leader: Judy Apple of Art Works 1:00 Ryu Toushi Academy of Martial arts - a blend of Chinese and Japanese martial arts 2:00 Kentucky Tai Chi Chuan Center/Tai Chi Demonstration - Bill Wojasinski 2:30 Tai Chi to Japanese song – Singers lead by Nobuko Patton 2:40 Japanese songs by Mallory Sailars, Megan Hughes, Dawn Dailey and April Gibbins: Laputa, Sakura Drops, Four Seasons, Every Heart, New Future, Motherland & A Thousand Winds 3:00 Ronin Bushido Aikido - Martial arts that originated in Japan 4:00 Fishing Elkhorn Creek (down at the Creek)
Sunday Yuko-En on the Elkhorn Events: (Each program is approximately 20-30 minutes, then Question & Answer) 1:00 Welcome to Yuko-En on the Elkhorn - staff &/or Trustees of the garden 1:15 Peace Meditation at Zen Garden - Lexington Shambhala Meditation Center observe or participate. 2:00 Kentucky Tai Chi Chuan Center/Tai Chi Demonstration - Bill Wojasinski 3:30 Kyudo: Japanese Archery Demonstration - Dr. Michael Rich 4:15 Kendo: Japanese fencing – the way of the sword, Dr. Takashi Nomiyama Scott Education and Community Foundation Fostering Education … Building Community … Bridging the Future
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