Construction is expected to begin in 2026 for a bonsai garden at Louisville's Waterfront Botanical Gardens.
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Louisville officials held a ceremony Thursday morning to officially break ground on a new Japanese Garden at Waterfront Botanical Gardens.
State and local leaders announced $1.5 million in funding for the project and toured the site Friday morning.
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Designed by landscape artist Shiro Nakane, the two-acre garden will include a tea house, summer house, Zen garden, bonsai garden, pond, waterfall and traditional arched bridge.
The 2-acre site will be built by Japanese craftspeople over the next 15 to 18 months.
The 2 1/2-acre garden is expected to include a waterfall, lake, stream and tea house.