The Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden have been awarded multiple honours for their Winter Lights Festival held annually during the holidays.
The 2025 Communities in Bloom National, International Symposium and Awards held in Stratford Ontario recognized Nikka Yuko with a “5 Blooms – Bronze Rating”, alongside the “Outstanding Achievement Award for the WinterLife Award.”
Nikka Yuko says utilizing the garden for year-round opportunities and its community engagement helped achieve national recognition.
The Winter Light’s Festival will celebrate its biggest one yet this season for its 10th anniversary, with themes inspired from the northern Japanese province of Hokkaido, a sister province to Alberta. The festival will begin on November 29th and run into next year to February 28th.