Inaugural Saint Paul Peony Festival – May 17, 2025

Held at Liu Ming Yuan | 柳明園 – the China Friendship Garden, Phalen Regional Park
Hosted by the Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society 明州中國友好花園協會

The 2025 Peony Festival is dedicated to Joyce Hsiao (1927-2025) a Founding Member of the Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society.  The festival will be a celebration of the peony through dance, song, poetry and visual art. Events at the Xiang Jiang Pavilion will include Youth cultural crafts and activities (including painting water calligraphy on stone with “mops”), and art displays.   Events at the Hmong Plaza will include cultural dance and song performances, poetry readings, and Peony experts.  Sale items will include flowered fashions, peony tubers and plants (courtesy of our partner Hidden Spring Peony Farm), and peony candles.   Food will be available for purchase any time and especially to end the evening with a picnic dinner.  Free to the public, goodwill offering accepted.