It is our dream to have a beautiful, peaceful and alive place to honor the women who have made Lexington Kentucky such a wonderful place to live and work. The vision is for the garden to be a place for the therapeutic and educational enjoyment of nature, to meet friends and neighbors, and an inspiration for future generations of community builders.
We are planting native flowers, shrubs, tress, kitchen and healing herbs and other plant materials suggested and approved by the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Division of Parks and Recreation. This is truly a community project and we want everyone to enjoy the pleasure of the process.
Katsina: Honoring All Women
The Lexington Women’s Garden has answered the call of the Kentucky Human Rights Commission for more statues of women on public property by installing a life size bronze sculpture of Katsina, sculpted by Amanda Matthews of the Artemis Initiative, to honor all women.
Katsina is the name for a wooden doll carved by the Hopi Indians, and given to girls beginning in infancy and on dance day ceremonies to help them learn about their responsibilities as women in the community. In the Hopi tradition, Katsina means “messenger between humans and the spirit world.”
Katsina beckons the power and beauty of nature in female form, looks to the sky for her inspiration, and needs no intermediary to express her wisdom, intellect, grace, and gifts.