These links are based on activities of the Peony Garden Initiative or contain information of interest to our readers. Their listing is not an endorsement by the University of Michigan.
April 11, 2017
The peony photographs were and continue to be taken for educational and documentary purposes. All photographs are of accessioned plants in our living collection. We appreciate the significant photography work contributed by volunteers, advisors, students, faculty, and staff at the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum and Matthaei...
April 11, 2017
The Peony Garden Initiative is a multi-year renovation project to transform the Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden into an internationally recognized reference collection, a conservation model for other historic cultivar collections, and a destination for peony lovers. The Peony Garden will illustrate the natural and social history of the peony...
April 11, 2017
The University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum and the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College are the founding...
April 11, 2017
Members-only at 9:00; open to the public at 10:00.
April 11, 2017
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Our Peony Garden will be presented in a public lecture at 1:00 on Saturday, June 1: "How a National Treasure Just Got Better - The project to restore, catalog, expand and bring online the University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum Peony Garden...
January 20, 2017
In 1922 the Regents of the University of Michigan appropriated $2,000 to...
January 20, 2017
The Peony Garden is an iconic legacy of Dr. W. E. Upjohn, founder of the Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His generous gift of peonies in 1922 was the founding event in the multi-year project that culminated in the Peony Garden opening to the public in 1927.
This list recognizes the major supporters of the Peony...
January 20, 2017
This page is your tool to decode and understand the historical information given for each cultivar in the Peony Database and if you wish, find the published citation by year, publication, and page. Peony enthusiasts and breeders constantly compare and judge peonies as worthy or...
January 20, 2017
There are a number of peony societies in the United States and Canada. We have world-wide list of peony societies with their web links on our Resources page. If you'd like to explore North American organizations, check out the web sites of the...
January 20, 2017
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