| We really enjoy meeting all the wonderful gardeners at our garden presentations! We look forward to meeting another group of great garden people this year.
Monday February 13, 2012. Hennepin County Horticulture Society at the Robinsdale Police and Fire Department basement meeting room. Peonies for the Shade - 58 slides. Move over hostas - yes, there are some peonies that will grow in the shade. We’ll explore those wild peonies found in nature along woodland edges and in partially shaded woodland glades. Then we’ll look at the marvelous assortment of tree peonies available to gardeners today that can be grown alongside hostas successfully.
Saturday February 25, 2012. Minnesota Peony Society at Bachman's Heritage Room 6010 Lyndale Ave South, Mpls, MN 55419 Time: Two great presentations - The first given by floral designer Lettie Delk and the second by Hidden Springs Flower Farm owner Harvey Buchite on Award Winning Peonies (Updated for 2012) 82 slides. Discover the best peonies as you are introduced to all 71 of the Gold Medal and Award of Landscape Merit peonies presented in a colorful and informative program telling you why they were chosen to receive their awards. Gardeners looking for the highest quality peonies will find this presentation perfect for helping you select peonies for your garden. The presentation includes the award winning tree peonies, Itoh (intersectional hybrids) the garden hybrids, and our beloved garden peony. Peony growing information is included.
Open to the public.
March 22, 2012. North Oaks Garden Club meeting at 7 p.m at the North Oaks Community Center located on: 100 Village Center Drive Coldwell Banker Building North Oaks, MN 55127
Selecting Peonies for Your Garden - 55 slides. This is a great introduction to the five different types of peonies. Each group is described according to their bloom sequence and followed by a colorful selection from each group. In addition you’ll discover award winning, fragrant and top quality peonies from some of the best peony breeders. Growing and planting information is covered as well as fertilization, disease identification, control and moving peonies. There’s even time for a few questions at the end. (Our most popular presentation.)
June 12, 2012. District 2 Horticulture Society Convention at the McLeod Co Fairgrounds in Hutchinson, MN.
The Gardeners Guide to Peonies – New for 2012! 94 slides. This program is a complete visual peony guide that will introduce you to the growing needs of the different types of peonies and a generous, colorful selection of each type. The program includes information on planting, successful growing, seed propagation, disease identification, control and moving a peony out of season.
September 11, 2012. Northfield Garden Club will meet at the United Methodist Church on 1401 South Maple Street in Northfield. 7pm. Open to the Public. Selecting Peonies for Your Garden - 66 slides. Do you know there are 7 different types of peonies? Each group is described according to their bloom sequence and followed by a colorful selection from each group. In addition you’ll discover award winning, fragrant and top quality peonies from some of the best peony breeders. Growing and planting information is covered as well as fertilization, and moving peonies. By special request we will include information on shade tolerant peonies.
November, 2012 Washington County Horticulture Society Woodbury, MN 7:00 pm
Favorite Fragrant Peonies - 93 slides. This program was updated for 2012 to include 15 new peonies rated for fragrance. Fragrance is only second to color in qualities that gardeners look for when they seek out peonies for their gardens. You’ll see colorful slides of 85 different peonies all rated for their quality of fragrance. Discover which peony flower forms and colors are more fragrant, we are sure you will be surprised to learn the answer!
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