PEONIES Peonies at the Farm – A Feast for the Eyes Taken from the Spring 2010 Friends of the Central Experimental Farm Written by Mary Pratte When William Saunders became the first director of the Central Experimental Farm (CEF) in the late 1880s, one of...
PEONIES Love still blooms 60 years later Originally published in Oakville Beaver July 29, 2006 Written by Wilma Blokhuis Vi and John Simkins celebrate diamond wedding anniversary. (Photo is of John and Vi Simkins holding a photograph from their wedding that...
PEONIES Bill and 'Doris' - Love at First Sight Written by Mary Ann Smythe Taken with permission from Friends of the Central Experimental Farm Spring 2010 Bill Wegman remembers the exact moment that gave rise to his passion for peonies. It was in the...
PEONIES On Growing Peonies in the Atlantic Regions Taken from The Peony - C to C Feb 2001, Vol 4 Issue 1Written by Julia Dicks I have not grown peonies in other areas of the Atlantic provinces, only my own small section. However, I would suspect that it...
PEONIES A New Peony Garden In Saskatchewan Taken from The Peony - C to C Vol 1, Issue 3 Nov 1998Written by Brian Porter The Seager Wheeler Farm, just east of the town of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, is the newest location of a public peony planting in...
PEONIES The Historic Clarke Peony Collection at the Devonian Botanic Garden by Deborah Merriam The Devonian Botanic Garden (DBG) in Devon, Alberta (near Edmonton) has a sizeable collection of herbaceous and species peonies, most of which were donated by...
