NOMINATIONS

Annual Awards Nominations 2025

Now Open!

The John Simkins Memorial Hybridizer Award

This award has been established to encourage and draw attention to hybridizing activity in Canada and shine a spotlight on uniquely Canadian plants, their creators, and the creation process. Eligibility for this award is not limited to those carrying out willful hand-pollinated crosses in the strictest sense. It is also open to those growing peonies from seed, be it from their plants or other sources. Also eligible are those promoting hybridizing activities and sharing educational content. This distinction can be awarded posthumously.

This award is named in honour of John Simkins, the founder of the CPS and its first President, who sold seedlings in small plastic cups for $1 to connect others with the magical experience of growing never-before-seen plants; many of these seedlings were shared far and wide and sent overseas.

2025 CPS Lifetime Achievement Award

Purpose of the Award

This prestigious award recognizes members who have contributed to the Canadian Peony Society and peony world in a variety of ways – as a volunteer, grower, leader, ambassador, author, writer or innovator. The nominee must be a current member of the Canadian Peony Society to be considered for this award.

Award Criteria

Individuals nominated must have given of themselves to promote the Peony in any combination of the following ways:

- Ambassador
- Author
- Editor
- Grower
- Hybridizer
- Board member
- Donation of roots to gardens which are open to the public
- Organizer of major society activities
- Member in good standing