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.
Find one near you and join in the fun! There is no current peony society in Michigan. If you'd like to organize or join it as it forms, please click here. There are additional peony societies in North America - check with the American Peony Society and Canadian Peony Society links (below).
The American Public Garden Association coordinates a voluntary association of public gardens and institutions committed to maintaining living reference collections. In North America, the two gardens founding the peony consortium are the University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum and the Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College. Additional information can be found here.
Many members of our Peony Advisory Board are also commercial growers in diverse parts of the United States and Canada. Here are links to their websites.
The web has many additional nurseries offering historic, heritage, and modern peonies. Those that publicize through the American Peony Society or the Canadian Peony Society are respected.