Peony History Timeline

100 Years of Bloom

2014

First genomic article based on our collection is published led by colleagues at the Central Botanical Gardens, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and MBGNA. Three papers are published within the year.

2015

Shakespeare in the Arb celebrates its 15th anniversary. Performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream begin in the peony garden, with the garden in full bloom.

In world history: Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage.

2015

Japanese Horticulture: Origins and history published posthumosuly by Tsukamoto and Creech

2017

Peony: The best varieties for your garden published by Timber Press

2017

First UROP project working on Peony genomics with faculty researchers from UM-EEB and the Central Botanical Gardens of the National Academy of Belarus begun

2019

Passion for Peonies published by UM Press

2020

For the first time since the peony garden opened, the peony bloom celebration was cancelled. We asked the public to stay away and instead enjoy our virtual peony offerings. Despite the pandemic, the garden bloomed, extravagantly.

In world history: Worldwide COVID pandemic

2020

Peony data model for integrating historic, curatorial, image, and genomic data across institutions presented at the Minsk Congress by Zoom

2022

Centennial – 100 Years in Bloom !

In world history: Russia invades Ukraine