Event Calendar

Winter 2024 Zoom Seminars

When:
January 6, 2024 @ 10:30 am – April 6, 2024 @ 12:00 pm
2024-01-06T10:30:00-06:00
2024-04-06T12:00:00-05:00
Where:
Zoom
https://americanpeonysociety.org/member-portal/bulletin-board/winter-2024-educational-zoom-seminars/ [map]
Cost:
Free
Contact:

Winter Seminar Series 2024

Grab your coffee or tea and join us for another series of presentations via Zoom to keep you learning about peonies during the winter months. These will be held on the mornings of the first Saturday of each month January through April, chosen to best accommodate our volunteer speakers and the largest number of members possible.

*Attendance is limited to 100.  Prior registration is required.  Please login to the Member Portal to register for separate seminars HERE.

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Saturday, March 2, 10:30 am CST “The Canadian Peony Society 2023 National Show: Celebrating 25 Years of the CPS” presented by Nick Maycher, CPS Prairies Director and APS Director

Join Nick as he recounts the 2023 CPS National Show, held at the Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens during the 19th annual Oshawa Peony Festival — the centerpiece of the milestone CPS 25th anniversary celebration. This inspirational story, told travelogue style, will feature captivating imagery that explores some of the people, places, and peonies that have made the CPS what it is today.

Please login to the Member Portal to register for separate seminars HERE.


Saturday, April 6, 10:30 am CDT “‘Fertile Advanced Generation Intersectional Hybrid (AGIH) Peonies: Recent Developments and Future Directions and Goals” presented by Donald R. Smith, Peony Hybridizer Extraordinaire

Several important advancements in intersectional hybrid peony hybridizing made in recent years have moved us much closer to realizing the long-term goal of creating a new race of fertile AGIH peonies. These new developments will be described and discussed along with their implications for the future of AGIH breeding.

Please login to the Member Portal to register for separate seminars HERE.