APS Peony Reference Gardens
Enjoyment, Education and Research
Please contact gardens prior to making a visit. Some gardens may have specific times and dates in which they are open.

Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate
Featuring Alice McIlvain’s Saunders peony collection.
120 Sycamore Road, Lexington, KY 40502
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://henryclay.org/mansion-grounds/grounds-gardens/the-gardens/

Dubuque Arboretum & Botanical Garden
Featuring a general collection of 80+ peonies. Mid to late May is the best time for visitors to the Dubuque (IA) Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
to view the peony gardens, a collection of 69 named cultivars, all Paeonia lactiflora, arranged in
five rectangular beds and accessible via a brick pathway.
Near the peony gardens is a row of intersectional peonies, while tree peony cultivars (Paeonia
suffruticosa) are displayed in the Japanese Garden. Assorted peonies also appear in several of
the perennial gardens.
The arboretum and botanical gardens are open to the public 7 days per week, year-round, at
no charge.
3800 Arboretum Drive, Dubuque, IA 52001
Website: https://dubuquearboretum.net/#
Email: [email protected]

Grant Garden, Hamilton College Arboretum
Featuring 100+ Saunders peonies. Both woody & herbaceous.
198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.hamilton.edu/arboretum/saunders-peonies

Hoard Historical Museum - Roger F. & Sandra L. Anderson Intersectional Peony Garden
Featuring the Intersectional peony hybridizing work of Roger F. Anderson. Brochure HERE
401 Whitewater Avenue, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://hoardmuseum.org/exhibits/hoard-museum-gardens/peony-garden/

Linwood Gardens
Featuring the works of William Gratwick, Nassos Daphnis and A.P. Saunders. 600+ woody peonies.
1912 York Road West, Linwood, NY 14486
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.linwoodgardens.org/

Old Prairie Town/Ward-Meade Park
Featuring the herbaceous peony hybridizing work of Myron Bigger.
124 NW Filmore, Topeka, KS 66066

W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, University of Michigan
Featuring a historic display of Lactiflora Group peonies.
1800 North Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://mbgna.umich.edu/peony-garden

Wisconsin Heritage Peony Garden
Featuring the works of Wisconsin peony hybridizers, Award of Landscape Merit Peonies and Gold Medal Peonies.
127 S. Spring Street, Beaver Dam, WI 53916
Email: [email protected]