2005 Events of the Society
Peony Week in Québec
July 1st - 5th, 2005

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Le Jardin le Florilège

Le Jardin le Florilège, Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, home of Claude Quirion and Clemence.  A beautiful garden filled with hemerocallis, peonies and many other wonderful plants

Entrance

Front entrance at the gardens

Claude Quirion

Claude explains the different types of peonies

Petal Jelly

Paulin and Lisette Tanguay share their peony petal jelly with visitors

Peonies

Price of admission on the day of the peony visit – one peony!

Claude and Clemence Quirion with Rock Giguère

Claude, Clémence, and Rock Giguère (Québec Director of CPS) enjoy the admission fees

Normand Thériault

 Normand Thérriault with ‘Alice Harding’ in his garden in Sainte-Hélène-de- Kamouraska

Ama-No-Sode

‘Ama-No-Sode’ in Normand's Garden

Old Faithful

‘Old Faithful’ in Normand's Garden

Going Bananas

‘Going Bananas’ Itoh peony photographed during visit to Pivoines Capano in Chicoutimi, QC

Rainy Day

Itoh peonies on a rainy day in the nursery in Chicoutimi

Radio Canada

Radio Canada captures the visit, as Mano shows some of her species peonies

Hybridizing

Hybridizing peonies

Fog

The foggy trip back across the St Lawrence