Canadian Peony Society - Photo Gallery: 2005 Events

2005 Events of the Society
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Peony Festival
May 20-23rd, 2005

The mandate of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden is to maintain and enhance the bridge of understanding between Chinese and Western cultures; it is a "living museum" in which to exhibit and interpret Chinese culture, art and history. The Garden offers of full range of cultural programming, including school tours and collaborative events with a variety of community organizations. The New Hall of One Hundred Rivers was built to showcase art and horticultural exhibitions, and to accommodate expanding educational and public programming needs.

Last fall, the Garden's Executive Director, Yvonne Chiu, mentioned to Alice McCaulay, Canadian Peony Society Pacific Director that she had always wanted to have a peony festival at the Garden. Would the Peony Society be interested in participating in such an event? What an excellent idea!". Although the peony has been associated with Chinese culture for thousands of years, our presence at the Festival would provide an opportunity to educate the public about the beauty, variety and cultivation of the living plants.

The Peony Festival took place on the weekend of May 21st through 23rd. The Society provided an "educational presence', including an information booth, peony displays, a talk on some aspect of peony cultivation, and an ongoing visual presentation.

Yvonne Chiu hopes to make the Festival an annual event at the Garden.

Alice Macauley and Yvonne Chiu

Alice Macaulay, Pacific Director and Yvonne Chiu, Executive Director of the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden

Watching CPS videos

Garden visitors watching videos produced by the CPS during the festival

Painting demonstration

Peony Watercolour Painting Demonstration

Master Gardeners

VanDusen Botanical Gardens' Master Gardeners answering questions

Festival visitors

Visitors to the Festival

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