Québec Peony Society

Québec Peony Society

&

Botanical Garden Van den Hende

June 16-17, 2012 

ENVIROTRON PAVILLON

2480 Boulevard Hochelaga

Québec, QC

Saturday, June 16

08:00-12:00   Registration of peonies

13:00             Festival Opening

14:00             Conference & Honorary Presidential Opening

15:00             Visits to the Van den Hende Gardens (4)

Presentation: New Peony Trends

 (Serge Fafard & Rock Giguère)

   Sunday, June 17 

10:00         Opening
11:00         Workshops & Judging of photos
13:00         Visits to Van den Hende Garden

14:30         Conferences & Workshops

 (hybridizer Léo-François Tremblay

15:00         Tabulation of Public Votes

15:30         Announcement of prize winners

17:00         Closing of Festival

•  8 categories of peonies: single, semi-double, Japanese,
  double-bomb, Itoh, shrub, fragrant, new category – Québec hybrids
•  4 garden visits to private gardens throughout Saturday and Sunday
•  Presentation of diplomas to university students by the Rector of the University with a vin d’honneur and Charlevoix veal canapés
•  Presentation of new Osiris peonies - John Gomery, Tomy et Van den Hende and 10 others (July 6, 2012)
• Launch of a project – 16 cities planting 60 peonies each
• More than 40 exhibitors selling plants and artists working on canvass   
• Presentations by cities for the Festival 2013 (la Beauce by Claude Quirion & Rosemère by Monique Keurentjeis)