Semi Double News Today

Lots of West Kootenay winners

The Master Gardeners enjoyed an educational field trip to a local Peony Farm last week. Educational field trips are one of the many activities that support our tag line “Let’s Grow Together!” and is also what sparked this week’s article, the Peony. The suggested original cultivation of Peony began in China, maybe as long ago as 2,500 years ago, then to Europe, and its arrival to the United States in the 1800s. I love learning the history of the many flowers I remember as a k...