Award-Winning Peonies

Our peonies are award-winning, and Britta and Luke bring home the ribbons! Britta, 13, and Luke, 11, were proud award-winners at the 2008 American Peony Society Show in Bloomington, Minnesota this past season. Their intersectional hybrid peony ‘First Arrival’ earned the ‘Court of Honor’ award.

The Organic Difference

Swenson Gardens is considered the largest organic peony grower in the world. We put a lot of love into growing peonies the natural way!

We use no chemicals, herbicides, fungicides or stimulants.

We produce no plants by tissue culture. Tissue culture is a sterile process of cloning individual plants, and we don’t do it here at Swenson Gardens. We only sell those grown the old-fashioned way, like grandma did in her peony gardens.

We do all this to bring you the healthiest, most vigorous plants for you and your children and their children to enjoy for years to come.

At the precisely right moment for each plant, Becky, Britta, Luke, ‘the team’ and I gently dig up the plant, divide and wash the roots, and carefully pack large, high-quality roots for you. We include instructions for planting and a lot of love!

What’s New This Season

Visit our Collector’s Peonies page, where you’ll find very special varieties that you won’t find almost anywhere else. If you’re a gardener who loves to showcase the unique and unusual, these are for you!

Come Visit Our Gardens!

Swenson Gardens’ peony fields are a breathtaking sight! We’d love to show them to you. Check our blog for updates or give us a call for dates and directions at 763.350.2051.

Show Us Your Peonies!

We love to see your photos of Swenson Gardens peonies thriving and blooming in your gardens. We’ll share them in our Gallery for other peony gardeners to enjoy! Email your photos to us: Info@SwensonGardens.com.