Fall Peony Party

Co-Hosted with the Mid-Atlantic Peony Society

Celebrate peonies this fall! Start the afternoon learning from nationally-recognized peony hybridizer and past President of the American Peony Society, Nate Bremer. Then, enjoy camaraderie with fellow peony aficionados during the reception and peony auction. 

Presentation Information: 

Confessions of a Hybridizer: Successes and Numerous Failures 

Nate’s experience hybridizing plants (orchids, daylilies and peonies) has been a lifelong journey with many twists and turns. Peonies have consumed much of his time for the last 30 years and have provided tremendous enjoyment along the way. Hybridizing new cultivars has been an obsession (ask his wife – Kim) and the journey has been one of great joy, disappointment, labor, education and sometimes pain!

Join Nate in his peony hybridizing journey. Get inside information from creating some “other worldly” new cultivars to painful lessons, like using herbicides to control weeds in seedling plantings. Nate looks forward to sharing some of his hard learned lessons along with great peony images!

Event Schedule:

1:00 pm: Presentation by Nate Bremer, followed by Q & A (In-Person and Virtual options)

2:30 – 4:30 pm: Reception and Peony Auction (In-Person only)

In-person Registration

Virtual Registration

Program Details

• All registrations include access to the recording. 
• In-person registration is limited to 190. Due to limited seating, virtual registrants cannot attend in person. 
• Virtual registrants will be able to view the recording shortly after the presentation concludes.
• Virtual participants will have a chance to email in questions in advance.
• Registration is free, but required to receive the presentation recording link.
• Email us if you have accessibility needs for this program.
• For more information, review our program and event policies or call the Scott Arboretum office at 610-328-8025. 

About the Presenter

Nate Bremer is a Wisconsin hybridizer, plantsman, teacher and lecturer specializing in northern hardy Paeonia (peony). He is a past President of the American Peony Society and has served on the Board of Directors since 2017.

He wears numerous hats within the American Peony Society including website manager, seedling judge, award of landscape merit judge and speaker (and other less interesting duties). With more than 150 daylily and 90 peony registrations, Bremer is the proprietor of Solaris Farms, a specialty perennial nursery and hybridizing operation. A passionate gardener with a fascination for plant genetics, he has a special interest in hybridizing and promoting perennials with proven performance for the growing conditions of the continental northern tier. A popular speaker, Bremer shares his enthusiasm of gardening through specialty events, seminars and classes for a wide variety of gardening organizations. He has presented topics ranging from plant hardiness to cutting-edge cultivars and grafting for national and local groups alike.