June 2019 Meeting: Peonies!

Our June meeting was held at Bures Berry Patch near Barneveld.  Farmers Ed and Kathy Bures established Bures Berry Patch in 2001 to provide locally grown, fresh, high-quality fruits and vegetables in a family farm environment.  In addition to selling produce on the farm, the Bures also sell at local farmers' markets and offer pick-your-own or pre-picked strawberries, peas, and pumpkins.

At this meeting however, we were actually there to visit Sharon Schmitz, Kathy Bures' mother, who moved here several years ago and brought her extensive peony collection. Sharon is one of the original members of the Wisconsin Peony Society and is an expert on growing these beautiful plants.

For those members who were able to attend the peony tour, it was worth enduring the chilly, drizzly evening. The varieties were endless, with impressive blossoms perfectly upright, not spread on the ground as so many of ours are after the endless rain we’ve been having.

Thank you to Sharon Schmitz and Kathy Bures for their hospitality!