Minnesota Peony Society Events

Plan to attend the Winter MPS Educational Meeting! Mark your calendars today!

What: Winter MPS Educational Meeting
When: Sunday, January 11, 2026
Where: Bachman’s Heritage Room
   Bachman’s on Lyndale
   6010 Lyndale Ave S,
   Minneapolis, MN

Schedule:
10:00 am: Registration/Social
10:30 am: Floral Design Seminar:
“Floral Design with Peonies” with Jo Ann Hall
Come learn how to put floral arrangements together for personal enjoyment and to exhibit in the MPS artistic section of our shows. This is an opportunity to review design basics and extend your creative skills.
Jo Ann is a member of Federated Garden Clubs of Minnesota, Inc. and is part of “Floralia”, a floral arrangers club. She will demonstrate how to boost your designs to the next level. You may have seen Jo Ann’s designs at local peony and lily shows.

12:00 pm: Break | Social
12:30 pm: MPS Membership Business Meeting

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm: “Becoming a Peony Farmer: What I’ve learned in my first three years at Hidden Springs Peony Farm”

Laura Kubes of Hidden Springs Peony Farm and Grow With KARE fame. Submitted photo.

Hello! I’m Laura Kubes, the owner of Hidden Springs Peony Farm in Spring Grove, MN. The farm originated in 2012 by my husband, Bryan, and I along with our three young girls. We have lived and worked here on the property since January 2023. The peonies are my full-time job now. I also produce and host the gardening segment for a Twin Cities television station. And now and then you might hear me give the weather forecast on MPR, a nod to my former career as a broadcast meteorologist. While horticulture was not my professional education, I’m a lifelong gardener and lifelong fan of peonies! Our last three seasons on the farm have been a lesson in agriculture, horticulture, running a small business and most of all creating a life that nurtures and supports our family here a small Minnesota town.