Saaremaa\u2019s annual Peony Festival, held in the village of P\u00e4rni, is at its peak blooming period this week. This is a seasonal flower festival held in a commercial peony nursery. Visitors can choose from a massive variety of peonies, and experience the \u201cchanging landscape\u201d as different sorts bloom at different times, depending on the week, or even day. There is also the possibility to buy dozens of varieties from the nursery.<\/p>\n
As this is a month-long event with Midsummer\u2019s right in the middle, this means you should be prepared for the traditional midsummer rain storms, so dress appropriately. With over 6500 flowers being grown for cutting, this annual opportunity to walk in a field of peonies with nearly unlimited colours is not something to miss. You can even go multiple times to see how it\u2019s changed from day to day, depending on what\u2019s blooming. Right now however is the peak blooming time.<\/p>\n
Early peonies typically bloom from 5\u201320 June, mid-season peonies 10\u201325 June, and later varieties are from 20 June until early July. That\u2019s why now is the best time to go. In addition to the flower exhibition, there are of course plant sales, as well as \u201cgarden tourism\u201d. And believe it or not, the Saaremaa Peony Festival is only one<\/i> of the largest selections of peonies in Estonia.<\/p>\n
Visitors are also invited to the onsite caf\u00e9 appropriately called \u201cPojeng\u201d, which is Estonian for peony. Light food, snacks, and drinks are available during the festival. Visitors are kindly asked not to bring their pets with them.<\/p>\n
More information is available in Estonian here<\/span><\/a><\/span>, and advance tickets are available here<\/span><\/a><\/span>. You can also buy tickets on site for \u20ac12.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saaremaa\u2019s annual Peony Festival, held in the village of P\u00e4rni, is at its peak blooming period this week. This is … Read more<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":159557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[15784,18568,21989,25119,27700,27701,13583,15260,15302],"class_list":["post-159555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-gardening","tag-saaremaa-peony-festival","tag-peony-festival","tag-events-in-saaremaa","tag-nursery","tag-landscape","tag-saaremaa-2","tag-peonies","tag-flowers"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t