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The Prime of the Peonies

 

Ft. Collins, CO | May 30 - 31, 2026

We’re on a streak of planning prime-spring-flower weekends. We’ll stop at some point, but here we go:

The peonies at Garden Sweet bloom for about four weeks. May 30 puts you in the middle of it all: rows of fragrant, humongous flowers on a small farm on the edge of Fort Collins.

Pair the peonies with a very right boutique hotel and farm-focused brunch.

As always, your stay, meal and local experience are bookable in a click.

Edwards House is a neo-classical Denver foursquare with arched windows, light everywhere, and a great Colorado front porch (we are big front porch advocates).

It dates to 1904, and was built for Alfred Augustus Edwards, an early Colorado pioneer who helped build the region's first irrigation projects, and may be at some level responsible for your peonies. We also love that this place was designed by a self-taught architect named Montezuma Fuller.

You have pre-paid reservations for two on Sat. May 30. Just arrive.

Photo via Edwards House


Garden Sweet has been growing flowers, berries, and vegetables on the edge of Fort Collins since 2002. It’s a sustainable, family-owned farm that's become something of a local institution.

For a few weeks every spring, it opens the peony fields for a pick-your-own situation: prepare for rows of enormous, fragrant blooms in every color. Pick away.

Tickets for two to pick your own bouquet of peonies.


The Farmhouse at Jessup Farm does Sunday brunch inside a 130-year-old farmhouse at the center of a restored historic farmstead. There are eggs from the coop out back, produce from the quarter-acre garden, biscuits hand-formed and baked fresh before every service.

Brunch for two on Sunday morning. $125 food and drink credit included; order right off the menu.

Photo via Farmhouse at Jessup Farm

All arranged, no planning anxiety. Just go.

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