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[[Image:peony.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Metal trail marker. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]PEONY TRAIL. In 1947 [[LYONS, Edwin B.|Edwin B. LYONS]], remembered for the [[E. B. LYONS INTERPRETATIVE CENTER]] bearing his name, established Dubuque's famous "peony trail" in memory of his wife. Through a trust fund, he fulfilled his wife's dream with a trail of peony plants on the islands along two miles of Grandview Avenue and in city parks. | [[Image:peony.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Metal trail marker. Photo courtesy: Bob Reding]]PEONY TRAIL. In 1947 [[LYONS, Edwin B.|Edwin B. LYONS]], remembered for the [[E. B. LYONS INTERPRETATIVE CENTER]] bearing his name, established Dubuque's famous "peony trail" in memory of his wife. Through a trust fund, he fulfilled his wife's dream with a trail of peony plants on the islands along two miles of Grandview Avenue and in city parks. | ||
The trail was a project begun by Mrs. E. M. Lyons | The trail was a project begun in 1938 by Mrs. E. M. Lyons along with the Civic Garden Club of which she was president. In the first year, volunteers planted 6,000 peony plants during September and October. The goal was to have 10,000 along the streets and in the local parks. Residents dividing plants in the fall were asked to contribute to the project. A call to a member of the Garden Club would result in someone coming to the contributor's home to pick up the plant. Financial contributions were also welcomed. | ||
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Revision as of 20:33, 1 April 2017
PEONY TRAIL. In 1947 Edwin B. LYONS, remembered for the E. B. LYONS INTERPRETATIVE CENTER bearing his name, established Dubuque's famous "peony trail" in memory of his wife. Through a trust fund, he fulfilled his wife's dream with a trail of peony plants on the islands along two miles of Grandview Avenue and in city parks.
The trail was a project begun in 1938 by Mrs. E. M. Lyons along with the Civic Garden Club of which she was president. In the first year, volunteers planted 6,000 peony plants during September and October. The goal was to have 10,000 along the streets and in the local parks. Residents dividing plants in the fall were asked to contribute to the project. A call to a member of the Garden Club would result in someone coming to the contributor's home to pick up the plant. Financial contributions were also welcomed.
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Source:
Lyons, Mrs. E. M Lyons, "More Peonies to be Planted," Telegraph Herald, August 20, 1939, p. 3