Alaska Peony Cooperative

The Alaska Peony Cooperative solves one of the hardest sourcing problems in the wedding flower world: peonies for July, August and September weddings. Peonies are a brutally seasonal crop — the global window from Holland, Israel, Chile and the U.S. mainland mostly runs March through June, leaving late-summer wedding designers with a frustrating choice between substituting away from peonies entirely or paying enormous premiums for greenhouse stems.

Alaska's extreme latitude flips the seasonality. The cooperative's member farms across Alaska bloom in July through September, exactly when the rest of the world is out — and they ship overnight to wedding florists across the lower 48. For a wedding designer with a late-summer luxury client whose color story depends on peonies, the Alaska Peony Cooperative is often the only honest yes.

For maximum availability, book Alaska peonies in early spring for late-summer events. Crops are limited and the cooperative allocates by order date.