Tens of thousands are making annual peony pilgrimage to University of Michigan's garden

Visitors are making the annual visit to the University of Michigan to see and smell one of the world’s premier collections of herbaceous peonies. (AP video: Mike Householder)

Nicole Calvin crouches down to look at peonies on display at Nichols Arboretum’s W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden, Monday, June 1, 2026, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Peonies are on display at Nichols Arboretum’s W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

Visitors walk among the peonies on display at Nichols Arboretum’s W.E. Upjohn Peony Garden Saturday, May 30, 2026, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Mike Householder)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Nicole Calvin has been visiting the University of Michigan campus annually over the past 16 years to catch a peek — and a whiff — of the school’s sizable peony collection.