Visiting the garden
The Blooming season takes place in a time frame of 2 months, April and May, and in our garden, it generally follows this pattern:
Single flower tree peonies are the first to bloom together with the semi-double flower tree peonies, which flower from early April to mid April. They are then followed by double-flower tree peonies and when they finish around late April, the peonies belonging to the P. rockii species begin to bloom. Flowering of the Rocki peonies ends by mid May and, at the same time, the delavayane peonies flower. Early May also sees the blooming of the herbaceous peonies, that generally gratify our visitors until the end of May.
Peony flowering time coincides with that of the viburnum, prunus, wisteria and climbing rose, making for lots of striking areas to visit in our garden.
Blooming Season 2025
During the blooming season 2025, the Peony Garden will be open from
Saturday the 29th of March till Sunday the 1st of June with the following timetable:
Monday - Sunday and Holidays 9.30 am - 6.00 pm
Open on Easter, Easter Monday and May first.
On April 21st, Easter Monday (Pasquetta) a "Caccia al tesoro botanica" (botanical treasure hunt) will take place at the Peony Garden in cooperation with Grandi Girardini Italiani. This initiative is dedicated to families, and in particular to children and young people, it is aimed at the discovery of the park and at the knowledge of plants.
For information and reservations, please call 348 761 7155.
The Garden restaurant Colour Café will be open from Friday the 28th. of March. For reservations please call 349 0797 185.
The flowering calendar will follow these approximate cadences:
1st./25th of April - Blooming time for the Suffruticosa tree peonies;
25th of April /10th of May - Blooming time for the rockii tree peonies ;
10th./25th of May - Blooming time for the herbaceous peonies.
During the blooming season we will keep you updated about the specific blooming periods on the social media. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
Tickets:
Adult Tickets : € 5.00
Reduced tickets : € 3.00 (10-16 years old, Seniors over 65, guests with disabilities and their carers)
Free entrance : Children 0-10
The ticket includes the entrance to the Garden for the visit at the Peony collections and can be bought directly at the ticket office at the entrance.
The ticket does not include the guided tour. It is not allowed to pick the Peonies.
Dogs are welcome but must be kept on a leash.
To reserve your guided tour for groups (also in English) please write to [email protected] or call at the following number: +39 348 761 7155.
For more information about the garden: 0761 300490 - 3487617155 - [email protected]
Garden Restaurant "Colour Cafè"
The Colour Café is the garden restaurant inside the park. It will be open every weekend, including public holidays, beginning from Friday the 28th of March. For reservations please call 349 0797 185.
Open on Easter and Easter Monday
Available also for events in other periods out of the blooming season.
contact: [email protected]
Nursery
In the month of March there will be plenty of potted plants available for purchasing.
the nursery will be open from March 1st till March the 27th, fom Tuesday till Saturday, from 9am till 1 pm; during the blooming season, the nursery will follow the same schedules as the park: from March 28th till June 1st, open every day, including all Holidays, from 9.30am till 6pm.
Out of these periods of time, we suggest to call for an appointment at the 348 761 7155
How to get there
42.444705,12.171407
The Moutan Botanical Center is located in Vitorchiano, Località Pallone, Strada Statale Ortana 46.
Click here to get the directions.
Regulations
The park is open to visitors everyday from 9.30am to 5.30pm
Visitors to the Centro Botanico Moutan, at the time of ticket purchase, expressly accepts the general conditions that govern admission to the Gardens and the use of the services on offer.
- No picnics allowed in the Gardens.
- Dogs allowed if kept on a leash.
- Taking photographs or video recordings for professional use is not permitted without prior authorisation from management to be requested via e-mail from [email protected]
- Visitors are asked to dispose of rubbish in the bins provided.
- Visitors are asked to stay on the pathways indicated and not to enter between the rows of plants.
- Visitors are asked not to pick flowers or damage the plants.
- The car park is free and unsupervised.
- Visitors, particularly children, are asked not to climb trees, run or engage in dangerous play.
- Children should be supervised at all times, with parents being liable for any damage caused to Centro Botanico Moutan plants or property.
- The Centro Botanico Moutan declines all liability for any valuables that go missing inside the Park, it also declines liability for accidents that may cause damage.
In the event of hazardous weather, the Management reserves the right to close the Park at any time, without refunding visitors.
Park staff is authorised to check that all rules of conduct in these regulations are observed and reserves the right to deny admission to or remove from the Park without any refund any visitors that behave in a way that is improper and/or dangerous to themselves and others.
