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1-year-old Ian Cassetta of Ann Arbor hands a stick to his mother Danielle as the two walk through the peony garden Friday evening at Nichols Arboretum. The garden has 27 beds, and more than 230 different kinds of peonies making it one of the largest collections in North America. Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com

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• 1-year-old Ian Cassetta of Ann Arbor hands a stick to his mother Danielle as the two walk through the peony garden Friday evening at Nichols Arboretum. The garden has 27 beds, and more than 230 different kinds of peonies making it one of the largest collections in North America. Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS/cache/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS08_fullsize.JPG
• 10-year-old Michael Cerbin of Farmington Hills rolls down a hill at the peony garden Friday evening at Nichols Arboretum. The garden has 27 beds, and more than 230 different kinds of peonies making it one of the largest collections in North America. Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS/cache/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS09_fullsize.JPG
• One of the many peonies pictured Friday evening at Nichols Arboretum. The garden has 27 beds, and more than 230 different kinds of peonies making it one of the largest collections in North America. Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS/cache/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS12_fullsize.JPG
• 1-year-old Norah Smith of Ann Arbor runs through the peony garden with her parents Friday evening at Nichols Arboretum. The garden has 27 beds, and more than 230 different kinds of peonies making it one of the largest collections in North America. Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS/cache/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS11_fullsize.JPG
• A squirrel rests on a rock to cool off after eating some nuts Friday evening at Nichols Arboretum. Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS/cache/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS13_fullsize.JPG
• 3-year-old Eli Beehler sits on his father Ryan's shoulders and points at peonies as the two walk through the garden Friday evening at Nichols Arboretum. The garden has 27 beds, and more than 230 different kinds of peonies making it one of the largest collections in North America. Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS/cache/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS14_fullsize.JPG
• Massachusetts residents and University of Michigan alumni Meghan Strapec and Anne Marinan walk through the peony garden Friday evening at Nichols Arboretum. The garden has 27 beds, and more than 230 different kinds of peonies making it one of the largest collections in North America. Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS/cache/052512_NEWS_PEONYGARDEN_JMS10_fullsize.JPG

Hundreds of people took advantage of the warm weather Friday evening to walk through the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum. With 27 beds and more than 230 different kinds of peonies, it is home to one of the largest collections in North America.

Ann Arbor resident Kasha Newcomb and her husband Bill sat on a hill overlooking the garden and watched as children ran through its many aisles, their heads barely peeking over the top of the blossoms.

“I used to come here often with my children,” Kasha said. “I work at the hospital and to see the garden grow and go from half to full bloom is amazing.”

Photographer Jeffrey Smith captured these images.