2023 Events
National and Regional Conventions:
April 12th – 16th - AIS National Convention in Dallas, TX http://www.irises-dallas.org/isd-events/2023-ais-convention/
May 19th - 20th - Region 13 Spring Meeting/Tall Bearded Iris Society Convention in Salem, OR hosted by Oregon Trail Iris Society Cost: $107.00 Received by May 3rd, 2023 https://www.oregontrailirissociety.com/meetings.html
October 7th - AIS Region 13 Fall Meeting in Portland, OR, hosted by The Greater Portland Iris Society http://greaterportlandirissociety.org/calendar-of-events
British Columbia Iris Society: www.bcirissociety.com and Follow us on Facebook
A beloved member Bill Dumont, who oversaw a lot of communication for the BCIS group, has suddenly passed away. Please be patient with us as we recover and regroup. Our 2023 BCIS Annual General Meeting is in works. Further information and confirmation will be provided in the Rainbow Goddess at https://www.bcirissociety.com/
Columbia Basin Iris Society:
Columbia Basin Iris Society will meet at Gay Auckland’s home on the fourth Monday of the month, 2 to 4 PM.
The combined iris show and sale will be held at the Pybus Public Market in Wenatchee on Saturday May 27th, 9-3. We display only the iris, usually approximately 100, of which we have extra rhizomes in our gardens.
Greater Portland Iris Society: www.greaterportlandirissociety.org
(Meetings at Ainsworth House and Gardens, 19130 Lot Whitcomb Drive, Oregon City, Oregon 7-9 PM)
April 4th, General Meeting, Guest Speaker: Mike Starhill “Historic Iris”
April 7th-8th, Hortlandia Plant Sale Venue: Westside Commons, 801 NE 34th Ave, Hillsboro, OR Time: April 7th, 5 pm-8 pm April 8th, 9 am-4 pm https://www.hardyplantsociety.org/hortlandia
May 7th, Early Season Iris Show 10 am – 4 pm Note: Iris Show is one day only while the Spring Garden Fair is a two-day event The Iris Show is free with front-gate admission Spring Garden Fair, Clackamas County Fairgrounds, Canby OR https://springgardenfair.org/
May 27th, Mid-Season Iris Show 10 am - 4 pm Clackamas Community Club 15711 SE 90th Ave. Clackamas, OR 97015 Show and parking free to the public
June 24th, Late Season Iris Show 10 am - 4 pm Japanese Garden, Portland, OR The Iris Show is Free with Garden Entrance Admission
August 5th, Club Potluck/Auction 12 Noon – 3 pm Timber Park, 30878 NW Evergreen Way, Estacada, OR
August 26th-27th, Bearded Iris Plant Sale 9 am - 4 pm Portland Nursery on Stark, 5050 SE Stark, Portland, OR
September 5th, General Meeting, Guest Speaker: Kevin Vaughn “Miniature Tall Bearded Iris”
September 16th-17th, Beardless Plant Sale 9 am - 4 pm Portland Nursery on Stark, 5050 SE Stark, Portland, OR
October 3rd, General Meeting, Guest Speaker: Theo Margelony “Hardy Fuchsia”
November 7st, General Meeting, Guest Speaker: Bud Bowen “Ainsworth House and Gardens History”
December 9th, Holiday Potluck/Gift Exchange Sandy Grange Hall, 34705 SE Kelso Rd, Sandy, OR
King County Iris Society: www.kcis.org and Follow us on Facebook (Meetings at UW Center of Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98105 7-9 PM)
April 3 AIS First 100 Years, Gary White
May 7 Special Tour of Cottage Lake Gardens, Susie Egan, Woodinville, WA
Garden Tour: https://www.leonineiris.com/, Seattle, WA
Garden Tour: https://www.cascadiairisgardens.com/, Lake Stevens, WA
May 27 Iris Exhibition Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
June 3 Iris Sale, Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden – SeaTac, WA
June 17 Judges Training – Spuria Iris, Andy Rivarola and KCIS Picnic Hosted by Patrick and Margaret Spence Cascadia Iris Gardens, Lake Stevens, WA, 12:00 to 4:00 pm
August 19 Bearded Iris Sale Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
September 11 (2nd Monday) Updated Historic Japanese Iris, Chad Harris
September 23 Beardless Iris Sale Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
October 2 Lilacs, Peonies, and Iris – Oh My, Patrick Spence Nominating Committee Report
October 7 Region 13 Fall Meeting, Portland, OR Hosted by Greater Portland Iris
November 6 Toth Family Novelty Iris, David Toth, “Annual Meeting”
December 10 Holiday Party Hosted by John and Linda Vacchiery, 1:00 pm
Oregon Trail Iris Society: www.oregontrailirissociety.com and Follow us on Facebook (Meetings at Center 50+, 2615 Portland RD NE, Salem, Oregon 97301)
March 21 - Potluck and drawing for the redistribution iris, 6:30 PM
April 18 - to be announced, 6:30 PM
August 12 - potluck and auction, Sebright/Mid-America Gardens, 11 AM
August 19 - public sale at Sebright Gardens, 9 AM - 3 PM
October 21 – Guest Speaker: Hugh Stout, 9 AM
November 15 - annual potluck and holiday exchange, 10 AM
Pierce County Greater County Iris Society: Follow us on Facebook (we are meeting on zoom now, and are trying to rotate locations to include some hybrid in-person/zoom meetings)
April 29th & 30th – We will be selling Iris at the Pierce County Master Gardener’s Spring Sale in Puyallup, WA for more info https://extension.wsu.edu/pierce/mg/
May 26 - PCIS Iris Show open to the public in the Pagoda at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA Noon – 3 PM
August 12 - PCIS Iris Sale at Portland Avenue Nursery in Tacoma, WA 9 AM – 3 PM
Join us if you can, and Happy Gardening. :)
Walla Walla Iris Society:
May 21 – Tall Bearded Show at Walla Walla Senior Center, 720 Sprague St., Walla Walla, WA 99360
August 5 & 6 – Rhizome Sale at Milton-Freewater Community Building, 109 Northeast 5th Street, Milton-Freewater, OR 97862
Yakima Valley Iris Society:
The club still has a few members. If you are interested, please contact: Steve Hill, 503-965-4177, SShill538@gmail.com
National and Regional Conventions:
April 12th – 16th - AIS National Convention in Dallas, TX http://www.irises-dallas.org/isd-events/2023-ais-convention/
May 19th - 20th - Region 13 Spring Meeting/Tall Bearded Iris Society Convention in Salem, OR hosted by Oregon Trail Iris Society Cost: $107.00 Received by May 3rd, 2023 https://www.oregontrailirissociety.com/meetings.html
October 7th - AIS Region 13 Fall Meeting in Portland, OR, hosted by The Greater Portland Iris Society http://greaterportlandirissociety.org/calendar-of-events
British Columbia Iris Society: www.bcirissociety.com and Follow us on Facebook
A beloved member Bill Dumont, who oversaw a lot of communication for the BCIS group, has suddenly passed away. Please be patient with us as we recover and regroup. Our 2023 BCIS Annual General Meeting is in works. Further information and confirmation will be provided in the Rainbow Goddess at https://www.bcirissociety.com/
Columbia Basin Iris Society:
Columbia Basin Iris Society will meet at Gay Auckland’s home on the fourth Monday of the month, 2 to 4 PM.
The combined iris show and sale will be held at the Pybus Public Market in Wenatchee on Saturday May 27th, 9-3. We display only the iris, usually approximately 100, of which we have extra rhizomes in our gardens.
Greater Portland Iris Society: www.greaterportlandirissociety.org
(Meetings at Ainsworth House and Gardens, 19130 Lot Whitcomb Drive, Oregon City, Oregon 7-9 PM)
April 4th, General Meeting, Guest Speaker: Mike Starhill “Historic Iris”
April 7th-8th, Hortlandia Plant Sale Venue: Westside Commons, 801 NE 34th Ave, Hillsboro, OR Time: April 7th, 5 pm-8 pm April 8th, 9 am-4 pm https://www.hardyplantsociety.org/hortlandia
May 7th, Early Season Iris Show 10 am – 4 pm Note: Iris Show is one day only while the Spring Garden Fair is a two-day event The Iris Show is free with front-gate admission Spring Garden Fair, Clackamas County Fairgrounds, Canby OR https://springgardenfair.org/
May 27th, Mid-Season Iris Show 10 am - 4 pm Clackamas Community Club 15711 SE 90th Ave. Clackamas, OR 97015 Show and parking free to the public
June 24th, Late Season Iris Show 10 am - 4 pm Japanese Garden, Portland, OR The Iris Show is Free with Garden Entrance Admission
August 5th, Club Potluck/Auction 12 Noon – 3 pm Timber Park, 30878 NW Evergreen Way, Estacada, OR
August 26th-27th, Bearded Iris Plant Sale 9 am - 4 pm Portland Nursery on Stark, 5050 SE Stark, Portland, OR
September 5th, General Meeting, Guest Speaker: Kevin Vaughn “Miniature Tall Bearded Iris”
September 16th-17th, Beardless Plant Sale 9 am - 4 pm Portland Nursery on Stark, 5050 SE Stark, Portland, OR
October 3rd, General Meeting, Guest Speaker: Theo Margelony “Hardy Fuchsia”
November 7st, General Meeting, Guest Speaker: Bud Bowen “Ainsworth House and Gardens History”
December 9th, Holiday Potluck/Gift Exchange Sandy Grange Hall, 34705 SE Kelso Rd, Sandy, OR
King County Iris Society: www.kcis.org and Follow us on Facebook (Meetings at UW Center of Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA 98105 7-9 PM)
April 3 AIS First 100 Years, Gary White
May 7 Special Tour of Cottage Lake Gardens, Susie Egan, Woodinville, WA
Garden Tour: https://www.leonineiris.com/, Seattle, WA
Garden Tour: https://www.cascadiairisgardens.com/, Lake Stevens, WA
May 27 Iris Exhibition Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
June 3 Iris Sale, Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden – SeaTac, WA
June 17 Judges Training – Spuria Iris, Andy Rivarola and KCIS Picnic Hosted by Patrick and Margaret Spence Cascadia Iris Gardens, Lake Stevens, WA, 12:00 to 4:00 pm
August 19 Bearded Iris Sale Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
September 11 (2nd Monday) Updated Historic Japanese Iris, Chad Harris
September 23 Beardless Iris Sale Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
October 2 Lilacs, Peonies, and Iris – Oh My, Patrick Spence Nominating Committee Report
October 7 Region 13 Fall Meeting, Portland, OR Hosted by Greater Portland Iris
November 6 Toth Family Novelty Iris, David Toth, “Annual Meeting”
December 10 Holiday Party Hosted by John and Linda Vacchiery, 1:00 pm
Oregon Trail Iris Society: www.oregontrailirissociety.com and Follow us on Facebook (Meetings at Center 50+, 2615 Portland RD NE, Salem, Oregon 97301)
March 21 - Potluck and drawing for the redistribution iris, 6:30 PM
April 18 - to be announced, 6:30 PM
August 12 - potluck and auction, Sebright/Mid-America Gardens, 11 AM
August 19 - public sale at Sebright Gardens, 9 AM - 3 PM
October 21 – Guest Speaker: Hugh Stout, 9 AM
November 15 - annual potluck and holiday exchange, 10 AM
Pierce County Greater County Iris Society: Follow us on Facebook (we are meeting on zoom now, and are trying to rotate locations to include some hybrid in-person/zoom meetings)
April 29th & 30th – We will be selling Iris at the Pierce County Master Gardener’s Spring Sale in Puyallup, WA for more info https://extension.wsu.edu/pierce/mg/
May 26 - PCIS Iris Show open to the public in the Pagoda at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA Noon – 3 PM
August 12 - PCIS Iris Sale at Portland Avenue Nursery in Tacoma, WA 9 AM – 3 PM
Join us if you can, and Happy Gardening. :)
Walla Walla Iris Society:
May 21 – Tall Bearded Show at Walla Walla Senior Center, 720 Sprague St., Walla Walla, WA 99360
August 5 & 6 – Rhizome Sale at Milton-Freewater Community Building, 109 Northeast 5th Street, Milton-Freewater, OR 97862
Yakima Valley Iris Society:
The club still has a few members. If you are interested, please contact: Steve Hill, 503-965-4177, SShill538@gmail.com