2025 Events National and Regional Conventions:
April 3-5 Society for Louisiana Iris Convention in Lafayette, Louisiana Website:
https://louisianas.org/event/2025-sli-convention-lafayette-louisiana/
May 10- In Garden Judges’ Training: Median Iris -Presented by Gary White. Flyer at the bottom of the conventions page.
May 23-24 Siberian/Species Iris and AIS Region 21 Convention in Ames, IA https://siberianirises.org/convention2025.pdf
June 2-7 AIS National Convention, Billings, MT Hosted by Big Sky Iris Club https://bigskyirisclub.com/2025-ais/
October 25 - AIS Region 13 Fall Meeting in Seattle, WA, Hosted by Greater Portland Iris Society more info to be provided in Fall Newsletter
Region 13 Club Events
British Columbia Iris Society: www.bcirissociety.com and Follow us on Facebook Check out 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.
Unfortunately, CBIS lost their venue for the spring sale. They are working on another venue. The combined iris show and sale will be held at TBD in Wenatchee on a Saturday in later May, 9-3. We display only the iris, usually approximately 100, of which we have extra rhizomes in our gardens.
Greater Portland Iris Society: For detailed information, go to www.greaterportlandirissociety.org (Meetings at Ainsworth House and Gardens, 19130 Lot Whitcomb Drive, Oregon City, Oregon 7-9 PM)
February 8 Judge’s Training with Robert Treadway – “Louisiana Irises”
March 4 General Meeting subject “Dahlias”
April 1 General Meeting subject “Show Preparation”
April 4-5 Hortlandia Plant Sale
May 4 Early Show
May 24 Mid-Season Show
June 28 Late Show
August 9 Pot-Luck and Club Auction
August 16-17 Bearded Plant Sale
September 2 General Meeting “2025 National Convention”
September 20-21 Beardless Plant Sale
October 7 General Meeting “Exercise Tips for the Mature Gardener”
November 4 General Meeting “Historic Irises”
December 13 Holiday Pot-Luck
King County Iris Society: For detailed information, go to www.kcis.org and Follow us on Facebook (Meetings will be held in person at the Seattle Waldorf School, with Zoom as an option for remote participation. 7-9 PM)
January 6 What’s Happening at Dry Creek Gardens in Union City, CA, Jeff Bennett
February 3 Launching an Iris Farm… Sustainably, Heather Haley, Ramseur, NC
February 19-23 Northwest Flower and Garden Festival
March 3 Hybridizing SDB Iris, Paul Black, Joint meeting with Pierce County Iris Society
April 8 (Tuesday) Photographing Your Iris, Mike Unser, Joint meeting with PCIS
May 10 Judges Training—Intermediate Bearded Iris, Gary White Jointly hosted with PCIS at Rod Mendenhall’s garden, Olympia, WA
May Garden Tour: https://www.leonineiris.com/, Seattle, WA
May – July Garden Tour: https://www.cascadiairisgardens.com/, Lake Stevens, WA
July 5 KCIS Picnic Hosted by Patrick and Margaret Spence, Cascadia Iris Gardens
August 2 Bearded Iris Sale, Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA, 10am-3pm
August 16 Additional Bearded Iris Sale, Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA 9am-2pm
September 8 (2nd Monday) Growing Iris in the North and My Workings with Geotextile (Landscape Fabric) and Seedlings, Adam Cordes, Hillman, MI
September 20 Beardless Iris Sale, Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA, 10am-3pm
October 6 The Addition of Iris at Kubota Gardens, Joy Okazaki, Kubota Garden Foundation
November 3 How to Hybridize Iris and Growing Seedlings, Patrick Spence
December 13 Holiday Party hosted by John and Linda Vacchiery, 1–4pm
Oregon Trail Iris Society: For detailed information, go to www.oregontrailirissociety.com and Follow us on Facebook (Meetings at Center 50+, 2615 Portland RD NE, Salem, Oregon 97301)
January 21 Hybridizer’s Show & Tell
February 18 Guest Speaker Paul Black – Median Iris Hybridizing
March 18 Redistribution Drawing & Potluck
April 15 Panel Discussion & Show Prep
May 17 Iris Show at Mid-America
August 2 Club Auction at Sebright & Potluck
August 16 Public Sale at Sebright
October 14 Guest Speaker Paul Black
November 18 Holiday Potluck & Gift Exchange
Pierce County Greater County Iris Society: Follow us on Facebook Join us if you can, for more information contact [email protected] (we are meeting on zoom now, and are trying to rotate locations to include some hybrid in-person/zoom meetings)
April 8 (Tuesday) Photographing Your Iris, Mike Unser, Joint meeting with PCIS
April 26 Iris sale at Pierce County Master Gardener’s Spring Sale in Puyallup, WA for more info https://extension.wsu.edu/pierce/mg/ 9am-4pm
May 10 Judges Training—Intermediate Bearded Iris, Gary White Jointly hosted with KCIS at Rod Mendenhall’s garden, Olympia, WA
May 17 Iris Clinic: Get Ready to Show Your Iris, Point Defiance Iris Gardens 10–11am
May 23 PCIS Iris Show - Japanese Pagoda at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA Noon–3pm
July 28 Iris Clinic: Growing & Dividing Iris, Point Defiance Iris Gardens 10–11am
August 9 Public Iris Rhizome Sale at Portland Avenue Nursery in Tacoma, WA 10am–3pm
Spokane Iris Society: For more information, Email [email protected] General Meetings (Tuesdays at 5:30pm) / Events
April 1 HIPS presentation on historic iris
May 6 Bee Talk by Sara Loeffler ?
May 10 SCC Garden Expo
June 10 Topic TBD
July 1 2025 National Convention Recap by Savannah Brommer
August 5 Favorite Garden Tool Chat
September 2 TBD
October 7 Garden Year Recap, Dress Like an Iris Contest
November 4 Zoom Social Hour
December 2 Zoom Social Hour
Walla Walla Iris Society:
We hold both our flower show and rhizome sale at the same facility:
Milton-Freewater Community Building, 109 NE 5th Ave, Milton-Freewater, OR 97862.
Our show will be May 11th with public viewing starting at noon to 5pm.
Our sale is in August, Opening to the public at 9 am to 5 pm.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call, Lucy Floren, 509-520-6192.
Our show is open to iris and any spring blooming flowers. Some years we have tulips, other years peonies. Our small group of gardening enthusiasts work together as a well-oiled machine after all these years. Everyone pitches in to have a great show and sale. Our meetings run monthly from February through October. Our last meeting is a potluck, which is always enjoyed by everyone.
April 3-5 Society for Louisiana Iris Convention in Lafayette, Louisiana Website:
https://louisianas.org/event/2025-sli-convention-lafayette-louisiana/
May 10- In Garden Judges’ Training: Median Iris -Presented by Gary White. Flyer at the bottom of the conventions page.
May 23-24 Siberian/Species Iris and AIS Region 21 Convention in Ames, IA https://siberianirises.org/convention2025.pdf
June 2-7 AIS National Convention, Billings, MT Hosted by Big Sky Iris Club https://bigskyirisclub.com/2025-ais/
October 25 - AIS Region 13 Fall Meeting in Seattle, WA, Hosted by Greater Portland Iris Society more info to be provided in Fall Newsletter
Region 13 Club Events
British Columbia Iris Society: www.bcirissociety.com and Follow us on Facebook Check out 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.
Unfortunately, CBIS lost their venue for the spring sale. They are working on another venue. The combined iris show and sale will be held at TBD in Wenatchee on a Saturday in later May, 9-3. We display only the iris, usually approximately 100, of which we have extra rhizomes in our gardens.
Greater Portland Iris Society: For detailed information, go to www.greaterportlandirissociety.org (Meetings at Ainsworth House and Gardens, 19130 Lot Whitcomb Drive, Oregon City, Oregon 7-9 PM)
February 8 Judge’s Training with Robert Treadway – “Louisiana Irises”
March 4 General Meeting subject “Dahlias”
April 1 General Meeting subject “Show Preparation”
April 4-5 Hortlandia Plant Sale
May 4 Early Show
May 24 Mid-Season Show
June 28 Late Show
August 9 Pot-Luck and Club Auction
August 16-17 Bearded Plant Sale
September 2 General Meeting “2025 National Convention”
September 20-21 Beardless Plant Sale
October 7 General Meeting “Exercise Tips for the Mature Gardener”
November 4 General Meeting “Historic Irises”
December 13 Holiday Pot-Luck
King County Iris Society: For detailed information, go to www.kcis.org and Follow us on Facebook (Meetings will be held in person at the Seattle Waldorf School, with Zoom as an option for remote participation. 7-9 PM)
January 6 What’s Happening at Dry Creek Gardens in Union City, CA, Jeff Bennett
February 3 Launching an Iris Farm… Sustainably, Heather Haley, Ramseur, NC
February 19-23 Northwest Flower and Garden Festival
March 3 Hybridizing SDB Iris, Paul Black, Joint meeting with Pierce County Iris Society
April 8 (Tuesday) Photographing Your Iris, Mike Unser, Joint meeting with PCIS
May 10 Judges Training—Intermediate Bearded Iris, Gary White Jointly hosted with PCIS at Rod Mendenhall’s garden, Olympia, WA
May Garden Tour: https://www.leonineiris.com/, Seattle, WA
May – July Garden Tour: https://www.cascadiairisgardens.com/, Lake Stevens, WA
July 5 KCIS Picnic Hosted by Patrick and Margaret Spence, Cascadia Iris Gardens
August 2 Bearded Iris Sale, Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA, 10am-3pm
August 16 Additional Bearded Iris Sale, Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA 9am-2pm
September 8 (2nd Monday) Growing Iris in the North and My Workings with Geotextile (Landscape Fabric) and Seedlings, Adam Cordes, Hillman, MI
September 20 Beardless Iris Sale, Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA, 10am-3pm
October 6 The Addition of Iris at Kubota Gardens, Joy Okazaki, Kubota Garden Foundation
November 3 How to Hybridize Iris and Growing Seedlings, Patrick Spence
December 13 Holiday Party hosted by John and Linda Vacchiery, 1–4pm
Oregon Trail Iris Society: For detailed information, go to www.oregontrailirissociety.com and Follow us on Facebook (Meetings at Center 50+, 2615 Portland RD NE, Salem, Oregon 97301)
January 21 Hybridizer’s Show & Tell
February 18 Guest Speaker Paul Black – Median Iris Hybridizing
March 18 Redistribution Drawing & Potluck
April 15 Panel Discussion & Show Prep
May 17 Iris Show at Mid-America
August 2 Club Auction at Sebright & Potluck
August 16 Public Sale at Sebright
October 14 Guest Speaker Paul Black
November 18 Holiday Potluck & Gift Exchange
Pierce County Greater County Iris Society: Follow us on Facebook Join us if you can, for more information contact [email protected] (we are meeting on zoom now, and are trying to rotate locations to include some hybrid in-person/zoom meetings)
April 8 (Tuesday) Photographing Your Iris, Mike Unser, Joint meeting with PCIS
April 26 Iris sale at Pierce County Master Gardener’s Spring Sale in Puyallup, WA for more info https://extension.wsu.edu/pierce/mg/ 9am-4pm
May 10 Judges Training—Intermediate Bearded Iris, Gary White Jointly hosted with KCIS at Rod Mendenhall’s garden, Olympia, WA
May 17 Iris Clinic: Get Ready to Show Your Iris, Point Defiance Iris Gardens 10–11am
May 23 PCIS Iris Show - Japanese Pagoda at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA Noon–3pm
July 28 Iris Clinic: Growing & Dividing Iris, Point Defiance Iris Gardens 10–11am
August 9 Public Iris Rhizome Sale at Portland Avenue Nursery in Tacoma, WA 10am–3pm
Spokane Iris Society: For more information, Email [email protected] General Meetings (Tuesdays at 5:30pm) / Events
April 1 HIPS presentation on historic iris
May 6 Bee Talk by Sara Loeffler ?
May 10 SCC Garden Expo
June 10 Topic TBD
July 1 2025 National Convention Recap by Savannah Brommer
August 5 Favorite Garden Tool Chat
September 2 TBD
October 7 Garden Year Recap, Dress Like an Iris Contest
November 4 Zoom Social Hour
December 2 Zoom Social Hour
Walla Walla Iris Society:
We hold both our flower show and rhizome sale at the same facility:
Milton-Freewater Community Building, 109 NE 5th Ave, Milton-Freewater, OR 97862.
Our show will be May 11th with public viewing starting at noon to 5pm.
Our sale is in August, Opening to the public at 9 am to 5 pm.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call, Lucy Floren, 509-520-6192.
Our show is open to iris and any spring blooming flowers. Some years we have tulips, other years peonies. Our small group of gardening enthusiasts work together as a well-oiled machine after all these years. Everyone pitches in to have a great show and sale. Our meetings run monthly from February through October. Our last meeting is a potluck, which is always enjoyed by everyone.