2026 Events National and Regional Conventions:
May 9 - AIS Region 13 Spring Meeting in Portland, OR Hosted by Greater Portland Iris Society
May 18-23 AIS National Convention, Newark, NJ Website: https://ais2026convention.org/
October 24 - AIS Region 13 Fall Meeting in Puyallup, WA Hosted by Pierce County 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
April general meeting. Date, time and speaker to be announced.
June 5, 2026 Open Gardens at various members gardens on Vancouver Island.
June 6, 2026 AGM to be held on Saltspring Island. Will include Business Meeting, lunch, and garden tours.
August, October and December General Meetings with guest speakers to be announced.
Columbia Basin Iris Society: (Phyllis Barnett):
Columbia Basin Iris Society meets the last Monday of the month, March thru September, at the Wenatchee Public Library, 2-4 PM.
We won't have any public show or sale this year.
Greater Portland Iris Society: More details and links can be found on our website http://greaterportlandirissociety.org/calendar-of-events
Feb 7th Judge’s Training with Dell Perry “Are These Really Rules?”
March 3rd General Meeting, Paul Black, his hybridizing program
April 3rd -4th Hortlandia Plant Sale
April 7th General Meeting, Sierra Bloomer, “Weeds”
May 3rd Early Show, Clackamas Co. Events Center
May 9th Region 13 Spring Meeting and Garden Tour
June 14th Late Show, Japanese Garden
August 8th Summer Potluck, Hosted by Gordon and Sue Piper
August 15th -16th Bearded Plant Sale, Portland Nursery, Stark St.
September 1st General Meeting, Tammy Owen, “Fire and Defensible Spaces”
October 6th General Meeting, Nana Bellerud, “Ikebana”
November 3rd General Meeting, Chad Harris, “AIS National Convention 2026”
December 12th Holiday Potluck and Gift Exchange, Sandy Grange Hall
King County Iris Society & Pierce County Iris Society: Visit https://kcis.org/ for more details. KCIS meetings are held in person with Zoom as an option for remote participation. If you would like to participate, contact [email protected]. For PCIS events, please coordinate with Maiya Heath, [email protected]
January 12: Ripple Effect Iris Farm, Heather Stark
February 2: Iris 101 – An Introduction to Iris, Patrick Spence Co-meeting
February 18-22: Northwest Flower and Garden Festival, Washington State Convention Center
March 2: The Magic of Novelty Iris, Tammie Clark
March 10: PCIS mtg – I have seeds now what
April 14 (Tuesday): Artistic Iris Arrangements, Maiya Heath Co-meeting, NOTE: This is an in person or Zoom meeting
May 16: Iris Exhibition at Kubota Garden
May 21-22: PCIS Iris Show at Point Defiance Park (setup is on May 21)
May 30 (Saturday): Iris/Daylily/Plant Sale, Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden – SeaTac, WA; Co-event with PCIS
June 6: PCIS Garden Festival at Pt. Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA
June 20 (Saturday): Picnic and Judges Training - Species Iris, Jody Nolin; Co-meeting with PCIS; Hosted by Cascadia Iris Gardens Lake Stevens, WA
June 27: PCIS Soos Creek Botanical Garden tour and lunch
July 18: PCIS Annual Picnic / Auction / Meeting - 12pm
Mid-Late July: Work Parties for Bearded Iris Sale
August 1 (Saturday): KCIS Bearded Iris Sale; Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10am to 3pm
August 8 (Saturday): PCIS Iris Sale ; Portland Ave. Nursery, Tacoma, WA 10am to 3pm
August 15 (Saturday): Additional Bearded Iris Sale Bellevue Botanical Garden, 9am to 2pm
September 14 (2nd Monday): Historic Iris, Speaker TBD
September: Work Parties for Beardless Iris Sale
September 19 (Saturday): Beardless Iris Sale; Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10am to 3pm
October 5: Title TBD, Speaker TBD
October 13: PCIS Getting Ready for Region 13 Meeting
October 24 (Saturday): Region 13 Fall Meeting, Puyallup, WA featuring Delane H. Langton; Hosted by Pierce County Iris
Society
November 2: Title TBD, Speaker TBD “Annual Meeting”
November 14: PCIS Saturday Daytime Meeting – Species and Other Irises
December 5: PCIS Holiday Party 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
December 12 (Saturday): KCIS Holiday Party; 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)
Jan 20: Show & Tell Seedlings and New Introductions
Feb 17: General Meeting
Mar 17: Redistribution Drawing
Apr 21: General Meeting
May 16: Iris Show at Mid-America
Aug 1: Club Auction
Aug 15: Public Iris Sale Bauman Farms, Gervais, OR, 9:30-3
Oct 20: General Meeting
Spokane Iris Society: For more information, email [email protected]!
April 7: Pollinator talk by Sara Loeffler
May 5: General Meeting
May 9: Garden Expo held at Spokane Community College
May TBD: work days at Moore-Turner iris beds
June 2: General Meeting
August TBD: Bare Rhizome Sale
September 1: General Meeting
October 6: Garden Year Recap, Dress Like an Iris Contest
December TBD: potential Holiday party/dinner
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 10th with public viewing starting at noon to 5pm.
Our sale is August 1st-2nd
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.
May 9 - AIS Region 13 Spring Meeting in Portland, OR Hosted by Greater Portland Iris Society
May 18-23 AIS National Convention, Newark, NJ Website: https://ais2026convention.org/
October 24 - AIS Region 13 Fall Meeting in Puyallup, WA Hosted by Pierce County 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
April general meeting. Date, time and speaker to be announced.
June 5, 2026 Open Gardens at various members gardens on Vancouver Island.
June 6, 2026 AGM to be held on Saltspring Island. Will include Business Meeting, lunch, and garden tours.
August, October and December General Meetings with guest speakers to be announced.
Columbia Basin Iris Society: (Phyllis Barnett):
Columbia Basin Iris Society meets the last Monday of the month, March thru September, at the Wenatchee Public Library, 2-4 PM.
We won't have any public show or sale this year.
Greater Portland Iris Society: More details and links can be found on our website http://greaterportlandirissociety.org/calendar-of-events
Feb 7th Judge’s Training with Dell Perry “Are These Really Rules?”
March 3rd General Meeting, Paul Black, his hybridizing program
April 3rd -4th Hortlandia Plant Sale
April 7th General Meeting, Sierra Bloomer, “Weeds”
May 3rd Early Show, Clackamas Co. Events Center
May 9th Region 13 Spring Meeting and Garden Tour
June 14th Late Show, Japanese Garden
August 8th Summer Potluck, Hosted by Gordon and Sue Piper
August 15th -16th Bearded Plant Sale, Portland Nursery, Stark St.
September 1st General Meeting, Tammy Owen, “Fire and Defensible Spaces”
October 6th General Meeting, Nana Bellerud, “Ikebana”
November 3rd General Meeting, Chad Harris, “AIS National Convention 2026”
December 12th Holiday Potluck and Gift Exchange, Sandy Grange Hall
King County Iris Society & Pierce County Iris Society: Visit https://kcis.org/ for more details. KCIS meetings are held in person with Zoom as an option for remote participation. If you would like to participate, contact [email protected]. For PCIS events, please coordinate with Maiya Heath, [email protected]
January 12: Ripple Effect Iris Farm, Heather Stark
February 2: Iris 101 – An Introduction to Iris, Patrick Spence Co-meeting
February 18-22: Northwest Flower and Garden Festival, Washington State Convention Center
March 2: The Magic of Novelty Iris, Tammie Clark
March 10: PCIS mtg – I have seeds now what
April 14 (Tuesday): Artistic Iris Arrangements, Maiya Heath Co-meeting, NOTE: This is an in person or Zoom meeting
May 16: Iris Exhibition at Kubota Garden
May 21-22: PCIS Iris Show at Point Defiance Park (setup is on May 21)
May 30 (Saturday): Iris/Daylily/Plant Sale, Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden – SeaTac, WA; Co-event with PCIS
June 6: PCIS Garden Festival at Pt. Defiance Park, Tacoma, WA
June 20 (Saturday): Picnic and Judges Training - Species Iris, Jody Nolin; Co-meeting with PCIS; Hosted by Cascadia Iris Gardens Lake Stevens, WA
June 27: PCIS Soos Creek Botanical Garden tour and lunch
July 18: PCIS Annual Picnic / Auction / Meeting - 12pm
Mid-Late July: Work Parties for Bearded Iris Sale
August 1 (Saturday): KCIS Bearded Iris Sale; Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10am to 3pm
August 8 (Saturday): PCIS Iris Sale ; Portland Ave. Nursery, Tacoma, WA 10am to 3pm
August 15 (Saturday): Additional Bearded Iris Sale Bellevue Botanical Garden, 9am to 2pm
September 14 (2nd Monday): Historic Iris, Speaker TBD
September: Work Parties for Beardless Iris Sale
September 19 (Saturday): Beardless Iris Sale; Wells Medina Nursery, Bellevue, WA 10am to 3pm
October 5: Title TBD, Speaker TBD
October 13: PCIS Getting Ready for Region 13 Meeting
October 24 (Saturday): Region 13 Fall Meeting, Puyallup, WA featuring Delane H. Langton; Hosted by Pierce County Iris
Society
November 2: Title TBD, Speaker TBD “Annual Meeting”
November 14: PCIS Saturday Daytime Meeting – Species and Other Irises
December 5: PCIS Holiday Party 12:30 pm – 4:30 pm
December 12 (Saturday): KCIS Holiday Party; 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)
Jan 20: Show & Tell Seedlings and New Introductions
Feb 17: General Meeting
Mar 17: Redistribution Drawing
Apr 21: General Meeting
May 16: Iris Show at Mid-America
Aug 1: Club Auction
Aug 15: Public Iris Sale Bauman Farms, Gervais, OR, 9:30-3
Oct 20: General Meeting
Spokane Iris Society: For more information, email [email protected]!
April 7: Pollinator talk by Sara Loeffler
May 5: General Meeting
May 9: Garden Expo held at Spokane Community College
May TBD: work days at Moore-Turner iris beds
June 2: General Meeting
August TBD: Bare Rhizome Sale
September 1: General Meeting
October 6: Garden Year Recap, Dress Like an Iris Contest
December TBD: potential Holiday party/dinner
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 10th with public viewing starting at noon to 5pm.
Our sale is August 1st-2nd
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.