k
Welcome to the official American Iris Society (AIS) website
 |
Welcome to the American Iris
Society (AIS) website. We hope that you will find this website
an informative and helpful resource to all kinds of iris
information. The American Iris Society is a nonprofit institution incorporated February 2, 1927, in the County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. By the terms of the Charter, the Corporation has no stockholders and exists for the sole purpose of promoting the culture and improvement of the Iris.
|
 |
Photo: Dykes Medal winner 2008 Starwoman (Marky Smith 1998). This is an Intermediate Bearded iris (IB) hybridized by Marky D. Smith. Previously winner of the Hans and Jacob Sass Medal 2005, AIS Award of Merit (AM) 2003, AIS Honorable Mention (HM) 2001. (photo courtesy of Tom Gormley)
News-Announcements
New items from the AIS Storefront: (December 2008) 2009 AIS Calendar (available now) Also available from the AIS Storefront is a new iris book; "Dream Gardener: Pioneer Nurseryman Bertrand H. Farr". Please go to Member Services > AIS Storefront for purchase details.
2009 Tall Bearded Iris Symposium: (December 2008) Looking forward to the January 2009 AIS Bulletin for the results of the 2009 Tall Bearded Iris Symposium ballot, the sixty-eighth official Tall Bearded Iris Symposium of the American Iris Society. For further information or to view the listing of irises that were on the ballot please go to Iris Information > AIS Tall Bearded Symposium
2008 AIS Photo Contest: (December 2008) Also looking forward to the AIS Photo contest results that will be presented in the January 2009 AIS Bulletin. Previous years contest reports and results along with the winning and runner up photographs are also available for your viewing pleasure. Please go to the Iris Information > AIS Photo Contest section of the AIS website.
AIS 2008 Awards announced: (August 2008) The full listing of 2008 AIS Award winners is available now in the AIS Awards section of the AIS website. This is the final complete awards listing and includes the JI listings.
AIS
2009 Convention: (May
2008) Everyone is now looking forward
to the next AIS Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. As usual we
will have the details conveniently provided here on the AIS website for
you to make your plans well ahead of time. The convention organizers, the Greater Kansas City
Iris Society, also have a website with information. The AIS 2009 Convention
will take place May 11-16 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri with visits to
official iris tour gardens in the surrounding area. Follow
the links provided below for more details of the 2009 event. There will
be
two places to get information:
1. Here on the AIS website: AIS 2009 Convention information *coming
soon
2. From the organizers website:
Kansas City AIS
2009 Convention
(please note that this is not part of the
AIS website, it is provided by the 2009 convention organizers)
The Austin, Texas AIS 2008 Convention is now completed: (April 2008) We hope that you were able to attend and that you enjoyed; the event, your visit to Texas, new and old iris friends and the iris display gardens. Convention event dates were April 14-19 2008. Please go to the special AIS 2008 Convention information section of the AIS website to see what is was all about. We will have some AIS 2009 convention info coming along soon.
Check your AIS membership status: Need to know your membership expiration date? Need to lookup the expiration date for club members or your Region's members for AIS Affiliation? Easy and quick. Please go to: www.aislookup.org
For further details on news items please follow the link provided or go to the Member Services > News-Announcements area of the website to read these items of interest to the membership.
The answers to many questions on iris and the American Iris Society (AIS) are found within the AIS website. Please direct any iris questions you may have to your local area AIS RVP or a local iris club. These people will be pleased to help you. A full listing of these contacts for your area is provided under the AIS Regions listing page on this website ...or follow the link in the sidebar.
Please send all information for website
updates to:
John I. Jones, AIS Electronic Services and Website
e-mail:
aiselectronicsvcs@irises.org
Website creative design, production and
maintenance provided by:
Christopher Hollinshead,
Wolf Marketing Communications
e-mail:
aiswebsite@hotmail.com
Website updated: January 11 2009
| Home
| AIS Overview |
Membership
Information |
Iris Information |
Member Services
|
|
AIS
Regions | AIS Awards
|
Conventions/Activities
| Iris
Links |