June 2024

GARDEN TOUR

SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

GUESTS WELCOME

(No meeting for the month of June)

GARDEN TOUR: Saturday, June 8, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Guests Welcome! Self Driving!

Judges Training and Scavenger Hunt

Refreshments available at the Missoula Iris Society Iris Garden

Public Bathroom Availability: Rosauers, Historical Museum, Dales Dairy, on Clements Road, and Super Walmart on Mullan Road

4 Gardens will be on tour.

Schedule and directions to gardens:

1:00 PM Rachel Ballard Garden, 125 Ben Hogan Drive.

Directions: Travel on Southwest Higgins or 39 th Street to Pattee Canyon Road in the Farviews area. Go east on Pattee Canyon Road to Whitaker Drive. Turn right on Whitaker Drive. Proceed north on Whitaker to Ben Hogan Drive. It is just past The Keep Restaurant. Turn left on Ben Hogan Drive to 125 Ben Hogan Drive.

2:00 PM Missoula Iris Society Garden at Historical Fort Missoula behind the museum. Refreshments available.

3:00 PM Jim and Linda Sadler Garden, 1220 Clements Road

Directions: From the Missoula Iris Society Garden travel West on South Avenue to the Target Range School Area. Turn right onto Clements Road just past the school. Go past Dales Dairy and the Trough Restaurant, thru the 4 way stop where North Avenue crosses Clements Road, and proceed north on Clements Road to 1220 Clements Road.

4:00 PM Fred Frey Garden, 1760 Frey Lane

Directions: At Mullan Road and North Reserve Street, head west on Mullan Road away from Reserve Street. Now there are 2 choices: (1) After the Hellgate Trading Post Conoco Station but before starting up the hill to Sunset Memorial Gardens Cemetery, turn left (south) on Homestead Drive. Drive straight back but rather than follow the street when it makes a hard right corner, keep coming straight between the 2 houses on a narrow, single paved road and follow that road to the house (a little over 1/10 miles). This is behind the subdivision. (2) Continue on Mullan Road a short distance past Homestead Drive to Frey Lane and take a left. Continue straight back past the intersection with Homestead Drive. Then, between the 2nd and 3rd house on the left, turn left on the paved drive shared with those houses and come back between their yards. Again, it is behind the subdivision.

Scavenger Hunt: As you tour the gardens, you can participate in a scavenger hunt. It will consist of finding iris cultivar types and varieties in the gardens.

Judges Garden Training: Judges garden training will begin at 2:00 PM at the garden of Jim and Linda Sadler, 1220     Clements Road.

Jim Sadler will conduct the judges garden training.

Current judges are in need of this training to keep their eligibility as a judge. Please be present.

At 4:00 PM at the garden of Fred Frey, there will be discussion and a fill in the blank test for judges credit. 

All are welcome to participate in this training. There will not be a lecture, just knowledge to share. It could even entice you to become a judge with the American Iris Society.

ANNUAL IRIS SHOW: SATURDAY, JUNE 8. 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Joint Missoula Iris Society Iris Show and Missoula Garden Club Peony Show

Location: Balsam Root Room, 1075 South Avenue, located in the G. W. Marks Exploration Center, Butterfly ouse and Insectarium.

EXHIBITORS ARE NEEDED!

Staging of individual iris will be from 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Staging of designs will be from 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

There will be a luncheon after the judging.

Dismantling of show, Saturday, 5:00 PM only. No dismantle opportunity Sunday!

VOLUNTEERS are needed for set up, Friday, June 7, as well as for various duties, June 8, the day of the show.     A VOLUNTEER LIST is included with this newsletter.

Contact Anne Bowman, Chairman, bowmanab.61@gmail.com, 406-360-3089, or Betty Ann Gustafson, swedeandba@gmail.com , 406-251-3526.

JIM SADLER gave an excellent presentations on designs. Thank you, Jim, for your expertise!

Minutes: No formal meeting. Deb Belden took notes during the meeting. Below are a few points noted by Deb.

Jim Sadler's presentation on designs

An arrangement versus design. An arrangement is pretty and a design is a story.

A design is 2x the height of the vase.

He demonstrated a line design and a design showing motion.

You can use a drawer liner, a rubberized mat, as base for the design. Use wide width, black is best.

Jim passed out a brochure on designs.

Single iris blooms that will be placed in the pvc pipe vases at the show should be 2x the height x 22 inches.

Fred Frey will only have 112 iris to donate to the sale this year.

Volunteers needed for the iris show.

TREASURER'S REPORT: 

April 23, 2024    $1219.14

Income from paid memberships: $100.00

Subtotal:   $1319.14

Expenses Paid: $800.00

May 22, 2024 Balance $519.14

Expenses:

Missoula Tree Preservation Service

A. Trim decorative tree in center of garden      $325.00

B. Trim branches from pine tree adjacent to Siberian garden bed      $200.00

C. American Iris Society for AIS seals, entry tags, note cards, and best of show ribbon       $50.00

D. Healthy Acres Foundation for show venue $125.00

E. Friends of the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula – Missoula Iris Society Membership  $100.00

Total Expenses:   $800.00

RHIZOME WINNER: Gary Clark

DATES TO REMEMBER:

June 1: Garden Tour

June 8, Iris and Peony Show

July 13: Ice Cream Social and the June meeting at the home of Judy Blunt, 1901 1/2 So.. 4 th St. W.

July 27: Rhizome Sale at the Missoula Iris Society Garden (Iris digging and prep dates will be in the July newsletter)

RHIZOME WINNERS: October: Cindy Davis, November: Al Ledford, December: Carol Addeo, January: Marie Nyquist, February: Jim Sadler, March: Steve Hesla, April: Deb Belden, May: Gary Clark

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MISSOULA IRIS SOCIETY ANNUAL SHOW, JUNE 8

at the BUTTERFLY INSECTARIUM, Missoula County Fairgrounds

Balsam Root Room

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED to help with the mechanics of the show

PLEASE SIGN UP where you can!

Contact Anne Bowman 406-360-3089 or Betty Ann Gustafson, swedeandba@gmail, 406-251-3526

FRIDAY, JUNE 7 -  SET UP for the show the next day

  Meet at the Fort Missoula Iris Shed at 1:30 PM to load vases and transport them to the venue.

  2 vehicles are needed to transport vases.

        1. Swede Gustafson, plus his vehicle.     2.

2:30 PM – 5:00 PM Set up vases for exhibitors, arrange show tables, set up awards table, place iris cards, set up registration   table, etc. 

1.   Anne                     2.  Swede                             3.   Betty Ann                        4.      Ron                

5.    Donna                  6.                                          7.                                          8.

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, SHOW DAY

Register Exhibitors, 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

1.                                                  2.

CLERKS to assist the judges, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM (Place ribbons, record awards, transfer iris to head table, etc.)

          1.  Anne Bowman                 4.   Katie Steen                                      

  2.  Bronwen Harris 5.   Gary Steen

3.  Mitch Hall

Arrange AWARDS TABLE, RECORD CATEGORY WINNERS for the table.

1. Lynn Weger                               2.

Volunteers to help with LUNCH ARRANGEMENTS after judging

1.                                                   2.                                      3.

Volunteers to DISMANTLE SHOW, 5:00 PM

1.   Bronwen Harris                     3.                            5. 7.                   

2.   Mitch Hall                         4.                             6.                                   8. 

2 VEHICLES to take materials to Swede’s house

 1.  Swede                                          

   2.  Keith