Welcome to the
San Diego Iris Society
Welcome! General meetings of the San Diego Iris Society are held the second Sunday from October to June at 1:00 p.m. Special events occur in September, December, February, May. Please see the latest newsletter for details.
Interested in joining our friendly society? Click here to download the membership form, or contact membership@sandiegoirissociety.org.
All San Diego Iris Society sponsored events are free and open to the public.
For more information about these events, please contact the San Diego Iris Society by email at info@sandiegoirissociety.org.
For information on how to join our friendly society and receive our monthly newsletter, see SDIS Membership
Check out Iris Info for interesting articles and gardening tips on how to grow and hybridize your own irises
SDIS Marketplace features our members' businesses which offer products and services related to irises
Board Members lists current officers and committees
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2022 Meetings & Special Events
We have resumed our in-person meetings at the Lakeside Historical Society. Please note we have reinstated our potluck lunch at our meetings, so please bring your favorite dish. Masks will be required indoors regardless of vaccination status. Breakthrough cases are very real and pose a risk to our more vulnerable friends and family.
- SDIS Meetings
- SDIS meets the second Sunday at 1:00PM, unless otherwise noted
Location: 9906 Maine Avenue, Lakeside CA 92040
2022
SPECIAL EVENT! IRIS SALE
September 10-11, 2022
Sale Hours: 10am to 4:30pm
San Diego Iris Society Fall Rhizome Sale
Please come, bring your friends and family (including the furry/feathery ones) and check out the selection of rhizomes. from Tall bearded irises, median irises, some Louisiana and arilbred irises. We will have different varieties at each weekend sale.
If you want first choice of the fattest, healthiest, and greenest rhizomes, then you should be at room 101 at 10 am!!
Casa del Prado, Room 101, Balboa Park
San Diego CA
Free and open to the public - Click here for directions
October 9, 2022 Iris Rhizome Auction
Agenda: Members-only iris auction, presentation by Beth and Mason Train (IRIS) on reblooming irises
Time: 1:00 to 3:00PM
Lakeside Historical Society, 9906 Maine Ave., Lakeside, CA
November 13, 2022 Guest Speaker
Agenda: Presentation by Phil Williams of Rockytop Gardens, Eagleville, TN; topic TBD
Time: 1:00 to 3:00PM
Lakeside Historical Society, 9906 Maine Ave., Lakeside, CA
December 11, 2022 Members Only Holiday Party
Holiday party at Claire's house - more details to come
2023
January 8, 2023
February 11, 2023 - SDIS Birthday Party
Birthday Party with Guest Speaker at the Best Western Seven Seas - more details to come
March 12, 2023
No April Meeting due to Easter Sunday
May 6-7, 2023 - SDIS Spring Show and Sale
June 11, 2023 - Officer Elections
All in-person meetings and sales are contingent on pandemic guidelines at the time of the event. As of this writing, masks must be worn indoors by all, regardless of vaccination status. You may bring snacks to eat outside, but unlike previous meetings there will not be a potluck, for safety reasons.
SDIS members, please see the latest San Diego Iris Society Newsletter for details.
SAN DIEGO IRIS SOCIETY SPRING SHOW AND SALE
First weekend in May 2023
Casa del Prado, Room 101, Balboa Park, San Diego CA
Congratulations to our Spring Show Winners!
AIS Silver Medal for the most blue ribbons: Janis Shackelford
AIS Bronze Medal for 2nd most blue ribbons: Claire Schneider
Best Pink (and Queen of Show): 'Blondie's Blush' - Exhibitor: Janis Shackelford
Best Red: 'Cardinal Rule' - Exhibitor: Bill Molnar
Best Purple: 'Total Obsession' - Exhibitor: Mary Hanson
Best Spuria: 'Mythical Nights' - Exhibitor: Claire Schneider
Best Yellow: 'Picasso Moon' - Exhibitor: Bill Molnar
Best Miscellaneous: 'Hat in the Ring' - Exhibitor: Janis Shackelford
Best Louisiana: 'Bless Your Little Heart' - Exhibitor: Janis Shackelford
Best Californicae: 'Canyon Snow' - Exhibitor: Janis Shackelford
Integrated Pest Management
Click here to view the Presentation by Olga Batalov to the San Diego Iris Society on March 10, 2019.
Camera Fun with Irises
Click here to view the Presentation by Olga Batalov to the San Diego Iris Society on March 8, 2020.
Lynda Miller, Iris Hybridizer
Click here to read about Lynda Miller's presentation
to the San Diego Iris Society on February 9, 2019
about her iris hybridizing activities in Oregon.
Featured photo is intermediate bearded iris 'Concertina' growing in Jim and Edith Schade garden in Ramona, CA. HTBphotos by John and Katharina Notarianni