Club Calendar
The public is ALWAYS welcome as a guest to any of our general meetings.
All general meetings are held at the Valley Garden Center from 7pm-9pm unless otherwise noted.
- January 7, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – Dwayne Booth on Understanding Species X and judges training.
- January 21, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- February 4, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – Lynda Miller on tall bearded irises.
- February 14, 2025
2026 Trek meeting on ZOOM @ 6:30pm (Trek planning meeting).
- February 18, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- March 4, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – AIS show preparation.
- March 16, 2025
Potted Iris sale at Encanto Palmcroft Home Tour. Sale will be at the Valley Garden Center.
- March 18, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- March 29, 2025
Potted iris sale at SummerWinds Nursery at 17826 N. Tatum Blvd.
Phoenix. Sale starts at 8am. Class on planting and growing iris @ 9:30 am.
- April 1, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – Sharon Petterson on artistic design and judges training.
- April 12, 2025
Sun Country Iris Show at and potted iris sale at Berridge Nursery.
- April 15, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- April 25-26, 2025
Region 15 spring trek hosted by Inland Region Iris Society.
- April 17, 2025 (Thursday)
Hybridizing demo at Ardi’s garden.
- May 6, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – AIS show awards, summer iris care.
- May 10, 2025
Payson garden visit and judges training by Dale Liggett on TB.
- May 17, 2025
Sedona garden visit and judges training by Cheryl Dreska on spuria. (lunch provided)
- May 20, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- June 2-7, 2025
American Iris Society Convention, Billings Montana, hosted by the Big Sky Iris Club.
- June 3, 2025 @ 6:30 pm
General meeting – Club business
Program – Potluck, Region 15 Trek report.
- June 14, 2025 – Forest Lakes garden tour and judges training by Nancy Evans on TB. (lunch provided).
- June 17, 2025 – No Board of Director’s meeting.
- July 1, 2025 – NO CLUB MEETING
- July 15, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- August 5, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – Region 15 rhizome auction, photo contest, and ice cream social.
- August 16, 2025
Sedona rhizome harvest for Payson Farmers Market (lunch provided)
- August 19, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- August 23, 2025
Payson Farmers Market rhizome sale. (TENTATIVE)
- September 2, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – Club tall bearded & aril rhizome auction.
- September 16, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- October 7, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – Club spuria & louisiana rhizome auction.
- October 18, 2025
Fall rhizome sale at Whitfill Nursery in Gilbert.
- October 25, 2025
Fall rhizome sale at Metro Tech in Phoenix.
- November 4, 2025
General meeting – Club business
Program – TBD, election of new officers.
- November 18, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.
- December 2, 2025 @ 6:30 pm
General meeting – Club business
Program – End of year celebration, installation of new officers for 2026.
- December 16, 2025
Board of Director’s meeting.