Wild Sharon (Sutton 1994)
Peaches in Wine (Pryor 1998) Louisiana Iris
Cordoba (Ghio 1998)
Friday, May 19, 2006
Region 15 Trek 2006 - Squires Garden
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Region 15 Trek 2006 - Lauritzen Garden
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Monday, May 15, 2006
Region 15 Trek 2006 - Gasser Garden
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Region 15 Trek 2006 - Bonino Garden
Region 15 Trek 2006 - Introduction
Most of the pictures covered here will be for the garden trek. Other activities were conducted at the hotel or at the gardens on a separate day, such as Eileen Fiumara's Judges Training on Artistic Design Friday evening, and AIS President Jeanne Plank Garden Judges Training on Sunday morning. I’m hoping that someone else captured those moments and will post them on the Web in the near future.
The garden trek was charming. Each location was unique and reflected the qualities of each designer/irisarian and “Master Gardener.” There were many compliments heard throughout the day.
Six San Fernando Valley Iris Society gardens were featured:
Joe and Jill Bonino, Glendale, CA.
In the picture below, Jill Bonino (left) is accompanied by AIS President Jeanne Plank, and her husband Bob.
Judith and Alan Gasser, Sylmar, CA.
Cheryl and Gary Deaton, Canyon Country, CA.
Brian Moon and Leigh Nicolai-Moon, Santa Clarita, CA.
Jan and Mike Lauritzen, Chartsworth, CA.
Randy and Betty Squires, North Hills, CA.
In the picture below Randy (left) is showing garden visitors some of his latest iris creations.
Friday, May 12, 2006
Welcome
The above picture is of Batik (Ensminger 1985), a border bearded (BB) iris. The border bearded irises are shorter than the tall bearded, but bloom around the same time. The purple and white flowers have a yellow beard and bloom on stalks of approximately 24 inches. Batik's style is of broken colors, and is described as "white ground, striped royal purple B-yellow tipped white." HM 1988, AM 1990. This photo was taken at the Bonino Garden on the San Fernando Valley Iris Society's hosted Region 15 Trek 2006, on April 22.