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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.

Click here to join the AIS now!
Join or renew your membership with with our on-line AIS membership payment selections. For full details on AIS membership please visit the Membership Information area.


 

BEST BUDDY (Paul Black 2006) SDB, height 14 inches (36 cm), ML
photo: courtesy of Ken and Carol Coleman of C. Iris on Pond, Boise, Idaho


News-Announcements

(May 2008) Everyone is now looking forward to the next AIS 2009 Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. As usual we will have the details conveniently provided here on the AIS website for you to plan ahead. The convention organizers, the Greater Kansas City Iris Society, also have a website with information. The 2009 AIS 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. 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. 


2008 AIS Photo Contest:
(April 2008) The 2008 AIS Photo Contest is now open and the entry form plus full details are now available. 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 Public Exhibits Toolbox: (February 2008) Exhibits at plant sales and Iris shows are a great way to promote our favorite garden flower. AIS presents a toolbox of items you may find useful for reducing your labor and making attractive exhibits and displays.
Please go to Member Services > AIS Public Exhibits Toolbox for this information.

New item from the AIS Storefront: (January 2008) 2007 Registrations and Introductions Booklet
Please go to Member Services > AIS Storefront for purchase details.

Check your AIS membership status: (November 2007) 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: May 11, 2008


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