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.

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AIS Photo Contest winner from the category: Any category taken by a youth photographer (under 19): photo by Tabitha R. Bednar | Preston, Maryland | “Flirting with “Lady Friend”

News-Announcements

2010 Tall Bearded Iris Symposium Ballot (June 2009)
Sixty-ninth Official Tall Bearded Iris Symposium of the American Iris Society. This year the list of iris eligible for the Tall Bearded Symposium is again being bound into the AIS Bulletin. In an effort to make voting as easy as possible, the list is also being made available here on the AIS website. For this item and further information please go to Iris Information > AIS Tall Bearded Symposium

2009 AIS Awards Ballot (May 2009)
The 2009 AIS awards ballot is now posted on the AIS website for garden use by hybridizers, AIS judges and other interested parties. Please note that this version may not be used for official voting. Only the Official Ballot that was mailed to the AIS Judges may be used for voting. This version may be printed for your convenience in taking it on garden visits and making notes. For this item please go to the AIS Awards section of the AIS website.

Contemporary Views by Perry Dyer (March 2009)
The AIS website now has available a collection of Contemporary Views by Perry Dyer of Oklahoma from 1988 to 2008. These are annual articles involving personal observations and commentary on current varieties of irises.
Please go to the Iris Information > Cultural and Classification Information section of the AIS website.

AIS Photo Contest: (February 2009) The 2008 AIS Photo Contest results have now been presented in the January 2009 AIS Bulletin. They are now available on the AIS website. Previous years contest reports and results plus winning and runner up photographs are also available for your viewing pleasure. Additionally, the 2009 AIS Photo Contest information is provided.
Please go to the Iris Information > AIS Photo Contest section of the AIS website.

New AIS History item: (February 2009) The AIS Seal - another informative and well researched AIS history article on the development of the AIS Seal.
Please go to AIS Overview > History to read this item

New items from the AIS Storefront: (February 2009) The supply of the 2008 Registrations & Introductions Booklet has arrived at the AIS Storefront. Also available from the AIS Storefront is a new iris book; "Dream Gardener: Pioneer Nurseryman Bertrand H. Farr".
Please go to Member Services > AIS Storefront for purchase details.

2009 Tall Bearded Iris Symposium: (February 2009) The results of the 2009 Tall Bearded Iris Symposium ballot, the sixty-eighth official Tall Bearded Iris Symposium of the American Iris Society are now available on the AIS website. Also provided are the results from 2008 and 2007.
For further information please go to Iris Information > AIS Tall Bearded Symposium

AIS 2008 Awards announced: (August 2008) The full listing of 2008 AIS Award winners is available now in the AIS Awards section of the AIS website. This is the final complete awards listing and includes the JI listings.

Check your AIS membership status: 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: June 25 2009

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