Events

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Thursday, May 2nd, 2019  

The San Fernando Valley Iris Society is happy to present Peggy Carpenter.  

- Location: Canoga Park Women's Club, 7401 Jordan Ave. corner of Valerio & Jordan, 2 blocks east of Topanga Canyon Blvd. between Sherman Way and Saticoy St. 

- Refreshments and Plant Table Sales are from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. start time 

- Members and visitors are welcome

Hold everything - the show isn’t over yet! Our beardless iris haven’t had their chance to shine! The beardless iris were almost non-existent on April 6th, so it only seems fair to give them a second chance in May. Let’s make it a special date to celebrate the beardless flowers of the Iris world. For this informal gathering, bring your Spurias, Louisianas and Irises of the beardless variety. Join in the fun and share the beauty of Iris in this once-a-year event. 

Your hostesses will be Debbie James and Peggy Carpenter. Containers will be provided to display your Iris in a show-like atmosphere. Bring any questions you may have regarding cultivation and show prep. See you there! ~ Peggy

Come join us to experience a beautiful display of irises grown by our members, and flower arrangements masterfully created by them too. Learn how to combine irises in your garden with other plants. Learn about the different types of irises, and what can go together with each one of those types. Ask questions from our members. There will be potted iris for sale. Details below.

LOCATION:
Canoga Park Women's Club
7401 Jordan Ave. Corner of Valerio
Canoga Park, California 91305

Saturday, April 6th ONLY!

Iris Show & Sales
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

There are no fees or charges to see the show, and it's open to the public. So, please invite your friends, family and neighbors.

Please this even on our FB stream.

Thursday, March 7th, 2019

The San Fernando Valley Iris Society is happy to present Hetti Shurleff.

Hetti will speak and demonstrate how-to do flower arrangements utilizing irises.

- Location: Canoga Park Women's Club, 7401 Jordan Ave. corner of Valerio & Jordan, 2 blocks east of Topanga Canyon Blvd. between Sherman Way and Saticoy St.
- Refreshments and Plant Table Sales are from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m.
- 7:30 p.m. start time
- Members and visitors are welcome

Our guest speaker will be Hetti Shurtleff, who will inspire us with her flower arranging expertise. A resident of Santa Barbara, Hetti has won many awards and ribbons for displaying a wide variety of flowers and foliage with a creative array of containers.

Anyone interested in learning more about flower arranging or what makes an Arrangement earn the coveted Best of Show? Bring a container and be prepared to learn. We hope everyone takes something away from this meeting and then demonstrates that knowledge at our Spring Show on April 6th at the Canoga Park Women's Club.

Thursday, February 7, 2019

The San Fernando Valley Iris Society is happy to present iris hybridizer Lynda Miller.

- Location: Canoga Park Women's Club, 7401 Jordan Ave. corner of Valerio & Jordan, 2 blocks east of Topanga Canyon Blvd. between Sherman Way and Saticoy St.
- Refreshments and Plant Table Sales are from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m.
- 7:30 p.m. start time
- Members and visitors are welcome

About Lynda, in her own words:

"I married into the iris world in 1970, the following spring my husband Roger showed me how to hybridize (big mistake on his part.)  Living in northern Indiana I was exposed to some great hybridizers in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.  We were located in an area that was deep into MDBs [Miniature Dwarf Bearded irises], so many of my earliest introductions where MDBs which lead me to win three American Iris Society Caparne-Welch Awards.  One of my best intros was a SDB [Standard Dwarf Bearded iris] named ‘Dark Vader’ that went on to win the Cook-Douglas Medal.  From 1976 through 2007, my husband and I had an iris mail order business, while I was running our plant nursery.  During this time, I branched into hybridizing all size of bearded iris especially MTBs [Miniature Tall Bearded irises].  Breeding MTBs lead me to win three Williamson-White medals, one for Bangles, which also was the first iris to win both the Franklin Cook Cup and the President Cup at national conventions.

In 2007 I followed my husband to Oregon after staying behind to close our nursery; I lagged behind his move by almost one year.  Running a full time nursery had consumed so much of my time the last few years before we moved that I only did a few crosses on MTBs and TBs [Tall Bearded irises].  So when I settled in Oregon there was time again to hybridize.  Now I am concentrating on hybridizing MTBs and TBs, which came to fruit at the 2015 convention when our garden was on tour.  At that convention my TB ‘Football Hero’ won the President Cup and my ‘Moose Tracks’ won the Ben Hager Cup.  ‘Moose Track’ won the next convention also.  After three rough years of health problems, last spring I was ready to roll again.  I’ve lost count of how many irises I have introduced, but I’ve been told it’s over 400 —  enough to be awarded the AIS Hybridizers Medal and the Median Iris Society Hybridizers Award.   My irises are now being introduced by Mid-America Gardens, there are 10 this year and more to come.”