2025 AIS Region 15 Spring Trek
AIS REGION 15 SPRING TREK 2025
Inland Region Iris Society
will host
Guest Speaker
Bob Van Liere of Iris4u Garden
32016 Live Oak Canyon Rd,
Redlands, CA 92373
12952 14th St.,
Yucaipa, CA, 92399
Registration:
Adults Registration received by April 6th: $100.00
Registration received after April 6th: $110.00
Some events require further registration, see registration form for details.
Schedule
| FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025 | |
| 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Tour & J.T. Webinar (Reservation Only) Kimberly Crest House & Gardens, 1325 Prospect Drive, Redlands, CA 92373 |
| 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Registration at La Quinta Inn + Suites, Yucaipa, Conference Room |
| 5:00 pm | Spaghetti Dinner |
| 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm | JT Artistic Design Chapter 27 AIS Judges Handbook by Beth Train, AIS G/E and Artistic Design Judge. 2.0 hours credit. Conference Room |
| 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | AIS Region 15 Club Presidents Board Meeting. Conference Room |
| SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2025 The Gardens of Wild Oak Farms in Redlands |
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| 8:00 am - 10:00 am | Registration, Breakfast, Garden Walk, Buy Raffle Tickets |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Welcome by Carol Morgan Trek 2025 Chair and Tony & Cheryl Hicks Garden hosts General Meeting & Introductions by Beth Train, RVP AIS Region 15 |
| 10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Three classes (1 hour each):
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| 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm | Bob Van Liere from Denver, CO - Farewell Tour (Retiring) |
| 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm | Lunch BBQ catered by Tony and Cheryl Hicks |
| 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Restroom, Garden Walk, Turn in Award Ballot at Registration table |
| 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm | Christian Bedard from Weeks Roses |
| 4:00 pm | Awards |
| 4:15 pm | Raffle Drawing |
| 5:30 pm | Thanks for Coming |
| SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2025 (optional garden tours) | |
| 10:00 am - 1:00 pm | Lori Rhodes of Crafton Hills Iris Farm in Redlands, CA will have an open garden. (see map provided in Trek bag) |
| 10:00 am - 2:00 pm | Inland Region Iris Society Club Garden at Jurupa Mountain Discovery Center, 7621 Granite Hill Drive, Jurupa Valley, Riverside, CA (see map provided in Trek bag) |
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2025 Fall Trek
No information for the spring trek is available at this time, please check back later.
General Trek Details
Region 15 hosts two region meetings per year; a Spring Trek and a Fall Trek. The Treks are hosted by our societies on a rotating basis. We try to arrange the Trek Wheel so that meetings are held in alternating states (AZ or CA) so that members are not forced to travel long distances every year.
The Fall Trek is usually a one day event with Executive Board and General Membership meetings, a judges training session, a luncheon and a guest speaker. This meeting is an information meeting attempting to provide our judges with the on going training they need and an informative speaker to give us insights into what is happening in the world of iris.
The Spring Trek is usually a one or two day meeting with garden tours to view seedlings and new introduction in the garden setting. This also whets our appetites for new iris that we "just have to have" in our own gardens and provides feedback to the hybridizers around the country. It also allows our judges the opportunity to see new iris and gives them a chance to evaluate the iris for possible awards. The Spring Trek gives our judges a chance to get 2 to 4 hours of training. The Spring Trek also makes everyone a judge in their own right by letting them vote for their favorite irises seen on the Trek and various awards are given to hybridizers at the Awards Banquet held on the last night of the event.
