2025 AIS Region 15 Fall Meeting
Presents the
AIS Region 15 Fall Meeting
IRIS – The Next Generation
October 18, 2025
9 am to 4 pm
Palmdale Elks Lodge
2705 E Ave Q
Palmdale, CA
Guest Speaker and JT on Ethics: Michael Kowalchyk
Cosgrove Award Winner, Hybridizer, AIS & Daylily Judge, President of Oklahoma Iris Society, and Host of the 2027 AIS National Convention
2705 E Ave Q
Palmdale, CA
(if needed):
530 West Rancho Vista Blvd
Palmdale, CA 93551
(661) 947-4100
4.5mi from event, close to freeway
Registration:
Registration Fee $85.00 (received by October 3, 2025), $95.00 (received after October 3, 2025)
Includes Continental Breakfast, Hot Lunch, Registration Bag and Judges Training on Ethics by Michael Kowalchyk
Please send checks payable to Hi Desert Iris and Daylily Society along with completed registration form to:
Hi Desert Iris and Daylily Society
PO Box 4572
Lancaster, CA 93539
Schedule
| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2025 | |
| 9:00 am - 10:30 am | Registration Continental Breakfast Raffle and Silent Auction opens |
| 9:30 am - 10:30 pm | Board Meeting |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Welcome and General Meeting |
| 11:00 am - 12 noon | JT on Ethics by Michael Kowalchyk |
| 12 noon - 1:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:15 pm to 2:30 pm | Presentation by Michael Kowalchyk |
| 2:30 pm | Raffle & Auction "last chance" |
| 3:00 pm | Raffle and Silent Auction |
| 4:00 pm | Adjourn meeting |
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2026 Spring 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.
