AIS REGION 15 Fall Trek 2024
Fall Conference October 12, 2024
8:30 AM — 4:00 PM
at the
Highlands Center of Natural History
In the Prescott National Forest
Featuring guest speaker & Judges training
Rick Tasco
Newcomers to the Garden - Arilbreds & others
1375 S Walker Rd,
Prescott, AZ 86303
Our conference is being held in the Kieckhefer Classroom at the Highlands Center of Natural History. The Highlands Center is an 80-acre campus in the Prescott National Forest near Lynx Lake, with remarkable facilities, and offers community events and outdoor educational programs and opportunities year-round.
Registration:
Adults Registration received by September 14th: $70.00
Registration received September 15 thru October 12: $75.00
Youth: $35.00
See registration form for details.
Registrations must be received no later than September 14th
Schedule
| Saturday, October 12, 2024 8:30 AM — 4:00 PM | |
| 8:30 am - 9:30 am | Registration, Continental breakfast, raffle & Silent auction open |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Region 15 Board Meeting with Beth Train RVP |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | General Meeting |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Speaker - Rick Tasco, Superstition Iris Gardens |
| 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | Buffet Lunch — Classroom & patio seating |
| 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Indoor Judges Training — Rick Tasco |
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Raffle & Silent Auction results |
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2025 Spring Trek
Save the dates: April 25-26, 2025
Theme: Spring Day in a Secret Garden
Host: Inland Region Iris Society
Where: Redlands, CA
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.
