Sunday, January 20 - CHIS Meeting - 1:30 pm - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
Location: East Greenbush Library, 10 Community Way, East Greenbush, NY 12061-3918 (518) 477-7476.
Speaker Robert Clyde Anderson will speak at our April meeting.
Sunday, February 17 - Annual Doldrums Party - Potluck Luncheon - 11:30 am
Held with the Upstate NY Hosta Society and the Hudson Adirondack Daylily Society
Speaker: Barbara Melera will speak on "The Victorians: How They Forever Changed the Garden".
Sunday,
March 17 - CHIS Meeting - 1:30 pm
Location: East Greenbush Library, 10 Community Way, East Greenbush, NY
Speaker: Karen Perkins, world-renowned epimedium expert will give a talk.
Sunday, April 14 - CHIS Meeting - 1:30 pm
Location: East Greenbush Library, 10 Community Way, East Greenbush NY
Speaker Robert Clyde Anderson will speak on "Garden Extroverts: Adding Drama to Your Designs with Big, Bold and Beautiful Plants". See the February 2019 newsletter for more details.
Saturday, June 1 - Annual Iris Show - Open to the Public from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: East Greenbush Library, 10 Community Way, East Greenbush, NY
Exhibitors should bring their irises at 10:00 am to allow time for staging.
Click here for a copy of the show schedule.
Wednesday, June 26 - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm - Siberian Iris Potting Party
Location: 13 Hartwood Road, Delmar, NY.
Help divide and pot up Siberians
for the August 3rd Iris Sale.
Wednesday, July 31 - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm - Iris Rhizome Prep Party
Location: 13 Hartwood Road, Delmar, NY
Help prepare bearded iris rhizomes for the August 3rd Iris Sale.
Saturday, August 3 - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm - Annual Iris Rhizome Sale
Location: Faddegon's Nursery, 1140 Troy Schenectady Road, Latham, NY
Both Siberian and Bearded iris rhizomes will be for
sale...at great prices!
President: Linda Knipper
Vice President: Dan and Joanne Maier
Secretary: Virginia Dorwaldt
Treasurer: Don Salhoff
Newsletter Editor: Euthemia Matsoukas
Iris Show Chair: Kathryn Mohr
Meetings are held on the third Sunday of the month from September to April at the East Greenbush Community Library in East Greenbush, New York.
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There is no membership fee and anyone is welcome to attend our meetings.