Welcome to the 

San Diego Iris Society

Welcome! General meetings of the San Diego Iris Society are held the second Sunday from October to June at 1:00 p.m. Special events occur in September, December, February, May. Please see the latest newsletter for details.

Interested in joining our friendly society?   Click here to download the membership form, or contact membership@sandiegoirissociety.org.

All San Diego Iris Society sponsored events are free and open to the public.

For more information about these events, please contact the San Diego Iris Society by email at info@sandiegoirissociety.org

Congratulations 2023 SDIS Spring Show Winners!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

2023-2024  Meetings & Special Events

We have resumed our in-person meetings at the Lakeside Historical Society.  We have reinstated our potluck lunch at our meetings, so please bring your favorite dish. Masks will be required indoors regardless of vaccination status.  Breakthrough cases are very real and pose a risk to our more vulnerable friends and family.  

November 12, 2023

SDIS General Meeting


December 10, 2023

SDIS Holiday Party (Members Only)





2024

January 14, 2024

SDIS General Meeting


Sunday, February 11, 2024

SDIS 61st Birthday Party 



 RSVP required

March 10, 2024

SDIS General Meeting


April 14, 2024

SDIS General Meeting


April 26-28, 2024

Spuria/Louisiana Iris Mini Convention


SAN DIEGO IRIS SOCIETY SPRING SHOW AND SALE

First weekend in May 2024

Casa del Prado, Room 101, Balboa Park, San Diego CA


May 4-5, 2024

San Diego Iris Society

Spring Show & Potted Iris Sale


June 9, 2024

Spring Show Awards, Ice Cream Social & Officer Elections



June 25-29, 2024

American Iris Society National Convention



August 24-25, 2024 and August 31-September 1, 2024

San Diego Iris Society Annual Fall Iris Rhizome Sale

You are invited to the San Diego Iris Society’s Annual Iris Rhizome Sale. Join us on Saturdays, August 24th and August 31st (10AM to 4PM) and Sundays,

August 25th and September 1st (10AM to 4PM) at Balboa Park at the Casa del Prado in Room 101.

We will have a large selection of irises, including tall bearded, rebloomers, arilbreds and Louisiana irises in a wide variety of colors grown in members’ gardens. Come early for the best selection.

Members of the San Diego Iris Society will be on hand to answer your questions about growing irises.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC - FREE ADMISSION


Background photo credit

October 12, 2024

San Diego Iris Society hosts the Region 15 AIS Fall Meeting



October 13, 2024

SDIS General Meeting - Members Only Iris Auction



November 10, 2024

SDIS General Meeting



December 8, 2024

SDIS Holiday Party



In Memoriam

Jim Schade (1938-2023)


In Memoriam

Patrick Powell (1948-2023)


Integrated Pest Management

Click here to view the Presentation by Olga Batalov to the San Diego Iris Society on March 10, 2019.

Camera Fun with Irises

Click here to view the Presentation by Olga Batalov to the San Diego Iris Society on March 8, 2020.

Lynda Miller, Iris Hybridizer

Click here to read about Lynda Miller's presentation 

to the San Diego Iris Society on February 9, 2019

about her iris hybridizing activities in Oregon.