DoubleTree Hotel -- Overland Park, Kansas 2009 American Iris Society Convention site
Registration Table
Jim Hedgecock, hybridizer, Gower, Missouri Tuesday, May 12, 2009
McGarry Garden, St. Joseph, Missouri (optional tour)
Bev Hoyt Garden, St. Joseph, Missouri
Matthews Garden, St. Joseph, Missouri
Steamboat Arabia Museum, Kansas City, Missouri Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Original stern section of the steamboat
World War I National Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
View of Kansas City, Missouri from atop the WWI Museum Tower
Boarding the "Blue" Bus to begin the first day of garden tours Thursday, May 14, 2009
Scott and Debbie Hughes [Debbie served as Chairperson of the 2009 Convention.]
The Lanesfield Historic School, built in 1869, restored to its 1904 appearance
Inside the one-room schoolhouse
Historic Iris Garden on the Lanesfield School grounds
Lunch on the school grounds
Powell Gardens, Kingsville, Missouri Friday, May 15, 2009
"Doc" Dr. Norlan Herderson, retired professor of botany at the University of Missouri at Kansas City
Debbie Strauss, Region 17 (Texas) RVP prepares for In-Garden Judges' Training
A.I.S. Immediate Past President Jeanne Plank conducts in-garden judges' training
The lake and chapel at the Powell Gardens
Carolyn Wylie of the Iris Society of Austin"shoots" some rabbits.
Ken and Will Plotner (from Molalla, Oregon
A garden guard
Jim Landers and Ken Fuchs after a delightful lunch
Kauffman Memorial Garden in Kansas City, Missouri
Saturday, May 16, 2009 (after the heavy rain and hail storm the night before)
The guest garden at the Arboretum after the storm
Evidence of a night visitor (a deer)
More deer tracks
The refreshment stand on a very cool (cold) morning
Carolyn Ash, Co-chairperson of the Convention, oversees the refreshments.
Site of the future permanent iris garden
A whimsical flying frog (as can be seen in the previous picture)
Ready to party
It's time for our lunch break at historic Parkville, Missouri, nestled between river-carved bluffs and the Missouri River, a short drive from downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
Mackay Hall (1893) on the Park University campus overlooks the town.
Lunch time at the Parkville American Legion hall
The Two Jims' Garden, Kansas City, Missouri
Jim Waddick, Zhao Yu-Tang (co-authors of "Iris of China") and Jim Murrain
The two Jims' backyard
Guest irises along the fence line in the two Jims' front yard
A.I.S. President Dr. E. Roy Epperson leaves the refreshment table.
