Welcome to Region 14 American Iris Society
2012 Spring Regional
Iris by the Sea
The Monterey Bay Iris Society will host Region 14’s 2012 Spring Regional Meeting in Aptos, California April 27 to April 29.There will be a bus tour of three gardens on Saturday, A dinner banquet and program by Joe Ghio, Auctions by the region and TBIS, a self-guided garden tour on Sunday, and Judges Training conducted by Joe Ghio at his home garden. The Tall Bearded Iris Society will meet concurrently. The Registration fee for the Regional is $125 if paid before April 1, 2012. Registrations made after April will be accepted as space allows at a fee of $135. Please register early!
On Saturday the buses will leave the Seacliff Inn for the three iris filled gardens, one in Correlatos, one in Watsonville and one in Scotts Valley. Each of these gardens has a different feel and presentation of iris. At the end of the day will be a buffet banquet and a speech by Joe Ghio.
Hotel Information
The conference hotel is the Best Western Seacliff Inn in Aptos. From Highway 1, take the State Park Drive exit. If you are going south on Highway 1 cross the overpass and turn left onto Old Dominion Court. Going north on Highway 1 you will take the State Park Drive exit, turn right at the top of the ramp and then make a left onto Old Dominion Court. If you reach Soquel Drive, you have missed the turn. To make a reservation at the hotel, please visit the Seacliff Inn website. You need to contact the hotel directly and not go through a travel agent. When making your reservation be sure to state that you are part of the Regional and ask for the MBIS discount rate, group #1146. You need to make your reservations as soon as possible as they will only hold this room rate until March 29th, 2012. This is a popular beach town and rooms book quickly!
Day on the Bay
This Joe Ghio iris (Sib. to Center Ice and Engagement Ring) is the Regional Iris. It has been officially named as “Day on the Bay.” It commenarates this Regional event, the location and this iris. Historically “Day on the Bay” was an annual event celebrating the Italian fishing heritage of the City of Santa Cruz. Joe Ghio’s family and father was one of these fishermen. Each Regional attendee will receive a rhizome. Your meeting memories will go home with you!
Updates
We will be updating the MBIS site with more information. Please go there to see an examples of the Spring 2012 pin, T-shirt and other items. We will be posting photos of the gardens included on the tour. The registration form for the Spring Regional. After downloading the pdf, save to your computer, then open and complete with your information. You can then print out the form or save and email it. If you mail it, send it along with your payment check to: Monterey Bay Iris Society,
Post Office Box 2361,
Los Gatos, California, 95031
