AIS Affiliates

Region 22 consists of 13 local AIS affiliated clubs who conduct many iris related activities throughout the year. In spring, local clubs hold iris exhibitions to show the public the diverse beauty in the world of irises and to provide a fun and friendly competition for iris growers to show off their horticultural skills.

Many affiliates host judging schools instructed by prominent irisarians, so that AIS judges remain up-to-date in their training and others receive education needed to become iris judges. Several of our folks go to the judging schools just to learn what makes a really good iris so that they can be more competitive at shows.

Local clubs conduct various other activities, including planting and maintaining public display gardens, giving iris presentations to outside groups and getting together for pot luck dinners, picnics and programs.

Clubs fund their activities through public iris rhizome sales in the summer or fall.

One of these clubs would be happy to welcome you to join them in their activities.

AffiliatePresidentMeetings
Central Arkansas Iris
Society
(CAIS)
Mark Grumbine
1315 Pride Gap Cove
Cabot, AR 72023
(501) 988-2385
3rd Sunday, monthly, 2:00 PM
except Jan. & May,
Hillcrest Hall, Little Rock, AR
Hot Springs Iris Society
(HSIS)		James Bledsoe
204 Bristol Lane
Hot Springs, AR 71913
(501)525-1253		4th Sunday, monthly, 2:00 PM
except Apr. & Dec.;
1st Lutheran Church
Hot Springs, AR
Lawton Area Friends of Iris
Society
(LAFOIS)		Julie Hooker-Kyle
6710 SW Drakestone
Lawton, OK 73505
(580) 510-8049
cookietownkid@sbcglobal.net		3rd Saturday monthly except
Jan. & Jul.;
Lawton Public Library
Lawton, OK
Norman Area iris Society
(NAIS)		J.D. Spence
12320 SW 11th St.
Yukon, OK 73099
(405) 324-8849		4th Monday monthly, 7:00 PM
Reeves Park
Norman, OK
North Central Iris Society
(NCIS)		John Tripp
P. O. Box 2232
Enid, OK 73702
(580) 234-1018		2nd Sunday, monthly, 2:00 PM
except Jan., May, Aug., &
Dec.;
NODA Building, Enid, OK
Northern Oklahoma Iris
Society
(NOIS)		Lunn Whitebay
4669 N. Prentice Rd.
Ponca City, OK 74604
(580) 765-2074		2nd Friday monthly, 7:00 PM,
except Jan., Aug., Nov., Dec.
L.A. Cann Garden Center,
Ponca City, OK
Oklahoma Iris Society
(OIS)
Oklahoma Iris Society		 Greg Cary
4829 Lisa Lane
Del City, OK 73115
(405) 672-6412		1st Friday monthly, 7:00 PM;
Will Rogers Garden Center,
Oklahoma City, OK
River Valley Iris Society
(RVIS)		Beverly Tollison
116 Blue Jay Lane
Russellville, AR 72802
(479) 967-4205
3rd Sunday monthly;
Pope County Senior
Activity Center
Russellville, AR
Rolling Hills Iris Society
(RHIS)		Helen Jones
529 S. 12th
Clinton, OK 73601-4311
(580) 323-1132
jonesiris2@aol.com		3rd Saturday, 2:00 PM
Mar., Aug., Sep. & Oct.
CREC Bldg
Stillwater,OK
Southwest Oklahoma Iris
Society
(SOIS)		Virginia McComas
7703 Stonegate Pl.
Lawton, OK 73505
(580) 536-0232		1st Thursday monthly, 2:00 PM
Oklahoma Blood Bank
Meeting Room
Lawton, OK
Tulsa Area Iris Society
(TAIS)
Tulsa Area Iris Society		 Joshua Winzer
12810 E. 134th St. So.
Broken Arrow, OK 74011
(918) 451-8176		2nd Thursday monthly, 6:30
PM except Jan. & Feb.;
Tulsa Garden Center
Tulsa, OK
White County Iris Society
(WCIS)		LaVera Johnson
138 Johnson Avenue
Bradford, AR 72020-9766
(501) 344-2211
lavera@centurytel.net		2nd Sunday monthly at 2:00 PM except Dec.
Century Twenty One Realty Associates
Searcy, AR
Edmond Iris Society
(Unaffiliated)		Gail Gossard
604 Sparrow Hawk
Edmond, OK 73003
(405) 359-3344