Hi Rae Ann,

I went and still had a good time even though it did rain quite a bit, it was my first convention so I am very forgiving of the rain which is not unusual for the area:)
I would post a few photos but I can never get it to work. The last day was a visit to Schreiner's and it rained all day but when you saw all the color you kinda forgot about it:)
To answer your question no it was not totally rained out, but it did put a damper on a few of the gardens, I know I would have enjoyed myself a whole bunch more at Mid America but the morning we were there it was very windy and very wet. But still one gorgeous place.
A great mix of small and large gardens and to quote a lady who did a write up of her view of the convention, she says that it seems the CA iris don't do as good in OR, and that they need to get acclimated and might tend to need a little TLC.

Yvette

Here is a link that might be useful: My Webshots

I went and yes, it rained every day, but there were still alot of gorgeous iris to see. While it would have been nicer with out the rain, that is life and I still had a good time.
I will post a few shots here later.
Laetitia

I thought the rain wasn't too bad, until the last day. Way too wet then. All in all though an enjoyable time for my first convention. I was happy to see that almost every garden had something for the historic lovers to enjoy, with the exception of Mid-America (where I spent my time perusing their fantastic collection of peonies and hostas). I took two side trips to see more historics - one to Brooks Gardens and one to Abbey Gardens. Some pics:

Abbey gardens
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Aitken's
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Brooks gardens
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Mid-America
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Schreiner's
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Keep in mind that these show only a tiny little section of these massive gardens.

Mike

great pics mike, that was fun to see them all laid out!

Great pics Mike!
More!
I think I would be out in there with my umbrella and wouldnt even notice the rain!

Mike works his camera magic again.

Great shots Mike. How did you get those angles at Aitken's and Mid America. Did you climb the trees?

Thanks for posting these pictures. I really wanted to go but can't ever get away from work in May. I'm hoping more people will post --and appreciate the work it takes to do so!

Terry

No need to climb trees. They quite conveniently located the gardens on hillsides for your viewing pleasure. ;)

Mike

How I miss the trees of the PNW. Set off the iris beautifully.

Oops, goofed and put this in the gallery. Meant to put it here.

So for anyone who doesn't check the gallery or Iris Photos at Hort mailing lists site, here's the link to some terrific photos by Jan Lauritzen posted the 20th. Almost all are 2005 TB intos.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/jun06/maillist.html

Wow Mike, Iris Heaven!

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