Newsletter: April 2003
South Australian Iris Society Inc.
Minutes of meeting on 10/4/03
Apologies: Carol
Schmidt, Margaret Douglass, Doreen Churchill.
Correspondence: Royal Adelaide Zoo,
Camellia society, Floral Design council of SA.
Newsletters from Western Australia and New South Wales.
Newsletters: To save postage costs,
members who do not have an email address will collect
their newsletter at the meeting nights. Any not collected
will be posted out after the meeting.
Club Irises: Members have been asked to
share the care of the club's Irises. A list will be
provided at the meetings.
Trading table: It was decided at the
meeting that all plants and other items will be donated
for sale at meetings. Members wishing to sell plants and
other items on commission will be able to do so twice a
year.
Club Coffee Mugs: The club's coffee mugs
which are housed at Colleen Modra's will be donated to
the Christian Motor Cycle club as we have no use for
them.
Club Photo Album: A record of the Club's
photos and memorabilia to be updated. If anyone has and
old photos or memorabilia could you please bring it along
to the meeting.
Peppercorn Art Gallery: The gallery has
shown interest in staging an exhibition featuring the
Iris theme for the 2005 convention. Plus promoting the
convention. Ivar Schmidt is going to contact the gallery.
Birthday girl: Julia Jacobs 60th
birthday occurs between our meetings. John Turner
presented Julia with a birthday card signed by all
members. Happy birthday Julia, have a wonderful day.
Get well message: A card will be sent to
Muriel Watson, Darrelle's mother who is in Royal Adelaide
Hospital.
Show and Tell: Colleen and Les Modra
showed Sutton's Tee shirts purchased by Colleen in USA.
Also a beautiful Sutton rebloomer 'Double Day' - a large
yellow bloom from a spike with 15 buds. Colleen also
presented a copy of Sutton’s latest catalogue to the
club for the library.
Julia Jacobs showed a lovely garden plaque featuring iris
and the words 'Welcome to our Garden' purchased from a
statue place in Mooringie Ave.
Guest Speaker -
Merilyn Kuchel gave an interesting talk and slide
presentation on the Open Garden Scheme in South
Australia.
Garden owners who open their gardens through the Open
Gardens scheme are able to keep 35% of the proceeds if
they wish. 85% of them donate their takings to charity.
The surplus entry fees are given to community gardens as
part of a grants program. Gardens receiving grants last
year were a group from Gilles Plains, Maryattville High
School for a fern grotto, Mt Barker Duck Flat hospital
staff and the Whyalla Centre Care garden. $55,000 has
been donated to SA Charities.
Crystal Brook Community Garden used their grant several
years ago and a bequest, to create a beautiful garden in
front of the hospital, which is open to all and is
greatly appreciated by all who use it.
The purpose of the Open Garden Scheme is to promote
Knowledge and Pleasure of gardening. Tammy Fraser is the
National President.
Merilyn showed slides of many of SA’s gardens
covering a vast range of different types and sizes of
gardens. Every type from cottage to Mediterranean, dry
land, courtyard to large country garden, permaculture,
cool climate, native and others are open at various times
during the year.
The book on the Open Gardens of Australia is now
available in paperback.
Merilyn has offered to return and tell us about the Open
Gardens of Tasmania illustrated with more of her slides.
Open Gardens in May 11th ‘Wairoa’ 160 Mt Barker
Rd Aldgate. Historic garden with autumn leaves. 18th,
19th May ‘Carawatha’ Placid Estates Rd
Wellington East Dry land native garden.
Editorial
Portrush Road road works. Please note that when the
roadworks are completed there will be no right turn from
Portrush Road into Mathilda St as there will be a
continuous island. Entry from the west will be from Union
St off The Parade.
Entry fee for meetings - it was pleasing to note that all
but one of the people who signed the attendance sheet at
the April meeting put $1 in the honour box. Thank you
all.
Newsletters and receipts will be on the table at the door
for members to collect. Please look for your name at the
top of the page.
Missing Library Book - The Gardeners’ Iris Book by
William Shear was purchased for the library last year. It
has not been catalogued and has not been returned. Could
whoever has the book return it as there are probably a
lot of other members who would like to borrow it.
Cultural hint - If you would like to exhibit Dutch Iris
at the show it is suggested that you refrigerate the
bulbs for a few weeks and plant them in the garden eight
weeks prior to the show for blooms at the right time.
Good luck!
Financial members for 2003 - now numbers 53 which
includes 18 family memberships, 15 single members and 2
youth members.
Last newsletter for unfinancial members.
Anyone who wishes to remain on the mailing list is asked
to pay the membership fee immediately as all unfinancial
members will be removed from the mailing list after the
May meeting.
