Newsletter: September 2005
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN IRIS SOCIETY Inc.
South Australian Iris Society
Newsletter September 2005
Editorial
I am sure that by now, some of you will have received the new catalogues for this season from some of our more popular commercial growers. They never seem to disappoint with the release of new varieties.
Even those of us with small gardens who declare that we couldn’t possibly fit another new plant in - if he is a gardener worth his grit, he will always find room for one more.
My ultimate dream is to just write across the top of the order form “Just send me the lot !!!”. I’m sure I would do my best to find a home for them all.
Iris Show & Convention
We really need all members who have blooms, either in flower, or in bud, to donate as many as possible for the floral displays at this years convention. All blooms need to be brought to The Shores by 9:00am on the Friday of October 28th.
Iris Sales
All members wishing to sell rhizomes, either on the club table or the commission table at this years show, please ensure that all rhizomes are trimmed, labelled correctly and have all soil washed from their roots. If you are presenting potted Iris for sale, please ensure that they are planted in potting mix and not garden soil. We really need members to be as generous as possible in donating rhizomes for the club table. This is always a great source of revenue for the club and Ronda Burg, who always does such an excellent job organising our club table, deserves and needs all of the members support. PLEASE DIG DEEP.
Biscuits
Natalie Houba is organising the collection and distribution of biscuits for the bus tours and trip. All biscuits to be donated must be delivered to Natalie no later than our Octber monthly meeting on the 13th. Please seal biscuits in containers suitable for freezing and labelled clearly with the type of biscuit you are providing.
I’m sure you all have your own favourie recipes, here are a couple of suggestions.
BUTTERNUTS
2 tablespoons butter
1 Cup Self Raising Flour
1 Cup Sugar
2 tablespoons Golden Syrup
1 Egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 Cup Coconut
˝ teaspoon Vanilla Essence
Cream the butter & sugar, add beaten egg, syrup & milk then add the dry ingredients. Drop small spoonfuls on trays . Bake in moderate oven (180) until light brown
GINGER BISCUITS
˝ cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon honey
1 egg
2 cups Self Raising Flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
Cream butter & sugar, add honey and beaten egg. Stir in flour and ginger. Drop teasonnfulls on to trays. Bake in moderate oven (180) for approximately 10 minutes.
AGM – Iris Society of Australia
All members are notified that the Annual General Meeting of the Iris Society of Australia will be a face-to-face meeting held in Adelaide at the Shores at 9:00 am on Sunday 30th October, 2005 as part of the Convention. All members are invited to attend.
Minutes of the South Australian Iris Society Inc. meeting held on 8th September 2005 in the Goodwood Community Centre.
Meeting commenced at 7.47pm.
Apologies: Betty Parsons, Karl & Belinda Meredith, Pam & Peter Jackson, Peg Lane, Pam Hilton, Doreen Churchill.
Minutes of the meeting held 11/8/05 as circulated – Moved Joy Maxwell, seconded Gwen Alexandrou that minutes were correct. Carried.
Business arising: Notification has been received from the Goodwood Community Centre that the hall will be booked from 7:15PM every second Thursday for our meeting. Julia Jacobs to follow up with a correction to same. Hall should be available from 7:00PM as per original booking.
Correspondence in: Western Australia Iris Society newsletter, American Iris Society – Bulletin, British Iris Society newsletter, NSW Iris Society newsletter, Goodwood Community Centre regarding hall hire, Whyalla Garden Society Inc – regarding Zone Rally 2006.
Treasurer’s Report:
Moved M Kuchel seconded G Alexandrou. Carried.
Posters For Convention: Julia thanked Marg Kuchel, Pam Hilton & Nel Tanner for their work in providing posters for the 2005 Convention & Show for members to take and place at various venues of their choice. 150 of these were laminated and could be placed outside shopfronts. Julia also thanked the 2005Convention & Show committees for their ongoing hard work.
Iris Handbook: Sue Stribley is close to completing the Iris handbook which will be on sale at the show. This booklet will provide information on cultivating a variety of species of Iris. Help will be required at the next meeting to assemble and staple these handbooks.
It was proposed to charge $3.00 per copy at the show. Moved Colleen Modra, Seconded John Turner. Carried.
Sue has also designed a small leaflet to be handed out to all people entering the show advertising the date and venue for our 2006 Annual Show and also a Certificate of Appreciation to be presented to David Ruston as an acknowledgment of his support and assistance as guest demonstrator at this years show. Julia thanked Sue for all her work.
Auction & Raffle: All items for the auction and raffles during the convention are now being collected and a schedule is soon to be completed.
Bus Trips: Bookings are still being taken for the bus trips. The Wednesday trip is fully booked, consequently a mini bus is now being hired to accommodate any extra bookings.
Biscuits: It was proposed that a member of the club be nominated to collect and distribute all donations of biscuits which are to be served for morning tea on the various bus trips and tour. All biscuits must be ready for collection no later than the October monthly meeting. Natalie Houba was selected to be responsible for this. Moved Marg Kuchel, Seconded Gwen Alexandrou. Carried.
Dinner: The Saturday night dinner is confirmed as being 6:30PM for pre-dinner drinks with the dinner commencing at 7:00PM.
Printer: Colleen Modra informed us that she has purchased a brand new printer which will print up to A2 size posters and banners measuring approx. 16” wide and has very kindly offered to do any printing for the club for the cost of the ink only. Thank you Colleen.
Table Cloths: A flyer was shown to the members advertising table cloths with an Iris motif. It was suggested that the cloths might be appropriate for the tables at our Xmas luncheon but due to the cost involved, it was proposed not to pursue this. Moved Joy Maxwell, Second Gwen Alexandrou. Carried.
Show table results: Section 1: 1st Julia Jacobs, 2nd Marg Kuchel, 3rd Marg Kuchel
Section 3: 1st John Turner, 2nd Ronda Burg, 3rd Julia Jacobs
Section 4: 1st John Turner, 2nd Julia Jacobs, 3rd John Turner
Section 5: 1st Julia Jacobs, 2nd Ronda Burg, 3rd Julia Jacobs
Section 6: 1st Marlene Gibson, 2nd Julia Jacobs, 3rd John Turner
Section 7: 1st Marg Kuchel, 2nd Marg Kuchel
Floral Art: 1st Marg Kuchel
Show & Tell: John Turner displayed a basket of flowers presented to him for giving a presentation on the Iris Convention. He also showed some species of Iris Unguicularis.
Next meeting on October 13th
Meeting closed at 10:08pm
