NEWS & EVENTS

Newcomers and guests are always welcome at ISM events. Also posted here are events around the region and national events. If you have questions, please feel free to contact us.

2025

• Saturday, February 15, starting at 10:30 AM - 4:00 PM - Winter ISM Hybridizers' Meeting
  Meeting at a NEW location, First Religious Society, 27 School St. Carlisle, MA 01741.



• Saturday, March 22, 10:30 AM -4:00 PM - ISM Spring Meeting and Photo Contest
  Meeting at our new location: First Religious Society, 27 School St. Carlisle, MA 01741.


• Saturday, May 31 - ISM and Region 1 Spring Garden Tours and Judges' Training
  Bev Steiner's gardens at 18 Patterson Road in Shirley, MA and Jan Sacks' and Marty Schafer's Joe Pye Weed's gardens at 337 Acton St. in Carlisle, MA.


• Saturday, July 26 - ISM Rhizome Sale 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM (or until we sell out)
  At Verrill Farm, 11 Wheeler Rd, Concord, MA 01742. Opens to the public at 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM or whenever we sell out of plants, whichever comes first. If you would like to help with pre-sale preparation (trimming and marking rhizomes), contact Sarah Cummer (greater Boston and metro-west) or Stephanie Markham (metro-south/southwest). They will be arranging for collection, trimming, and labeling crews before the sale.
  
  The FLYER for the sale, is available in JPG format here and PDF format here. Please feel free to print/post wherever you think folks will see it!


• Sunday, August 3 - Noon-4:00 PM - ISM Auction
  Members auction of newer irises (and other things), outdoors, under a canopy at Toadland Gardens (home of Stephanie Markham & Larry Wilson), 22 Lawrence Street, Norfolk, MA 02056. Lunch and socializing at noon, auction starts at 1:00 PM. BYO chair and lunch, drinks and snacks will be available.


• Saturday, October 4 - AIS Region 1 Annual Fall Meeting
  At the First Religious Society, 27 School St. Carlisle, MA 01741, from 10AM - 4PM. Speaker, Jody Nolin. Originally from New England, Jody has lived all over the country, including working in 10 different state capitals. She finally settled in Ohio (Region 6). She has been AIS President, RVP, Secretary of SIGNA, Treasurer of SJI, and is currently President of the Society for Japanese Irises, AIS Affiliate Chair, Secretary of the Novelty Iris Society, and Regional Judges Chair. She is a member of numerous Sections and tries growing any iris that will tolerate the weather and soil in Ohio. Her pond-side garden is also home to several cultivars in the Louisiana Iris Species Preservation Project.


• Saturday, November 8 - ISM Fall Meeting and Seed/Plant Exchange
  At the First Religious Society, 27 School St. Carlisle, MA 01741. Program TBD.