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Dedicated to the Louisiana Iris

2023 GNOIS Calendar

New events! Look!

Saturday, March 25

Spring Potted Iris Sale

New Canal Lighthouse, 8001 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans

9:00 AM - Noon (or sellout)

Nearly 100 different cultivars

Pots $10

Saturday, April 1

Open Gardens

GNOIS Members

TBA

Sunday, April 2

Annual Louisiana Iris Rainbow Festival

Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden

10 AM - 4 PM

Music, Demonstrations, Information, Conversation, Stroll Through the Irises

Cultivars in the Original Section, Native Species in the Expansion

Tuesday, April 4

Louisiana Iris Day at Longue Vue

4 PM - 7 PM

Come stroll through the irises in the Wild Garden.

Chat, enjoy light refreshments, relax.

Saturday, April 8

OPEN HOUSE ON THE ISLAND

The GNOIS Island Iris Nursery will be open to the public.

10 AM - 3 PM

Thousands of species and hybrid irises. Your chance to see what all our hard work has accomplished.

Click below for directions.

Refreshments, Door Prizes

Friday, April 15 - Sunday, April 17

Society for Louisiana irises

Iris Spring in Lafayette

Click here to download pdf with details (coming soon)

 

Volunteer mornings on the island are happening again. Every Thursday morning at 9 AM and some Saturdays (TBA). Watch this site, your email, and Facebook. We can use a few hours help. Always free irises for volunteers!

 

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VOLS NEEDED

We need help at our iris nursery!

We are asking our members and friends to give us a hand for a few hours on Thursdays between 9:00 - 11:00 AM. The may be some special Saturday volunteer days from time to time.

There will be tasks at various levels and including some in the shade. There is always weeding to do, but we also will be dividing and labeling pots of irises and propagating new plants from old rhizomes.

Everyone who helps will get a free Louisiana iris rhizome!

Please bring gloves.

Click here for directions

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TAKE A LOOK

New article by Charles Perilloux on the Louisiana Iris Species Preservation Project

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Click the flag to download the pdf file (with lots of beautiful pictures)

 

 

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Annual Potted Louisiana Iris Sale

Saturday, March 25, 2023

9 AM till Noon (or sellout)

New Canal Lighthouse, 8001 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans

Nearly 100 hybrid cultivars and some native species

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City of Ruins
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Duck Lady
Ann Chowning
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Full list with pictures on the GNOIS Facebook page

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Check this brief video on the GNOIS Island Iris Nursery. You ought to see what we do there!

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Available on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZF_1NzfZDA

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Download the latest issue (PDF)

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Louisiana Irises and Hippos. What? Click and see.

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need adviceClick on one of these articlesLittle Bogs

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interview with pro

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Fertilizer

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Fleur Cover Summer 2018
GNOIS members are automatically "emembers" of the Society for Louisiana Irises and are provided access to an electronic version of the SLI quarterly journal Fleur de Lis.  Members will receive an email each quarter when a new issue is available for download.  Make sure that your GNOIS membership is up-to-date.  To join or renew for 2023, click the Membership link above.
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Benny Trahan, Sr.

1943-2021

Charter GNOIS member Benny Trahan, Sr., passed away on December 15, 2021. He was a good friend and an important figure in the Louisiana iris world, notably for the collection and preservation of wild forms of the species.

Benny shared his experiences in two fascinating and highly recommended articles that are available online.

"Wild Louisianas: Still Out There, Still Beautiful, and More Endangered Than Ever"

"The Find of a Lifetime"

 

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GNOIS is an affilate of the American Iris Society and the Society for Louisiana Irises.  It is an IRS 501(c)(3) recognized Non-profit Corporation, domiciled in Louisiana, EIN: 81-4904331