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2024 GNOIS Calendar

Recent Changes! Look!!

Volunteer mornings at the Island Iris Nursery

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!

Click here for directions

 
Sat, Sep 7

Plant Swap!

East Bank Regional Library

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Bring as many plants as you want to swap. Any type, not just irises.

You'll get a coupon for each donated plant, and can select a plant of your choice with each coupon.

Look for a few surprises, too.

 

Sat,Sep 21

Volunteer Day at Longue Vue

GNOIS will help dig and divide irises and restore a section of the Iris Path in the Wild Garden.

Sat, Sep 28

NOMA Fall Festival

Celebrating 20 Years of the Besthoff Sculpture Garden

10 am - 4 PM

Music, Tours, Food Trucks and Pop-up Restaurants, Art Activities. FREE!

Sat, Oct 5

Sale Preparation

Island Iris Nursery in City Park

Help dig and label irise for upcoming bare root rhizome sale

9 AM - Noon

By far the largest selection of Louisiana irises availabl locally. Sold as bare root rhizomes.

Sat, Oct 12

Annual Rhizome Sale

Longue Vue House and Gardens

Playhouse (behind main house)

10 AM - Noon or till sold out

Sat, Nov 30

Holiday Party

East Bank Regional Library

10:30 AM - Noon

With Daylily Society friends

 

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

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 Bogsseed germinationinterview with pro rustFertilizer

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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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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