2013 SLI Convention
SOCIETY FOR
LOUISIANA IRISES NATIONAL CONVENTION
DALLAS,
TEXAS
APRIL 21-23, 2013
Hosted by
The Iris Society of Dallas
http://www.irises-dallas.org
last updated 3/25/2013
QUICK LINKS: Registration Form
Roommate Search - 1 Active SLI
Post
Tentative Meeting Schedule
Louisiana Iris Show Schedule
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Featuring Award-Winning Irises at Six
Fabulous Gardens in Dallas and in North Texas:
• Addison Garden
• Annette Brown Garden
• Nichols' Northaven Garden
• Bobbie Mason Garden
• Dell Perry Garden
• Mike Reed Garden
CONVENTION HEADQUARTERS
The
Crowne Plaza Hotel & Resort
14315 Midway Road
Addison, Texas 75001
USA
Tel.
972-980-8877; Fax 972-788-2758
http://www.cpgalleria-nr.crowneplaza.com
RESERVATIONS:
1-800-377-9778
Room
Rate: $99.00 plus taxes (1 to 4 people/room)
Ask
for the "LI3" Room Rate
(that
is "L" as in Louisiana, "I" as in Iris, and the number
3)
Complimentary
parking at the hotel.
The
hotel does not offer shuttle transportation between the hotel and
either
of the DWF
area airports. Shuttle service is available thru private shuttle
services.
Dallas
Love Field Airport (DAL) Distance:
12.0 Miles northwest to Hotel.
DFW
International Airport (DFW) Distance: 17.0 Miles
northeast to Hotel.
GENERAL
DIRECTIONS: From I-635 (LBJ Freeway)
take the Midway Road exit;
At the stoplight, go North on Midway.
Pass
through the light at Spring Valley Road.
Hotel
located on left hand side of Midway.
NEED A
ROOMMATE FOR ALL OR PART OF THE CONVENTION? Click here.
There is ONE (1) SLI request post as of
03/16/2013
REGISTRATION DETAILS
Convention Dates: April 21 - 23, 2013
Location:
Dallas, Texas (hotel is in Addison)
Full
Registration Fee of $185.00 includes:
- Bus Transportation to the
tour gardens
- Lunch at the
gardens
- Louisiana Iris Flower
Show
- Judges Training
- Welcome Dinner with Slide Show
of new cultivars
- Awards Banquet
- Plant Giveaways
- Register by February 1, 2013
for discounted full registration rate of $185.00. After February 1,
2013 full registration fee is $200.00.
Please note that Registration Fee does NOT include
hotel accommodations.
Download
the REGISTRATION FORM:
SLI Registration Form
NEARBY ATTRACTIONS
Click on any of the following links for more information:
Farmers Branch Historical Park
Farmers Branch Rose Gardens
Dallas Arboretum
Texas Discovery Gardens
Galleria Shopping Center
North Park Shopping Center
Museum
of Biblical Arts
Brookhaven Country Club Golf Course
Dallas Area Golf Courses
Texas Rangers Ballpark
Dallas Cowboys Football Stadium
The Dallas
Stars
The
Dallas Mavericks
Six Flags Over Texas
Southfork Ranch
Dallas
Zoo
Dallas World
Aquarium
Frontiers Of Flight Museum
Cavanaugh Flight Museum
Museum of the American Railroad
CONTACTS:
Chairman - Bonnie
Nichols
Registrar - Dell Perry
214-352-2191
972-816-3418
bjnhtn@aol.com seandelirises@yahoo.com
THE 2013 LOUISIANA
IRIS TOUR GARDENS
Addison
Garden Located
just north and west (and within a 3-minute walking distance)
of
the Crowne Plaza Hotel & Resort, this Park features three
new
separate Iris Gardens (1,100 sq. ft.) containing some 540 of
the newest
Bearded, Spuria, and Louisiana Irises.
Annette Brown Garden Located near
Lake Texoma in Denison, Annette has over 500
Bearded, Spuria, and Louisiana iris in the convention
beds.
In
her personal garden, she has over 600 Bearded, Spuria,
and
Louisiana iris.
Nichols Northaven Garden A
journey to far northwest Dallas will find the home garden of
Hooker and Bonnie Nichols. The beautifully landscaped
garden
uses
most of the lot to grow over 1,200 bearded and beardless
irises, daylilies, roses, and various other types of
flowers.
Here you can evaluate the reselected Louisiana seedlings
hybridized by Hooker Nichols. Through tried and true
growing
methods, the Nichols' have successfully bloomed nearly 100%
of their annual Louisiana seedling crop.
Bobbie Mason Garden The gardens of Robert
and Bobbie Mason in Red Oak have every
square inch adorned with blooming plants, bushes, and trees.
The
Louisiana's have been carefully planted in every form of
galvanized
container
from a Cowboy Bathtub to Mop Buckets. They have many
Tall Bearded Iris varieties that are very old, and some of
Marie
Caillet's Louisiana favorites.
Dell Perry Garden Dell and
her son Seann started Seandel Iris Gardens in Plano during
the
early 1990's. Dell has over 1,000 varieties of median,
tall, and
arilbred bearded, Louisiana, Spuria, and species Iris growing
on her
corner city lot. Her love for irises started in
Connecticut, when at age 6,
she saw some cast-offs growing along a stream, dug them
up, and took
them home. Her garden is an Aril Society International
Display Garden.
Mike Reed Garden
Mike and Mary Ellen Reed's
garden in Farmers Branch is picture
perfect. Their home is on a southwest corner and backs
up to
Brookhaven Country Club's manicured Golf Course. Their garden
is
beautiful; not only with Iris, but with many roses and
other blooming
plants. Mike is President of the Iris Society of
Dallas.
TENTATIVE EVENT SCHEDULE
For the tentative schedule, click this link: Tentative Schedule (last
updated 3/25/2013)
LOUISIANA IRIS SHOW
There will be a Louisiana iris show in conjunction with the
Convention on Tuesday, April 23, 2013.
Everyone is welcome to enter. Click here for the Show Schedule.
OPTIMIZE
YOUR TRIP TO DALLAS
The 2013 AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY NATIONAL CONVENTION will precede the
SLI Convention on April 15 through 20, 2013 at the same Hotel, for
the same room rates. Come see more gardens, eat more good food, get
more training, enjoy section programs and visit with lots more
irisarians. For
more details, please click on the following
link:
2013 AIS CONVENTION
SEE YOU
IN DALLAS