Capital Hudson Iris Society
(CHIS)
 

Serving Eastern Central New York, the upper Hudson River Valley and the Greater Albany Area

2023 Calendar

 

Saturday, April 15 at 10:00 am

Location: Cornell Cooperative Extension Office of Albany County, 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY
Presentation by Kathryn Mohr entitled "Why Not Try Growing A New Type of Iris".


Kathryn is an experienced iris grower and currently sits on the Region 2 Board as Assistant RVP.
Click here to read the excerpt from the April 2023 Newsletter for the Upstate New York Hosta Society on Kathryn's presentation.

Saturday, May 13 at 10:00 am

Presentation on Soil Preparation and Recovery

 

Saturday, June 3 at 9:00 am to noon - Garden Education Fair (Rain or Shine)
Native & perennial plants, garden tools and crafts for sale. Family activities, Master Gardeners 'Live' and soil testing. Click here to see flyer with details.

Location: CCE Demonstration Gardens, 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY

 

Saturday, July 8 - Summer Picnic - 10:00 am, Rain and Shine

Location: CCE Demonstration Gardens, 24 Martin Road, Voorheesville, NY

10:00 am - Guided tour of the gardens. Please RSVP to UNYHS@aol.com before June 30th to ensure there are enough Tour Guides.

12:00 am - Picnic starts.

Click here for more details.

 

Saturday, August 12

Tentative sale with Upstate New York Hosta Society and Hudson Adirondack Daylily Society

Locations: Faddegon's Nursery, 1140 Troy-Schenectady Rd, Latham, NY 12110
Details to be announced.

 

Saturday, September 16 at 10:00 am

Presentation by Debi Chowdhury - "News from the Iris and Daylily National Conventions".

 

Saturday, October 21 at 10:00 am

Presentation by Dave Jennings - "For the Love of Hosta".

 

Saturday, November 18 at 10:00 am

Presentation by Addison Kubik - "Cornell Cooperative Extension: Invasive Species Management".

 

Saturday, December 16

Combined Holiday Party with Capital-Hudson Iris Society, Hudson Adirondack Daylily Society, and Upstate New York Hosta Society.

Details to be announced closer to the date.

 


President (Acting): 
Kathryn Mohr

 

Vice President (Acting):
Dan Maier

 

Secretary: Virginia Dorwaldt

 

Treasurer: Don Salhoff

 

Meetings are held at the

Cornell Cooperative Extension Office of Albany County,

24 Martin Road,

Voorheesville, New York.

 

There is no membership fee and anyone is welcome to attend our meetings.