We hold six to eight meetings a year and publish a quarterly newsletter. The society's calendar normally runs from a spring program in March or early April through a November program. The iris vice president is responsible for the first program and the October meeting which also includes the society's annual business meeting. The daylily vice president has responsibility for the May daylily auction and the November program. We usually sponsor accredited shows - iris in late May and daylily in mid July, plus a summer picnic, plant auctions and an early fall banquet. As the opportunity arises, we have also in some years held an educational show, clinics to help our members prepare for our shows, judges training clinics and additional programs featuring speakers of interest.

New members and guests are encouraged to attend and participate in all of the society's meetings and functions. To help you start a plant collection, PIDS members donate plants at our summer picnic that our new members share. If you have any cares, concerns or questions, don't hesitate to contact one of the officers or board members.

Club Membership Information
 

You are cordially invited to join the Pittsburgh Iris & Daylily Society. PIDS memberships are $10.00 for individuals and $12.00 for families.
For membership information write to:

Pittsburgh Iris & Daylily Society
P.O. Box 1
Bethel Park, PA 15102-0001

or, Click here for a printable Membership Application to join PIDS
or, send email to: Robin Weidman, Membership Chairperson - richkid817@hotmail.com

PIDS Calendar 2012
 

January 29    2PM       PIDS Board of Directors Meeting, Herhold - Geyser Home

February 11  12 Noon    Soup Luncheon, Phipps Garden Center
    Speaker: Kevin Walek, AHS and AHS Registrar

March 11     4-6 PM    Iris Workshop – Judges Training                                      
    Speaker: Vince Lewonski, DVIS - AIS Region 3
    Topic: Problems with Irises

 May 10-12   all day    May Market - Phipps Conservatory Lawn (Chair: Elaine Modrak)
    May 10 set-up – 9:30AM-5PM
    May 11 sale – 9:30AM – 7 PM
    May 12 sale – 9:30AM – 5 PM
    May 12 breakdown – 5 PM

May Iris Show Cancelled             

June 23 or 30           Daylily Grooming Clinic - Jack Enos's Home, Monongahela, PA

July 7       all day     43rd Annual Daylily Show (Chair: Larry Rowles) -Trax Farms, Finleyville, PA

September 8  all day  PIDS Late Summer Picnic - Mingo Creek Park, Washington County

October 20, 21         Lilyhemmer – AHS Region 3 Fall Festival,  Camp Hill, PA

October/November    Awards Banquet and Speaker - TBD

PIDS Officers

Name                     Responsibilities                         E-Mail                                         Telephone
Linda Herhold      President                                     lherhold@hotmail.com               724-941-8101
Mike Corle           Iris V. P. Iris Auction Comm.    ekimelroc@yahoo.com              
Larry Rowles       V.P. Daylilies                              ljr329@comcast.net                 
Lisa Johnson        Secretary                                    battista_lisa@hotmail.com
Katey Chieffe       Newsletter Editor                       kateykat66@hotmail.com    
Robin Weidman   Membership                                richkid817@hotmail.com       
Jack Geyser         Treasurer                                    jgeyser@verizon.net               

PIDS Board Of Directors
Mike Corle, Elaine Modrak, Linda Herhold, Dale Jones

PIDS Committees

Audit -
Communications - Linda Herold
Daylily Auction - Jim-Bob Bobrzynski, Steve Zolock
Iris Auction - Mike Corle
Membership - Robin Weidman
Newsletter Editor - Katey Haynor
Nominating - Mike Corle and Larry Rowles
Plant Sales - Gary Ball, Tom Herr

   Auction action at the PIDS summer picnic

A scene from a PIDS daylily show 

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