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 2010
January 31     Sunday 2:00 PM     PIDS Board of Directors Meeting Herhold – Geyser Home
February 27     Saturday 12:00 Noon     Hybridizers’ LunchfestSpeaker: Dr. Tom Hart, “Color in Daylilies” Capstone Grill, McMurray, PA
March 13     Saturday 12:00 Noon I       ris Lunch Program Mike Lockatell, Powhatan, Va - Reblooming Iris Phipps Garden Center, Small Auditorium
May 7-8     Friday – Saturday     May Market Phipps Conservatory Lawn
May 15     Saturday 1:30 PM     May Plant Auction Phipps Garden Center
May 27-29     AHS National Convention Valdosta, Georgia
May 29     Saturday-all day     PIDS Iris Show Soergel Greenhouses, Wexford, PA
May 31-June 5     AIS National Convention Madison, Wisconsin
June 25-27     AHS Region 3 Meeting Norfolk, Virginia
June 26     Saturday, 1 PM     Daylily Grooming Clinic Enos Family Gardens, Monongahela, PA
July 17     Saturday-all day     PIDS Daylily Show Trax Farms, Finleyville, PA
July 24     Saturday     PIDS/DHSWP Summer Picnic Zolock Gardens
September 25     Saturday 12:00 Noon     Fall Daylily Program PIDS Hybridizers and Growers Forum Phipps Garden Center
October 23-24     Saturday – Sunday     Lilyhemmer 2010 Camp Hill, PA
November 6     Saturday 12:00 Noon     PIDS/DHSWP Awards Lunch TBD

Looking Ahead to 2011:
2011 AHS Region 3 Meeting:
July 15-17, 2011
Holiday Inn at the Washington Meadow Lands
340 Racetrack Road
Washington, PA 15301

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
Term Expiring 2009 - Mike Corle, Elaine Modrak, Linda Herhold, Dale Jones

PIDS Committees

Audit - Bill Modrak
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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