RE: Re: AIS: awards, judges (recognition)

I thought we had problems getting judges into the garden but maybe it isn't
so bad up (down?) here.  Lubbock has 8 judges and every one of them is in
our garden several times a year.  There are 3 from Amarillo and we see 2 of
them every year and sometimes the third.  The Midland judges always come
through the garden if they are in town.  I always assumed that was normal.
It was the judges from farther away that we were hoping to entice into
visiting.
We never go anyplace to judge a show that we don't try to visit a garden.
We also tour all of the local gardens every year.  What we don't get to do
is see many other hybridizers gardens.  There are two here in town but other
than that, I believe our closest is Dallas and that is a 6 hour drive each
way.  Our bloom time is so telescoped down here that our early show and the
Fort Worth show are on the same weekend, as are the Midland show and I think
Austin.  The weekend of our main show is also the weekend that Albuquerque
has their show.  In other words the bloom season overlaps over a 650 mile
east to west section of country.  At that time we need to be home
hybridizing and greeting the visitors to our own garden.  If a judge also
tries to make it to the National and / or the TBIS convention wherever it is
being hosted that makes it even more fun.  Visiting gardens is one of life's
great pleasures but it isn't easy.
































Dana Brown
AIS Region 17 Judges Training Chairperson
Director TBIS
AIS, ASI, MIS, RIS, SPIS, TBIS
Malevil Gardens
www.malevil-iris.com
Lubbock, TX
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
DanaBrown@peoplepc.com

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