OT-BIO: Ruth Vreeland

Hi everyone!  I am a 41-yr. old mother of three, living in Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, and I have been growing iris, and collecting more 
(annually) since 1989 when my Grandmother died and left all of her 
beautiful hybrids to her children and grandchildren.  I've even begun 
to try my hand at a little hybridizing myself.

My Grandmother, Margaret was married to Carl Quadros (a pretty renowned 
hybridizer in California) in the mid-eighties before he died, so most 
of what we as a family inherited were his hybrids, as well as others he 
collected.  I will be posting another message very soon regarding some 
of the hybrids that we know to be in existence, but which we can't 
locate.  If you can help us out with this, we'd appreciate it more than 
words can say, as these are our family heirloom, so to speak.

I love these iris as if they were my babies (and even my husband and 
kids know that sometimes the iris come first!)  I photograph them 
constantly and have a collection now of very clear close-ups of the 
nearly 200 varieties that I have planted in my yard.  I have also 
painted some of them, as I'm a fine-artist. . . awaiting the day when I 
can retire from my job and just paint iris all day. . . every day.

It's nice to be involved in an-e-group like this!  I already feel at 
home just knowing you're all as crazy about these beautiful things as I 
am!

- Ruth Vreeland



 

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