REF: program suggestions

Happy Post-Thanksgiving and/or Holiday Season, Everyone,

I need suggestions, and I know you're the folks to give them to me.  
For the last couple of years, I've been trying to inspire interest in 
irises in my part of the woods.  I have now presented an "Irises 101" 
program to all of the garden clubs in my area, which they all seem to 
have enjoyed.  The program included an overview of the different types 
and classes of irises, handouts on basic bearded and beardless iris 
culture along with a list of recommended cultivars for my area, a 
slideshow of all bearded classes and some beardless, and a Q&A period.  
I've also given SDB rhizomes to all attendees at meetings during times 
when digging/planting was possible.

Now I would like to spend the winter developing more iris programs to 
offer the local clubs, but I'm stuck for ideas.  I'm dealing with 
gardeners who have, to date, been reluctant to get enthusiastic about 
irises and who seem to know very little about them, so I think it's 
important to keep the information basic but appealing at this point.  
I'm afraid that since my "Irises 101" program touched on lots of things 
lightly, that the clubs are now assuming that I can't have anything 
more to offer that they want to know about irises.

I need specific program ideas to help indoctrinate the iris-cautious.  
Ideas, anyone?

Laurie

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