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We will be back in Lafayette, Louisiana with a schedule similar to our 2022 convention including an afternoon of judge’s training, a tour, and dinner with our General Membership meeting. Events kick off on Thursday, April 3rd with a selection of private and public gardens available for self-tour, plus AIS Judges training in the afternoon. Friday, April 4th offers a full day of activities. A bus tour is scheduled and includes a visit to Palmetto Island State Park to see the I. nelsonii, the Abbeville Red, that is found native only across the Vermilion River in the Abbeville Swamp. Other stops include a private garden and Cypress Lake. The day concludes with a banquet and general membership meeting at the Ira Nelson Horticulture Center. Our speakers are Mark Schexnayder, SLI President, and Bonnie Nichols, American Iris Society President. On Saturday, April 5th, SLI will have a booth with rhizome sales and a flower display at the Festival des Fleurs, https://www.festivaldesfleurs.org/.