Briarwood Reflections
by Richard Johnson After a seemingly unending winter, spring arrived at Briarwood with an explosion of color and the air has been perfumed with a myriad of fragrances! The harbingers of spring let us know in early March that spring was indeed coming with the various narcissus blooming in profusion across the wildflower meadow. Their […]
The Caroline Dormon Collection of Louisiana Irises at Briarwood
Photos and Story by Dr. Gladden Willis As this Iris season comes and passes we would like to pay some attention to the Irises collected or hybridized by Miss Caroline Dormon. A few still reside here in the Bay Garden at the Caroline Dormon Nature Preserve and they include Wheelhorse, Violet Ray, The Kahn, Saucy Minx, WoodViolet and FireAlarm CathedralBlue and Mary S. […]
Starting a Louisiana Iris Garden in New Zealand by Stephanie Boot and Darlene Cook
In the beginning there was a garden. Two gardens, in fact. One, of moderate size in the outskirts of Auckland’s west, and the other larger, in a rural area on the North Shore of the city. Each belonged to an enthusiastic member of the New Zealand Iris Society, who each belonged to a different Group […]
Plantation Point Nursery by Marie Caillet
It is great to see a revival of interest in Louisiana irises in their old localities, such as New Orleans, where we are beginning to see an increase in membership. This could also be true of the North Louisiana area near Shreveport. People were collecting and growing Louisiana irises there even before the organization of the Society for Louisiana Irises in 1941. I […]
Briarwood – The Home of Caroline Dormon
By Ron L. Killingsworth Visiting the home of Caroline Dormon is like traveling back in time. The Briarwood Nature Preserve has certainly accomplished its mission of keeping the preserve the way it was when Dr. Dormon lived in this tranquil place. My family was fortunate to visit Briarwood in early April when the curators, Richard and Jesse […]
