These are your Region 17 Educators

You can contact them to give a program for your Iris Society or any other Community Group interested in Iris related topics

Click and image below to read more about each educator, including the programs they have in their repertoire

Debbie Strauss

AIS Region 17 Treasurer
Master Judge
Educator

Debbie says, “Life is so full of wondrous and breathtaking things, but my favorite two are my family and my irises.”

Dell Perry

Region 17 Judges Training Chair
Temporary Region 17 Newsletter Editor
Master Judge
Educator

Dell has over 1500 varieties of iris growing on her corner city lot in Plano. Her garden is an Aril Society International and a Median Iris Society display garden.

Jim Landers

Region 17 Historian
Master Judge

Jim enjoys playing in the yard and has about one hundred Tall Bearded varieties and about fifty Louisiana varieties, and a few Spurias.

Peggy Cathey

Region 17 Immediate Past RVP
Garden Judge
Educator

Peggy has loved iris since she was very young, but it wasn’t until 2000, she learned of the Johnson County Iris & Daylily Society in nearby Cleburne, TX

Ramona Howard

Master Judge

Ramona enjoys judging and giving Judges Training schools throughout the country as well as tutoring new people on their way to becoming judges.