Awards 2015

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The information include within this page and its links captures the various awards and recognition presented by the American Iris Society (AIS) for this particular year.

Annual Garden Awards of AIS are the results of accredited judges’ evaluations of garden grown irises seen by the judges and voted on. The pages and linked documents summarize the results and the AIS Garden Awards thus bestowed on iris for this award year.

Annual popularity recognitions, Convention Cups, also summarized here, are voted on by the AIS National Convention attendees having visited the convention tour gardens as part of each annual AIS National Convention.

The awards and recognitions that are summarized by the pages and documents here, and from other years, are also recorded in each iris cultivar's page.

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'Gypsy Lord', a Tall Bearded Iris, see photo, is the 2015 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 2015 AIS Awards were published in the Fall 2015 Bulletin, pages 28-35.

This version of the 2015 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

This is a temporary place holder for a link to a 2015AwardWinnersGallery page that is under construction. Feel free to view it.

The Walther Cup winners list.

The 2015 Convention Cup winners published in the Summer 2015 Bulletin, page 16.

The Franklin Cook Cup winners list.

The President's Cup winners list.

The Ben R. Hager Cup winners list.

The Lloyd Zurbrigg-Clarence Mahan Seedling Cup winners List.

The 2015 Favorite Guest Iris published in the Summer 2015 Bulletin, pages 34-35.

The 2015 Favorite Guest Iris with Links to each of the iris.

The 2015 High Commendation winners published in ?.

The 2015 High Commendation winners with Links to each of the iris.

The 2015 Nelson Award winners published in the Winter 2016 Bulletin, page 23.

The J. Arthur Nelson Award winners list.

The 2015 Exhibition Certificate winners published in the Winter 2016 Bulletin, pages 26-28.

The 2015 Exhibition Certificate winners with Links to each of the iris.

If you find errors in these linked lists please contact the AIS Encyclopedia Manager at aisencyclopedia@irises.org

-- DougChyz - 29 May 2023