Awards 2018

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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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'Haunted Heart', a Tall Bearded Iris, see photo, is the 2018 American Dykes Medal winner, the highest award annually voted by American Iris Society judges.

The 2018 AIS Awards were published in the Fall 2018 Bulletin, pages 10-16.

This version of the 2018 AIS Awards includes links to each of the Iris in the awards list.

This is a temporary place holder for a link to a 2018AwardWinnersGallery page that is under construction. Feel free to view it.

The Walther Cup winners list.

The 2018 High Commendation winners published in ?.

The 2018 High Commendation winners with Links to each of the iris.

Convention Awards

The 2018 Convention Cup winners published in the Summer 2018 Bulletin, page 2-3.

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 2018 Favorite Guest Iris published in the Summer 2018 Bulletin, pages 26.

The 2018 Favorite Guest Iris with Links to each of the iris.

Exhibition awards

The 2018 Nelson Award winners published in ?.

The J. Arthur Nelson Award winners list.

The 2018 Exhibition Report published in the Summer 2018 Bulletin Supplement, pages 1-8.

The 2018 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