The Kent Group’s hosted the British Iris Society Convention in 2007. The Convention was be
based in the International Study Centre, in the precincts of Canterbury
Cathedral, in the lovely county of Kent.
Thanks to the wonderful
generosity of many hybridizers around the World we received
nearly 650 bearded and beardless irises of over 250 different varieties.
These were viewed in guest gardens at three different sites, all in Kent.
These consist of the allotment gardens where we already keep the Kent
Group’s iris collection, a garden in Sissinghurst, and the Great Comp Gardens, a
beautiful mixed garden open to the public. Visitors to the
Convention were able to see some of the best and most modern irises. We also
visited Sissinghurst Castle National Trust Garden and Old
Orchard Garden at Loose, near Maidstone.
