CIS Projects
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In 1998, The CIS created an endowed scholarship with the Foundation
of CPCC (Central Piedmont Community College).
Income from this endowment is used to provide tuition and
assistance to a student in the Horticulture Program of the college.
The first partial scholarship award was presented in the
2001-2002 school year.
Additional funds are available each subsequent year.
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In 2019, The CIS Board planted the Carrie Winter Memorial Garden at
the Betty Little House of The Charlotte Council of Garden Clubs,
Inc. in Charlotte, NC.
This garden was built to posthumously recognize Carrie’s devotion to
The Charlotte Iris Society – as a judge, officer and Convention
Chair.
This garden has
six iris groupings; each grouping is represented by irises either
named for a member or hybridized by a member.
These six groupings are:
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Carrie Winter, Tall Bearded Iris, hybridizer Don Spoon
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Ruth Holbrook, Tall Bearded Iris, hybridizer Don Spoon
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Katharine Steele ,Tall Bearded Iris, hybridizer Don Spoon
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Swords of Murex, Species Iris, hybridizer Barbara Alexander
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Petite Monet, Miniature Tall Bearded Iris, hybridizer Katharine
Steele
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Sister Shirley, Tall Bearded Iris, hybridizer Don Spoon, for his
sister, Shirley Knox
