The  Board of Directors of the Friends of Palmetto State Park recently  approved our piggy-backing an iris bloom event with their Stir the Pot  event!  Come out to Palmetto Island State Park and join the Friends  group in celebrating 11 years of Stir the Pot, with its wild game and  seafood cook-off, music, live auctions, raffles, nature talks and family  fun!  AND FOR THIS ONE YEAR THE ABBEVILLE RED IRISES WILL BE IN BLOOM  AT THE NEARBY BOARDWALK SWAMP THAT DAY!  (The Stir the Pot event is  always held one week after Easter so its on a different date each year  that doesn't always happen while the irises are in bloom.)

The  Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative will have a canopy right there  on the boardwalk in the center of hundreds of blooming Abbeville Red  irises.  We'll have some of our volunteers available that can answer  your questions about this rare…