Iris Friendship Garden

The Iris Friendship Garden was established as a Sister Cities participation and celebration of Pacific Flora 2004, an international horticulture exposition at Hamamatsu, Japan. The Friendship Garden features a collection of Louisiana irises and companion plantings. Five original species of Louisiana irises (original parentage) and a display bed that includes a progression of hybridization of the iris from species to the most recent cultivated varieties is present in the garden.