Hi Margo Information about the course will be Cancer Council publications or you can ring 131120 for more details. The US has the purple iris as their colour, sorry not lavender. The SPRING UP group has been using this iris with gold (for Australia) highlights. It is very striking. A look at the meanings of flowers shows lavender to mean devotion, happiness, success, luck and distrust. The iris meaning is faith, hope and wisdom. I think those 3 things represent our journey well and I shall be happy to use the iris, but with gold highlights. Keep smiling Jan