For the moment, I've blanked out all of the articles except for "Introduction To The Wonderful World Of Irises" on the Iris Database page. This brought the Search and Browse, Recent threads, New Images, and New Comments back up close enough to top of the page that they can be easily found.
I'd love to incorporate the other articles (and some more), but at 4,000 words and dozens of pictures, I don't know how to do it without creating an overwhelming barrage of stuff?