Saturday, 31 October 2015

Iris Farm

Recently I went to Antonia's Irises. I'd never been to an Iris farm before and was astonished at how many varieties and colours there are. I ordered some for my garden.



Neon Blue

Rumble

Be Counted

White Lightning



Bright Mia

So Vibrant

Crazy For You

Game Plan



Some Dark Knight


Claudia Burton Blair

Imogen Paige


Christiana Baker


Antonia's Irises is at The Beekeeper's Inn, halfway between Bathurst and Orange. They have honey tasting. Which is always fun.


A bee hive in the wall so you can see the workings of the hive. 


We had lunch there this day too.  I had the duck burger with kumara chips. It was delicious. The duck was succulent. 


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10 comments:

  1. Brona31 October 2015 at 17:03

    I love irises. My Mudgee garden had a lovely selection.
    I don't think I've ever stopped at the beekeeper's before though. Always in a hurry to get to Orange.

    We're enjoying a family w/e in the mountains - turns out my sister & nephew went to playgroup with you & master wicker :-)

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  2. Deb Nance at Readerbuzz31 October 2015 at 21:39

    Oh my goodness! Beautiful.

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  3. Jackie McGuinness1 November 2015 at 00:22

    The flowers are gorgeous. I would have spent hours photographing them.

    Duck, yummy.

    Had to google kumara, similar to waht we call sweet potatoes.

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  4. grammajudyb1 November 2015 at 00:58

    I love irises too. So many colors. I am partial to the purple, lavender ones. But the orange ones and the white ones are spectacular too. Thanks for including the names of all the varieties.

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  5. Sandra Nachlinger1 November 2015 at 02:23

    I can't imagine how you chose which iris to buy! I'd want all of them. So beautiful.

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  6. Laurel-Rain Snow1 November 2015 at 02:23

    Gorgeous irises! And I love how you finished off the day with the burger and chips...LOL.

    Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.

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  7. Linda1 November 2015 at 03:37

    These are gorgeous! And I got a kick out of all the names they chose for them!

    Linda in VA

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  8. Ginx Craft1 November 2015 at 08:15

    What beautiful flowers. I didn't know there was such a variety of colours.

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  9. Joy1 November 2015 at 10:19

    Beautiful flowers! Our botanical garden has a great display of irises and they are so fun to photograph!

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  10. Susan Lindquist2 November 2015 at 00:21

    Oh, so nice to see Spring blooms, as we are looking at all the leaves fall from the trees here in New England! Isn't the variety of bearded iris amazing ??? Tough to choose from so many colors and special color blends!

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