Monday 31 December 2012

Agapanthus

Bamboo and Agapanthus at Adelaide Zoo


Adelaide Zoo is fantastic.  I read somewhere that it is not just a zoo, but a garden where animals live.  There are many bamboo plantings especially around the Giant Panda exhibit, and the rows of agapanthus are beautiful.

Saturday 29 December 2012

Lavender




Lavender at the Lyndoch Lavender Farm - this farm, shop, cafe is a good place to visit from Adelaide South Australia in the Barossa Valley.

Verbena Gone Wild


As I neared Miles (Queensland) I was impressed to see fields of purple flowers (purple is my favourite colour), though I knew not what they were until I spoke with folk at Miles.

They are not native to Australia, and sadly have run amok around the west of Brisbane.  Along the side of the roads, there are purple patches of these flowers.  They go for hundreds of kilometers.  The local folk get angry that in the city, these plants are for sale - giving further opportunity for them to be seeded and sent further into places where they are not wanted.

My Favourite Flower Photo


It is along time since our Flower Farm closed - and I often reflect on the busy life we lead at tht time, and how we enjoyed working with the flowers.  It is nearly four years since it closed.

I still find this photo in my computer and remember it all, and am thankful that I could take this photo.  The frog waited for me to go to my car and get the camera and was waiting for me when I came back.