Spring puts on impressive show at Hondo Iris Farms
<center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The beauty of spring is richly reflected in the luxuriant gardens of Hondo Iris Farms.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/hondogalleryandbank.jpg border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The beauty of spring is richly reflected in the luxuriant gardens of Hondo Iris Farms."></td></tr></table></center> Hondo Valley – The beauty of spring is richly reflected in the luxuriant gardens of Hondo Iris Farms. Located 24 miles east of Ruidoso on Highway 70, the location is clearly marked at mile marker 284 with a blue sign pointing to the turn off to the farm alongside the highway.
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The Iris Farm welcomes visitors from April through September. The gardens bloom all summer.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/Hondo7.jpg border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The Iris Farm welcomes visitors from April through September. The gardens bloom all summer."></td></tr></table>Hondo Iris Farm welcomes visitors from April through September. The gardens bloom all summer with trails and pathways, a short path through the woods, and even picnic tables.
Spring time is particularly lovely with the farm’s award-winning iris: prize winning bearded, Dutch, Spuria, dwarfs, bicolor, and variegated. Visitors, may order their favorite Iris(s) for August delivery or pick up. During the other summer months, lilies, poppies, wild flowers, and other varieties of native plants are in full bloom. Visitors come from hundreds of miles to visit the farm, some making annual “pilgrimages” to see their favorites in bloom.
<table border=0 align=left width=178><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The Iris Farm Gallery features the artistry of Alice Seely.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/Alice_Seely_with_Iris_vertical_sm.jpg border=1 align=left vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The Iris Farm Gallery features the artistry of Alice Seely."></td></tr></table>While you’re there you’ll want to visit the Iris Farm Gallery – with its hand hewn ceiling beams, interesting architecture, and tile work, it’s a work of art in itself – which . A New Mexico artist of Anglo, Hispanic, and Native American descent, Alice is a painter, sculptor, and jewelry and textile designer. The gallery features her work along with the work of dozens of other craftspeople from around the world.
Her internationally known lead-free pewter jewelry is handmade at the Iris Farm Annex on Highway 70, at mile marker 286 (open Tuesday-Friday, 8-5, for free factory tours.) All jewelry is available, at both locations, at factory discount prices.
For more information go to www.hondoirisfarm.com (http://www.hondoirisfarm.com/)
<center><table border=0 align=center><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The beauty of spring is richly reflected in the luxuriant gardens of Hondo Iris Farms.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/hondogalleryandbank.jpg border=1 align=center vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The beauty of spring is richly reflected in the luxuriant gardens of Hondo Iris Farms."></td></tr></table></center> Hondo Valley – The beauty of spring is richly reflected in the luxuriant gardens of Hondo Iris Farms. Located 24 miles east of Ruidoso on Highway 70, the location is clearly marked at mile marker 284 with a blue sign pointing to the turn off to the farm alongside the highway.
<table border=0 align=right><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The Iris Farm welcomes visitors from April through September. The gardens bloom all summer.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/Hondo7.jpg border=1 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The Iris Farm welcomes visitors from April through September. The gardens bloom all summer."></td></tr></table>Hondo Iris Farm welcomes visitors from April through September. The gardens bloom all summer with trails and pathways, a short path through the woods, and even picnic tables.
Spring time is particularly lovely with the farm’s award-winning iris: prize winning bearded, Dutch, Spuria, dwarfs, bicolor, and variegated. Visitors, may order their favorite Iris(s) for August delivery or pick up. During the other summer months, lilies, poppies, wild flowers, and other varieties of native plants are in full bloom. Visitors come from hundreds of miles to visit the farm, some making annual “pilgrimages” to see their favorites in bloom.
<table border=0 align=left width=178><tr><td><caption><font size=-1 face="Arial Narrow" color=#000000>The Iris Farm Gallery features the artistry of Alice Seely.</font></caption><img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/Alice_Seely_with_Iris_vertical_sm.jpg border=1 align=left vspace=5 hspace=5 alt="The Iris Farm Gallery features the artistry of Alice Seely."></td></tr></table>While you’re there you’ll want to visit the Iris Farm Gallery – with its hand hewn ceiling beams, interesting architecture, and tile work, it’s a work of art in itself – which . A New Mexico artist of Anglo, Hispanic, and Native American descent, Alice is a painter, sculptor, and jewelry and textile designer. The gallery features her work along with the work of dozens of other craftspeople from around the world.
Her internationally known lead-free pewter jewelry is handmade at the Iris Farm Annex on Highway 70, at mile marker 286 (open Tuesday-Friday, 8-5, for free factory tours.) All jewelry is available, at both locations, at factory discount prices.
For more information go to www.hondoirisfarm.com (http://www.hondoirisfarm.com/)