Jen & Matt Cunningham 4245 Lovers Ln. Slatington, PA 18080 610-767-2712 or 610-737-0208 (cell) customerservice@hildenbrandtsirisgarden.comGarden Hours: April 24th - June 15th Mon & Tues 11am - 4pm Thur 4pm - 7pm Sat 10am - 1pm Call ahead for other times.
We have Peonies! Contact us for a list of varieties available. We also have potted Hosta available for sale at the garden.
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If you're looking for bearded species iris to hybridize with please contact us we do have several that we aren't listing but can provide you with.
Open Garden
Saturday June 2nd 11am - 4pm Rain or Shine
Blue Mountain Vineyardswww.bluemountainwine.com will be doing a Wine Tasting and there will be Live Jazz by Richie & Kate Roche from 1PM-4PM. We are very excited to have Chef Mark Muszynski from Curious Goods at the Bake Oven Innwww.eatcuriousgoods.com doing cooking demonstrations. Curious Goods specializes in farm to table cuisine using fresh local produce and meats. You are sure to enjoy sampling the delectable dishes Chef Mark whips up. Schleicher’s Sweet Shopwww.donnassweets.com will be here along with local artists, including Elizabeth Reitz (silver, sea glass, and shell jewelry), Dennis Reitz (landscape and nature photography), Nutmeg Designswww.etsy.com/shop/nutmegdesigns (mosaic and stained glass), Kim Kleine (jewelry & fused glass), Lori Kieffer (potter and spoft dolls), Jodie Scharadin (painter, potter, print maker), Denise Wilz www.wilzpottery.com (pottery), Christie Glassworks Studio (stained glass), and Denise Tempest (silver, beaded, and mixed media jewelry), displaying their work for sale. True Spatruespa.net will be here. They're a wonderful local spa that I can't say enough good things about. Be sure to check them out, they're the perfect way to pamper yourself after a day in the garden. There will also be goodies to fortify yourself with as you stroll through the garden.
10% off orders placed that day.
Garden Ramblings
2011 was a big year for us. We welcomed Abigail Nicole into the world in August. Having 2 little ones under the age of three has slowed us down a bit so we must apologize for the delay getting the site updated for this year. Funny story...you may notice that the first tall bearded iris listed is called Abigail Nicole, we did not intentionally name our daughter after an iris. We had a tough time picking out a name and had managed to come up with a couple potential first names but weren't having a lot of luck with possible middle names. It "came to me in a dream" one night to pair Nicole with Abigail as one of the potential name choices. The whole time I was pregnant I wasn't paying a whole lot of attention to the iris beds or even the website. No one happened to order Abigail Nicole last year either. Matt agreed that he liked the name combo so when I was in labor and we were on the way to the hospital we decided to go with that choice (we never did come up with a middle name to go with our other option). A couple weeks after Abby was born Dad came in from the garden and said "Do you know you have an iris named Abigail Nicole?" At that point I remembered it and the fact that it's the first listing in the catalog. I figured that the name was meant to be if I managed to forget the iris for that long.
This year we have nearly 800 varieties of bearded iris and over 200 varieties of beardless iris. Our Peony bed is coming along and we have a few to offer this year. The Poppies have not faired well, we hope to build up a nice collection but it will be a few years before we have them to offer.
You are always welcome to visit our garden during bloom season. Peak bloom for the Tall Bearded is between May 25th and June 10th, however, our SDBs are going strong by the second week of May and our Japanese don’t finish until the last couple weeks of June so you’ll find something blooming anytime in between.
TERMS OF SALE READ CAREFULLY
Payment with order, check or money order. A minimum order of $20.00. $3.50 handling and packing charge on all orders. POSTAGE East of the Mississippi $4.00 for the first 5 rhizomes and $.20 each additional rhizome. West of the Mississippi $5.00 for the first 5 rhizomes and $.25 each additional rhizome. Shipments will be on a first come, first serve basis and will begin the middle of July. PA residents add sales tax. Be sure to enclose any gift certificates with your order. WE DO NOT SHIP OUT OF THE COUNTRY NO ORDERS ACCEPTED AFTER AUG 15th
GUARANTEE: Our garden is state inspected. Every rhizome will be healthy, freshly dug, labeled true to name, and reach you live and in growing condition. Replacements require a handling and postage charge or sent with another order.
EXTRAS: For all iris orders there will be at least one extra included, the larger the order the larger the number of extras. Please include a list of extras, we will choose from your list as far as possible.
We do not substitute without permission, but if allowed to, we will send a similar variety of equal or greater value. We would appreciate a list of alternatives. Place your orders early as some stock is limited.
DISCOUNTS: 10% on orders over $200, 15% over $400, and 20% over $800
DIRECTIONS: From the East:
Take 78 West to 309 North
Take 309N for about 6 miles to the 9th light and go straight onto 873 North instead of turning left to stay on 309
Pass Kings shopping center, two brick churches, and Country View Restaurant (all on your left). Just after the restaurant the road will fork, take the left fork by going straight onto Best Station Rd (there will be a small decorative old fashioned water tower that says "Casey's Crossing" on your left).
Follow Best Station Rd through the stop sign, past the red barn, and just over the open grate bridge make a right onto County Bridge Rd (Best Station Hotel is on the corner).
Follow County Bridge Rd over the hill to the first stop sign and make a right onto Lovers Lane (the sign is stolen on a regular basis so don't be surprised if it's not there).
You will be able to see our big blue metal shed from the road, our driveway will be the first one on your left. From the North or South:
Take the NE extension of the Turnpike 476 to the Lehigh Valley Exit
Take 22 East toward Allentown To 309 North (the second 309 exit)
Take 309N for about 6 miles to the 8th light and go straight onto 873 North instead of turning left to stay on 309
Pass Kings shopping center, two brick churches, and Country View Restaurant (all on your left). Just after the restaurant the road will fork, take the left fork by going straight onto Best Station Rd (there will be a small decorative old fashioned water tower that says "Casey's Crossing" on your left).
Follow Best Station Rd through the stop sign, past the red barn, and just over the open grate bridge make a right onto County Bridge Rd (Best Station Hotel is on the corner). Follow County Bridge Rd over the hill to the first stop sign and make a right onto Lovers Lane (the sign is stolen on a regular basis so don't be surprised if it's not there).
You will be able to see our big blue metal shed from the road, our driveway will be the first one on your left. From the Northwest:
Take 80 East to 81 South to 309 South
Take 309 South for approximately 20 miles after you come over the mountain at the bottom on your left will be a miniature golf course. Turn left after the mini golf course onto Mountain Rd.
Take Mountain Rd for a little more than 5 miles and turn right onto Main St (Slatedale) there will be a small sign for Bylers Farm on the corner.
Follow Main St through the town (don't blink you'll miss it) just after THE gas station make the first right onto Lovers Ln (the sign might be missing it is the only road on the right between the gas station and the stop sign if you get the stop sign turn around)
Take Lovers Lane past the pond and brick farm house on the right we're the first driveway on the right past the brick farm house. You can see our big blue metal shed from the road.
From the Southwest:
Take 81 North to 78 East to 22 East (78E and 22E will be the same highway and then split apart near Allentown) To 309 North
Take 309N for about 6 miles to the 8th light and go straight onto 873 North instead of turning left to stay on 309
Pass Kings shopping center, two brick churches, and Country View Restaurant (all on your left). Just after the restaurant the road will fork, take the left fork by going straight onto Best Station Rd (there will be a small decorative old fashioned water tower that says "Casey's Crossing" on your left).
Follow Best Station Rd through the stop sign, past the red barn, and just over the open grate bridge make a right onto County Bridge Rd (Best Station Hotel is on the corner).
Follow County Bridge Rd over the hill to the first stop sign and make a right onto Lovers Lane (the sign is stolen on a regular basis so don't be surprised if it's not there).
You will be able to see our big blue metal shed from the road, our driveway will be the first one on your left.
