These are the last of the tulip photos that we took as we came through Edendale on Saturday 26 October, taken from a side road. The first and last photos show the farthest edge of the huge field, with sheep grazing on the other side of the fence.
Edendale, Southland, New Zealand
Commercial tulip field producing export bulbs. Long rows stretching way back.
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Bleed of petals after the flowers have been mowed off.. still making a statement!
First two photos taken by Nigel, last photo by Liz.
Text by Liz, photos by Nigel and Liz; Exploring Colour (2019)
Exploring Colour 
Wonderful! It’s like in the netherlands 🙂 They are very famous for their tulips …
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Little does Ted know that it is the bulbs that will get harvested! And I wonder if the sheep would like a tulip feast.
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I replied to Ted with a link to a tweet that shows the flowers getting mown off. Just for your ref I’ll give you the link too Ellen at: https://twitter.com/blairdrysdale77/status/1189668645376425985
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That was cool, thanks! I suppose they have no use for all those beautiful blossoms, just getting mashed under the tractor tires.
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Unlike Ellen i am not much of a ‘farm person’ ie; NYC born, but I would love to watch the process of harvesting then delicate flowers.
Nice series guys, thanks for sharing
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The process isn’t delicate Ted because the flowers get de-headed, it’s the bulbs that get exported. I found a tweet yesterday that shows a video of the flowers literally getting mown off at: https://twitter.com/blairdrysdale77/status/1189668645376425985
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Thanks, that makes sense.
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