You may also like<\/strong><\/p> Many of the farms welcome picnics and have a cafe<\/a> or farm shop on site, and some even offer photoshoots among the towering flowers, should you like a lasting memento of your day.<\/p> Don’t forget your secateurs<\/a> for picking the sunflowers, and be sure to wear suitable footwear<\/a> as the ground can be muddy and uneven underfoot. Looking to grow your own sunflowers? Here is our guide to how to grow your own sunflowers. <\/a><\/p> This PYO fruit farm is a wonderful place for a day out with the family, with a farm shop and cafe on site and a Kids Funyard that includes sunken trampolines and a straw bale climbing fortress. There’s even a Maize Maze to get lost in. Come August, their small field of sunflowers are ripe for picking, as well as a delectable host of soft fruit. This year the farm is growing an earlier and shorter variety of sunflower along with their old favourites. Mixed flowers are also available to pick, and photo shoots can be arranged if you fancy a lasting memento of your day. Refreshments are available from visiting food vans. Growing sunflowers is an exciting new venture for this Suffolk estate. They’ve planted 88,000 seeds so be prepared for a spectacular display. You’ll find a clearing in the middle of the sunflower field with a swing to pose on for photos, and there’s plenty of picnic spots on the grass and among the sunflowers themselves. You can even pre-order afternoon tea to collect from the nearby Courtyard cafe. This family-run farm near Shipston opened its PYO sunflower field last summer and proved very popular. They also have honey for sale, plus coffee and cake to fuel your flower harvest. Visitors are welcome to bring a picnic. A ‘sea of sunflowers’ in the Yorkshire Wolds, this is a magical place to spend the day. Private photo shoots can be arranged among the towering blooms, children can enjoy the adventure play areas and woodland trails, then perhaps after a day of sunflower picking you can tuck into a wood-fired pizza<\/a> or Yorkshire pudding wrap in the cafe. This year the farm is adding new varieties of pollen-free sunflowers to their patch, alongside traditional ‘giants’ for fun photo opportunities. There’ll also be a field of 19 varieties of mixed annuals<\/a>, including zinnia, marigold, malope, cornflower<\/a> and cosmos<\/a>. Open 30 July to 4 September, check website for dates you can visit. A field of golden sunflowers next to an ice cream parlour \u2013 what more can you ask for? As well as flower picking, children can enjoy the Fairytale Trail, Bale Trail and meet some of the animals. Of course it would be rude not to sample some of the farm’s Somerset gelato. Another farm that launched its sunflower picking last year, with over 30,000 golden blooms to get lost in. There’s also a wildflower meadow<\/a> to explore, a cafe and a nursery selling shrubs, perennials and fruit plants.The best farms for picking sunflowers in the UK<\/h2>
Cairnie Fruit Farm, Fife<\/h3>
Writtle Sunflowers, Essex<\/h3>
Rougham Estate, Suffolk<\/h3>
Glebe Farm, Oxfordshire<\/h3>
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Lower House Farm, Herefordshire<\/h3>
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Nottinghamshire Pick Your Own<\/h3>
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The Flower Pot, Hampshire<\/h3>