Spotting sunflower fields around Richmond

Sunflower season is upon us!🌻 Sunflower fields around Richmond are a great escape from the city or suburbia and a breathtaking backdrop for family photos or a location for a cheap date. Sunflowers’ high season is generally July through September. The sheer number of bright yellow flowers you can enjoy at their fields are sure to impress and wow. Enjoy!

🌺 Love flowers? See the Beauty, History, Discovery from the Richmond Garden Trail.

If you love flowers, plan to visit the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden as well as the stunning gardens at Maymont as well as the beauty and history on the Richmond Garden Trail. Also, check out gardening events around Richmond.

Tabletop bouquet or photoshoot backdrop: Sunflowers at Windy Knoll Farm. Photo credit: WKF/Facebook

Mark Your Calendar for Sunflower Field Fun:

🌻 Alvis Farms Sunflower Fields Festival, 1080 Seay Rd, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103-2015. – Open now – August 3; Mon-Thurs: 5-8:30PM; Fri-Sun: 9AM – 8:30PM; Tickets: $12 (Save $2 by paying with cash); 5 and under are FREE; bring your own scissors.

🌻 Blooming Fields Farm, Meadow Farm Rd., Doswell, Virginia 23047. Festival is Aug. 27-28.

🌻 Braehead Farm: 1130 Tyler St., Fredericksburg, VA, 22401 – Open daily 9AM – 6PM

🌻 Windy Knoll Farms 10094 Windy Knoll Dr Mechanicsville, VA 23116

🌻 Fresh Branch Farm Sunflower Fields, 13801 N. Ivey Mill Rd, Chesterfield Va. 23838 – open July 16-24; $10 car admission; $.50 per stem (pick as many as you like!)

🌻 Burnside Farms, 11008 Kettle Run Road, Nokesville, VA 20181 Prince William – predicted late July opening with sunflowers blooming for SIX weeks. Check Facebook for updates.

🌻 Chesterfield Berry Farm, 26002 Pear Orchard Road Moseley, VA 23120. – Over 15 acres & over 300 thousand Sunflowers. 25 different varieties & also a field full of different colored Zinnia flowers you can also pick. Clippers will be available. Admission is $15 per person. Ages 2 & Under are FREE. Admission includes- hayride to & from the sunflower fields, 2 sunflower blooms, a lot of photo props you can use in the sunflower field. All the fresh roasted sweet corn you care to eat & you can enjoy your corn at our picnic tables. Barrel/Wagon train ride, Funzone, & Shelled corn play area.

🌻 Liberty Mills Farm, 9166 Liberty Mills Road, Somerset, VA 22972 – Tickets available for the 2022 Sunflower Festival, starting August 27: https://libertymillsfrm.ticketspice.com/sunflower-festival