Pick Your Own Sunflowers At This Charming Farm Hiding In Illinois
By Melissa Mahoney|Published July 20, 2021
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Melissa Mahoney
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I'm an east coast girl living in a west coast world. I grew up in New England before moving to SoCal for several years. I then lived in NYC or a year before moving to AZ in 2009. I worked in the entertainment industry for many years of my adult life and have a deep love for photography, writing, and traveling around the U.S. as well as to far-flung locations around the world. Travel is my life and writing about it is a dream!
In most parts of the country, sunflowers are late-summer arrivals, showing off bursts of happy vibrant yellows in many farm fields. Sunflowers often last through part of the fall, which seems to help make summer last a little longer in our minds. If you’re looking for a farm to cut your own sunflowers and to take photos, M & D Farms and Garden Center in Homer Glen is home to a gorgeous sunflower field that is sure to make your day a bit brighter.
Located in the village of Homer Glen about 30 miles southwest of Chicago, M & D Farms and Garden Center provides plenty of bedding flats, perennials, and other flowers for visitors to buy and plant at home.
There is a wide selection of high-quality flowers here that you can't find at bigger stores. The friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable staff can help you select the best flowers for your garden.
And during mid-to-late summer, M & D Farms is home to a beautiful field of sunflowers that they call "sunflowers of color." The flowers in this field aren't just your standard yellow, but red, white, and orange as well.
If you're a professional photographer or come here to do a photo shoot, there's a daily fee that must be paid.
In addition to flowers, you can also pick up fresh farm-grown fruit and veggies while you're here. They offer peaches, zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, corn, broccoli, and so much more!
Are you ready to pick your own sunflowers in the field at M & D Farms and Garden Center? Where is your favorite farm to pick sunflowers? Let us know in the comments. For more information on the sunflower season including field fees, head to the M & D Farms and Garden Center website and Facebook page.
You can click here to read about another farm, Heap’s Giant Pumpkin Farm, which also offers pick-your-own sunflowers.
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