The Festive Sunflower Farm Close To Nashville Where You Can Cut Your Own Flowers
By Meghan Kraft|Published March 24, 2021
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Meghan Kraft loves to travel the world, but she makes her home right here in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a degree in English, and has worked in the digital marketing realm with companies such as Apartments.com, USA Today and HarperCollins Publishing.
Have you ever wanted to fill your house to the brim with flowers? Have you ever found yourself sighing at the grocery store, contemplating one wilted bouquet over the next? Thankfully, here in Tennessee, it’s easy to shop small and local. Batey Farms is a family-owned farm near Nashville that offers pick-your-own experiences, from strawberries to sunflowers, every summer. We have all the details you need below, as well as a few links that may help your further research. Happy flower hunting!
Batey Farms is most commonly known as a working farm located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The farm has been operational since 1807 and has provided pork products to the greater surrounding community. Batey Farms has stayed in the same family a whopping eight generations!
Even better? Every year, come the summertime? The fields of this local Tennessee spot go wild with sunflowers! The first sunflower field was planted in 2015 and came in at 36 full acres of blooms.
The community took to the beauty so quickly and so fully that the sunflowers were planted the next year and the next! You'll want to keep an eye out regarding where exactly to see the flowers since Batey Farms has planted them in different areas from year to year. They publicize the location on their Facebook page, linked below.
Wandering the sunflower fields is a great experience for the whole family, and you can even choose to have family photos professionally taken on-site. A portion of the photographers sitting fee to the farm goes to Second Harvest Food Bank.
Can you imagine a more wonderful place to take your little ones? There's just something about a field of flowers, wild and free, that really elucidates the beauty of the American south.
Make sure you check online for updates from Batey Farms before you head on over for a day amidst the flowers. Some rules and regulations may have changed due to the 2020 pandemic.
Will you be visiting this darling sunflower farm near Nashville? Are you looking to fill your home to the brim with fresh flowers? You can learn more about Batey Farms and research a trip of your own with a visit to its official Facebook page or website.
Visit Batey Farms in the summer, and Roan Mountain in the spring! There are flowers for (almost) every season here in the Volunteer State.
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