Sunflower fields are abloom in Douglas County at Grinter Farms and Hunsinger Sunflower Patch. Neither farm charges admission, but both welcome donations.
Grinter’s locally famous sunflower fields are located at 24050 Stillwell Road, north of Lawrence.
Grinter Farms posted a long list of rules, tips and disclaimers on its Facebook page.
Among them: There is no restroom, and there never will be a restroom; “If you lost something in the field and it’s big enough to damage a combine…find it!”; keep dogs leashed and use doggy poo bags; there are no trash cans; and avoid parking on the street.
Also, since their sunflowers are a crop grown for birdseed, they discourage “drawing” on the seed heads, which damages the crops.
Hunsinger Sunflower Patch is a 6-acre sunflower field open from sunrise to sunset at 923 East 1450 Road south of Lawrence.
Admission is free though donations are welcome, and visitors are asked to pay $2 per cut flower. The patch features a section for cutting sunflowers and a section just for photos.
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