Sunflower Fields Open In Jarrettsville

JARRETTSVILLE, MD — After a rainy summer, the sunflowers are finally coming out. The "opening day" for the flowers generally happens a bit earlier; last year, the sunflower season had ended by the end of September.

"Mother Nature has definitely thrown us a curve ball with all the rain we’ve had, and we have never dealt with this before," organizers wrote on the Sunflowers in Jarrettsville Facebook page.

On opening day this year — Wednesday, Oct. 3 — organizers said that the blooms were about 50 percent open and changing by the minute. Only mother nature knows when they will officially pop.

The ultimate sunflower "looks like a happy little face standing out there in the field," farmer Nancy Rose, who planted the flowers, told ABC 2 News as the sunflower patch officially welcomed visitors.

The field will be open for about two weeks.

When to Go: Wednesday, Oct. 3, for approximately two weeks

Parking: Park at the field, 3767 Norrisville Road, Jarrettsville, MD 21084. Do not park on the street or in parking lots of local businesses to go to the sunflowers.

Admission: The cost is $5 per car to get in, where people can walk the fields. Cut sunflowers, baked goods and beverages will be for sale as well. The money raised by admission goes to Norrisville United Methodist Church, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and other community organizations for mission work.

Visitors are encouraged to support area businesses after leaving the sunflowers:

• Jarrettsville Pharmacy is selling sunflower t-shirts.
• Smith Hardware is selling fall flowers.
• Grimmel Farms offers fresh produce a mile north of the sunflower fields.
• Jarrettsville Creamery & Deli serves food, including homemade ice cream.
• Belle Patri - Jarrettsville sells consignments.

Follow Sunflowers in Jarrettsville on Facebook for daily updates on the sunflower fields.

Main image: The sunflower fields cost $5 to visit. The flowers had closed up by the time October arrived in 2017. Photo by Elizabeth Janney.

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Watch ABC 2 News at the grand opening for the sunflower fields at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3: