2020 UPDATE: No sunflowers this year in Yellow Springs due to COVID19. Instead, a soil enrichment cover crop blend was planted. This should help make sure the sunflowers can grow for years to come.

Grab your cameras, phones and selfie sticks. The sunflower field at Whitehall Farm in Yellow Springs has started to bloom!

The Sunflower field is open!

Every year, several acres of sunflowers burst into bloom in a field along U.S. 68, attracting hundreds of visitors who stop to take pictures. This year, they were expected to bloom around September 7, but a post just yesterday on the Tecumseh Land Trust page read in part "Mother Nature is on her own time frame. The rain accelerated the blooming." Just in time for Labor Day weekend!

UPDATE 9/10/2019: The flowers are fading pretty fast, so we recommend coming early this week if possible. The field is open 8 AM to 8 PM. Be careful parking and walking - this is a working farm!

Here's what you need to know:

First, DO NOT PARK OR STOP ON U.S. 68! Doing so creates a hazard for those driving past the field. Instead, turn down the lane off of U.S. 68 and park in the open pasture to your right. Parking is free, so there is no excuse! Commercial activity, solicitations, and for-profit activities are NOT permitted. Please respect the privacy of the family, and stay within the sunflower field area. The sunflower field is located on US Rt 68 between the village of Yellow Springs and Youngs Jersey Dairy, across from Peifer Orchards. The sunflowers will bloom for about 2 weeks, so it's still early *. For the best photos, visit on a sunny day in the first couple of hours after sunrise or before sunset.

Above all, please be respectful when visiting. The sunflower field is private property, owned by a family who live on the farm and plant the sunflowers for all of us to enjoy.

Thank you to Dave and Sharen Neuhardt and the Tecumseh Land Trust for this amazingly beautiful and generous gift to the community!

* Note, the photos on this page are from previous years. Check out the Tecumseh Land Trust facebook page for more current photos.