Pick Your Own Sunflowers at These NJ Farms

“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” — Luther Burbank

What flower represents summer better than the sunflower? Many farms across the state grow these beautiful, tall, fragrant flowers that you can pick to put in a vase, make into an arrangement or dry into potpourri. Or, take your family to a great sunflower festival packed with activities for children, sunflower mazes and even more opportunities to cut your own stems. Call ahead to check for weather and picking updates.

Alan’s Flower Farm
120 Sykesville Road, Chesterfield
609-234-5630 or 609-668-1405
Alan’s Flower Farm currently owns 165 acres, and 125 of these acres are devoted to growing annuals, perennials, flowering shrubs and woodies for cut flower production. Their most popular items are mixed bouquets, dahlias, sunflowers, eucalyptus, asters, cockscombs, sweet william and lisianthus.

Alstede Farms
1 Alstede Farms Lane, Chester
908-879-7189
Alstede Farms has sunflowers and zinnias in its fields, and also all kinds of vegetables and fruits for you to pick yourself. Visit the “what can I pick today” page to see what crops are currently available for picking.

Argos Farm
1250 Lacey Road, Forked River
Come for the sunflowers, stay for the live music, tasty treats, farm fun activities and more during the weekend Sunflower Festivals, which take place August 9-25.

Brodhecker Farm
2 Branchville-Lawson Road, Newton
973-383-3592
Check Brodhecker’s Facebook page in early August for updates on the PYO season.

Casola Farms
178 Highway 34 and Schanck Rd., Holmdel
732-332-1533
There is not a PYO field, but there is a sunflower maze on weekends in September and October, along with hayrides and petting zoos for the family.

Dalton Farms
660 Oak Grove Road, Swedesboro
856-628-7313
Dalton Farms is a 99-acre family-owned and run with ties to the farm extending back to 1790. Dalton Farms decided to take a leap of faith and planted 1.2 million sunflowers of all varieties and the first Dalton Farms Sunflower Festival was born in 2019. The farm will be open from August 29 through October, tentatively, so check back for the festival info.

Emery’s Berry Farm
346 Long Swamp Rd., New Egypt
609-758-8514
Fall Fun on the Farm begins in late September, and includes the Sunflower Patch, hayrides, the Treasure Hunt Corn Maze, farm animals and pumpkins.

Happy Day Farm
106 Iron Ore Road, Manalapan
732-977-3607
Happy Day Farms sell everything from pumpkins to blueberries, with raspberries, lavender and sunflowers in the summer. Bring your own cutting shears and a bucket of water to transport your sunflowers home. Or, cutting shears are available with a $10 refundable deposit. All purchases on site are cash only. Sunflower season began on July 3.

Hill Creek Farms
Hill Creek Farms, Mullica Hill
856-223-0028
U-pick apples, Asian pears, sunflowers and vegetables are available at different times throughout the season. Farm season highlights – which start September 13 – include live music at The Loft; kids’ activities, including moon bounce, barrel train rides, gem mining and a playground; photo ops around the farm; local wine, small bites, food trucks, ice cream and freshly baked apple cider donuts.

Holland Ridge Farms
86 Rues Road, Cream Ridge
Known for their massive tulip festival in the spring, the farm will be bursting with sunflowers in September. Their fall flower festival featuring sunflowers, gladiolus, dahlias, lilies, and calla lilies reopens in September.

Johnson’s Corner Farm
133 Church Road, Medford
609-654-8643
The Sunflower Celebration – this year from September 9 to October 19 – is a fun-filled experience with a wagon ride, pictures in the sunflower maze and flower picking. Take a wagon ride to the maze or stroll around the fields. At the end of the maze, pick a few flowers to remember your night at farm.

Johnson Locust Hall Farm
2691 Monmouth Road, Jobstown
609-353-9000
The summer season at the farm is filled with great activities for everyone. Peaches, sunflowers, field flowers and blackberries are ready. Reservations are needed for the Park & Pick event, which provides access to the farm’s grounds.

Lee Turkey Farm
201 Hickory Corner Rd., East Windsor
609-448-0629
In season right now are peaches, sour green summer apples, green beans, cabbage, zinnias, sunflowers, zucchini, cucumbers and broccoli. In the market are South Jersey blueberries, local honey, brown eggs, cheeses, turkeys and turkey parts, fruit and cream pies, plus additional Garden State bottled goods. Blackberries, sweet corn, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, and sunflowers are on their way.

Lentini Farms
251 High St. (Rte. 94 South), Newton
From September 13 to October 27, there will be different live band and food trucks each weekend, along with the popular 10-acre corn maze, hayrides, u-pick pumpkins and the seasonal sunflower field. Lentini also operates five farm stands, three of which are full-service markets. There’s also a haunted hayride and nighttime terror activities closer to Halloween.

Linwood Fields
Across from Pop’s Farm Market and Garden Center, 238 Station Rd., Monroe Twp.
609-655-4175
Pick your own pumpkins and the corn maze are open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from during the fall. There will also be a hayride, bounce house, sunflower picking, kids’ activities, a picnic grove and a farm market.

Liberty Farm
101 Route 645, Sandyston
833-786-6293
Celebrate the 14th anniversary of the first sunflower maze in NJ starting in late August. Full Bloom Weekend should be the first week of September.

Melick’s Town Farm
170 Oldwick Road, Oldwick
908-439-2955
Melick’s Town Farm rotates wonderful fruits and flowers, which attracts lovely pollinators such as butterflies. They charge per stem if you want to choose your own flowers, but they do offer pre-made bouquets. Currently only the Oldwick Farm Market is open to shop for spring flowers, vegetable plants, apples, cider, hard cider and wine, the other locations will reopen soon.

Ort Farms
25 Bartley Rd., Long Valley
908-876-3351
In the heart of summer, pick your own sunflowers and other garden flowers. The Flowerfest Sunflowers and U-Pick will be available from mid-July through August.

R & J Farm
723 W. Herschel St., Galloway Twp.
609-593-6180
There are cute photo prop areas to take lots of great selfies in the fields later this summer. Admission includes a hayride and one sunflower that you pick yourself; you can cut more flowers for an additional cost. The season varies each year.

Riamede Farm
122 Oakdale Rd., Chester
908-879-7762
Riamede offers apple picking (51 varieties), pumpkin picking (on the vine), and you-pick sunflowers and zinnias, as well as you-pick winter veggies and tomatoes. On weekends, the hayrides and all farm activities and you-pick areas are included in the admission price, as well as a picking bag and use of the red wagons and cutting shears. Celebration of Summer, on August 4, includes u-pick sunflowers and veggies, bluegrass music, beer and food trucks. Follow on Facebook for updates.

Stony Hill Farms
8 Route 24 (Route 513), Chester
908-879-2908
There are 10 types of flowers, including sunflowers of course, that you can pick from June through mid-October. You will have to pay an entry fee, plus cost per stem.

Sunset Flower Farm
550 Hands Mill Rd., Belleplain
609-504-4637
The working flower farm blooms from May through August with peonies, sunflowers, hydrangeas and a variety of summer annuals. Flowers are usually harvested in the early morning or late evening to ensure freshness.

Sussex County Sunflower Maze
Liberty Farm, 101 County Rd. 645, Branchville (Sandyston)
973-219-6356
Sunflowers bloom at the farm later in the season, so check their Facebook page for information on the maze that should be ready in August.

Terhune Orchards
330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton
609-924-2310
This farm is a popular destination, where visitors can experience their 250 acres of land perfect for the pick-your-own season, featuring sunflowers, apple picking, live music and wine tasting. The schedule is filled with other other pick-your-own produce and flowers available during the summer.

VonThun Farms
438 Route 57, Washington Twp.
908-689-3761
Weekday and weekend admission includes access to the New Jersey Sunflower Trail, photo op areas, the farm animal barnyard and a hayride around the farm, as well as admission to the picking fields. You must purchase a container for picking. Pick sunflowers, other flowers and peaches. Enjoy face painting plus rotating food and craft beer vendors on the weekends. Stop by the Washington Twp. location July 27-28, August 3-4 or August 10-11 for Sunflower Festivals.

Ward’s Farm
120 Bassett Road, Mannington
609-385-6278
Ward’s Farm is a certified organic cut flower farm with sustainable agriculture practices that was established in 2012, specializing in sunflowers and dahlias. In 2019, the farm officially opened to the public for events, with the most popular being PYO sunflowers and pumpkins. This year BYOB date nights and picnic days will return for couples and friends where they can pick their own sunflowers and wildflowers.

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