MASARYKTOWN, Fla. — With nearly one million sunflowers, Sweetfields Farm is a sea of yellow and green.
What You Need To Know
- On The Town at Sweetfields Farm
- The location is 17250 Benes Roush Road, Masaryktown, and the hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- You'll be able to enjoy the sunflowers here through May 26
And farmer Ted Kessel enjoys engulfing people in nature.
“Oh, it’s amazing," he said. "All the families coming out, making memories in this forest that we’ve created."
This year, the outlines of chickens and eggs cover the 5.5 acres maze.
Some of the plants are 14 feet high, and there are more than a dozen different varieties of sunflowers.
It’s part of the spring fun, filled with farm animals, Kessel’s wife and fellow farmer Lisa Kessel and 8-month-old Willie. The Highland cow is one of the newest additions to the farm.
“And I would say that he is probably the most adored little guy on the farm right now,” Lisa Kessel said.
There are also “littler” wild animals that are big fans of the farm too.
Just walk into the “U-Pick” flower fields and you’ll see different butterflies fluttering over the rows of zinnias.
And one of their more impressive sights this year — life is finding a way forward after Hurricane Milton damaged their some of their large oaks.
The hurricane struck the farm during their 2024 Fall Festival.
“We’ve got new growth from all the little shoots coming up. They are all going upward — which means they’re going to have these arched canopies that go straight up,” Lisa Kessel said. “And maybe I won’t see it in my lifetime, but it’s coming for the future and we’re gonna do what we can to make that happen.”
You’ll be able to enjoy the sunflowers here through May 26.
And the next time you see the farm, it will be covered with the fall corn crop.
