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Last Chance to experience Adelaide Hills’ stunning sunflower fields before the season ends

As sunflower season nears its end in the Adelaide Hills, visitors still have a limited opportunity to explore the vibrant fields at Atkins Farm.

Sunflower season is about to come to a close in the Adelaide Hills, but with approximately one week left, sunflower lovers still have just enough time to check it out.

One of Adelaide’s favourite locations to pick sunflowers is Atkins Farm. Located in Meadows only 50-minutes outside the city, this family business has been a staple for tourists and locals alike over the past few summers.

“The farm has been in my husband’s family since his grandfather moved to Meadows in the 1920s,” shared owner, Monika.

“The farm itself has been a potato farm, a dairy farm, and a sheep farm. More recently we’ve been living there full time looking after the farm.

“I’m really into gardening and enjoy growing flowers, so during Covid we brainstormed a few ideas of how we might be able to grow flowers on a mass scale on the farm. It was a lot of trial and error seeing what we could grow in the Adelaide Hills, the Hills are not normally known for growing sunflowers.”

What started as a small passion project for Monika, has grown way beyond what she could’ve imagined. For this past season she planted five fields of sunflowers, with two being a success.

“We’ve had below average rainfall in the Hills, and it’s been one of the driest starts to summer I think on record across the state. We were not super confident that we would have any flowers at all, we don’t irrigate we just use rainfall, so given how dry its been; there were a few moments in the lead up to the opening that we didn’t think we would have a crop at all.

“We planted five fields in total, and we’ve lost three of them, but two have grown, and are looking beautiful! We’ve had the first one open since the start of the season and then we’ve got a second field where the flowers are looking fantastic. That field should open up mid this week or towards the end of the week.”

Monika says that they’ve been really lucky to open this season, as some sunflower farms interstate haven’t had the flowers grow for them.

“We are definitely open through to the Monday public holiday, the season may go beyond that. We’ll be releasing tickets week by week, but at the moment that’s our estimate. It’s best for visitors to pre-purchase a ticket which can be done through our website!

“They’ll get about 50 minutes to an hour in the field and a number of sunflower stems is included in the ticket price. My favourite time is the 7pm to 8pm session, with the sunsets behind the field, its just a beautiful time of day for picking flowers.”

Keep an eye out on their socials to see when the season will officially end, but if you’ve got a bit of time this week, and fancy trip to the hills, this is the perfect thing to do!

Sunflower picking at Atkins Farm
Where: Located near Meadows, address details will be provided to all ticket holders
Facebook@AtkinsFarmMeadows
For more information on Atkins Farmclick here.

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