A visit to a sunflower farm is surely a cause for a smile, photo ops, and plenty of sunshine. Walk on a path through a sea of yellow flowers and purchase a specialty product from a store on-site to commemorate your summer experience. In Ontario, these flowers bloom for about two weeks only from early to late August/early September.
Some farms stagger planting so that sunflowers at the farm reach full bloom at various times and can be enjoyed longer during summer.
If you are looking for a sunflower field to visit in Ontario this summer, check out one of these farms listed below.
PEEL REGION
1. Lakeview Village Sunflowers
One million sunflowers have been planted to beautify the Lakeview Village site undergoing construction and remediation, delivering a shared experience that would delight and encourage the community to get outdoors. This summer, the sunflowers return to Lakeview Village amidst various works of public art.
Address: 800 Hydro Rd, Mississauga
Opens: Opens July 27, 2023
Cost: Free
2. Davis Family Farm
Davis Family Farm grows about 60 acres of sunflower in Caledon. It is one of the best locations for a perfect picture. They also offer sunflower yoga. You can also get fresh honey, sunflower oil, birdseed and eggs from the farm store.
Address: Davis Feed & Farm Supply
15770 Mountainview Rd., Caledon East
Cost: Adult – $13.50, Child (6 – 12) – $5.00; Child (0-5) FREE
Opens: July 29 to August 13, 2023
3. Dixie Orchards
Dixie is well known for 20 varieties of pick your own apples available throughout the season plus pick-your-own pumpkins, squash, plums, pears & hazelnuts. They also have a sunflower field that opens around third week of August. You can also enjoy wagon rides, farm animals, pumpkin patch, and get lost in the corn maze. There is also a photo frame for you to take perfect family pictures.
Address: 14309 Dixie Road, Caledon. Phone: 905-838-5888
Costs: $15/person including tax (age 10+).
Opens: Sunflower fields open mid August, 2023
4. Campbell’s Cross Farm
Campbell’s Cross Farm is a sunflower Wellness farm that hosts events towards well-being, growing organically, food sustainability & connecting to nature. There are many props for unique backgrounds for a great family photo: the Golden Couch, LOVE sign, Sunflower Wall, Red Bike, Vintage Bathtub, & 1940 Black Beauty Truck. The farm also offers a variety of classes including yoga, mom & daughter yoga, meditation walks, herb walks, woman’s retreats, and more!
Address: 3634 King Street. Caledon
Cost: Adults: $13.25 plus hst; 5-11 years: $5 plus hst; free 0-4 years
Opens: July 28 to August 31, 2023
DURHAM REGION
1. The Sunflower Farm
Experience life on a farm in this stunning 10-acre sunflower field – the first-ever and largest sunflower farm in Durham Region. Take a stroll and grab that perfect picture on the tractor along the sunflower trail.
Address: The Sunflower Farm, B24430 Sideroad 17, Beaverton
Opens: July 28, 2023
Cost:$5 to $12
2. Pingle’s Farm Market
Located on 148 acres of land 5 minutes East of Oshawa, Pingle’s Farm Market is famous in the Durham region for holding everything from Drive-in movies to fun farm activities, including u-picks. Alongside the ‘classic’ yellow sunflower that grows to about 5ft tall, they also have many other varieties that showcase a beautiful spectrum of sizes & colours! They also have a giant corn maze.
Address: Pingle’s Farm Market, 1805 Taunton Rd, Hampton
Opens: Now Open
Cost: $5 to $12
HALTON REGION
Andrew’s Farm Market
This farm is spread over 165 acres of countryside. You can pick your berries, currants, dahlias and apples, and sweet corn. They offer walking trails, wagon rides, and many other u-pick be. Andrew’s has a large sunflower patch, which they call the Sunflower Kingdom. You can also pick your sunflower.
Address: 9365 10 Side Road, Milton. Phone: (905) 878-5807
Cost: $15/person (5+); 50% discount for seniors (65+); Sunflower Kingdom: Additional fees apply.
Opens: Early August
YORK REGION
1. Sunflower Fields of Markham
Take the perfect summer photo while walking through over 400,000 sunflowers at this sunflower farm in Markham.
Address:10378 ON-48, Markham
Cost: Adults $10; Youth 2-15yrs: $5; <2 years free; Family Pass $25
Opens: July 28 – August 13, 2023
2. Sunrise Sunflowers
Sunrise Sunflower Farm has two locations, one in Newmarket and one in Hamilton. For this year, they have a large rubber duck on their farms. Fresh cut sunflowers is available for $0.50 each.
Address: 16688 Kennedy Rd, Newmarket
Cost: TBA – 2023; 2022: $10 per adult, $7 for children (4-9). Small children (3 and under) come in free!
Opens: Early August
3. Robintide Farms
In addition to you pick vegetables and berries, Robintide farms has added Sunflowers for 2021 season. A visit to Robintide Farms’ Sunflower Walk is surely a cause for smiles, photo ops, and plenty of sunshine. After walking through a sea of yellow-golden flowers, don’t forget to visit the Farm Market or enjoy pick-your-own flowers, and vegetables!
Address: 2720 King-Vaughan Road, Maple
Cost: $5.25 / person
Free for children under 3 yrs.
Opens: Early August
HAMILTON & NIAGARA
1. Sunrise Sunflowers
Sunrise Sunflower Farm’s Hamilton location also features a large rubber duck.
Address: 1846 ON-6 Hamilton
Cost: TBA
Opens: Early August
2. Hanes Corn Maze
Known for its 20-acre Corn Maze, Hanes farm also has an 8-acre sunflower maze with beautiful blooms for you to wander through.
Address: 1001 Hwy 5, West Dundas – Hamilton
Cost: $12 – $19
Opens: August 1 to 31, 2023
3. The Apple Orchard
The apple orchard in Ontario grows more than just apples. There are hundreds to thousands of beautiful sunflowers on the farm as well. The farm uses other planting techniques to make the blooming time of sunflowers longer for your satisfaction. You can also enjoy some fresh made candy apples, walking trails and wagon rides out to the sunflower fields.
Address: 1668 ON-6, Hamilton
Cost: 18 and over – $10.20; Seniors – $9.75 ; 2 to 17 – $9.29 ; under 2 – Free
Opens: August Longweekend
4. Howell’s Farm
Over 100,000 blooms can be seen throughout the sunflower field providing the perfect photo op. After exploring the sunflowers come and visit Beer & Wine Garden for a drink and food. Tickets for entry will be sold in 15 minute intervals in order to space everyone out so you can enter the farm in a socially distanced fashion. Once you are in the field there is 86,000 square feet of space to spread out and enjoy the flowers at your leisure.
Hours: Through September 6, 2020
Address: Howell Family Pumpkin Farm, 2878 Holland Rd, Pelham
Cost: $15.00 includes one picked Sunflower and access to select attractions
Opens: Mid August
Southwestern Ontario
1. Brantwood Farm
Take a hayride to the sunflower field, visit the flower field, enjoy woodland trail, picnic area and more at Brantwood Farm. You will have the opportunity to take a bouquet of 5 sunflowers home. Pictures taken in the sunflower field are mind-blowing; you don’t want to miss it.
Address: 251 Poweline Road, Brantford
Costs: $13
Opens: August 5 to 13, 2023
2. Kustermans Family Farm
Enjoy acres of family fun and farm-fresh food at Kusterman’s Adventure Farm. In addition to farm activities, berry picking and corn maze, you can also walk among sunny sunflowers.
Address: Kustermans Berry Farms, 23188 Springwell Rd, Mount Brydges
Cost: $19 per person. Free for children under 2.
Opens: Sunflowers bloom Mid August
3. Makkink’s Flower Farm
Makkink has 45 varieties of flowers, and the sunflower is part of them. Pick your own bouquet and enjoy these beautiful flowers all week long! Group tours are offered between August and September. You can also cut your own sunflowers!
Address: 164604 Kellett Rd RR, Tillsonburg
Costs: $45 Cut-Your-Own Ticket (One bouquet of 25 stems of your choice of flowers)
Opens: August for Sunflowers
4. Fieldstone Barn
Enjoy the beautiful colours and have a relaxing time at this farm located in Elora. This year there will be a ‘Pick Your Own’ sunflower patch.
Address: 7450 Middlebrook Road, Elora
Cost: $5 to $10
Opens: August 5, 2023
5. Clovermead Adventure Farm
Clovermead is a fun family farm with plenty of farm fun activities from summer through fall including pumpkin picking. There are over 50 attractions from Splish Splashpad, walking through the sunflower field to getting lost in the cedar maze, and visiting the goats and chickens at the animal barn. They also have u-pick sunflowers and yoga in the field.
Address: 11302 Imperial Road, Aylmer
Cost: Regular admission ~$20.99 to $26.99
Opens: Farm is open year-round for various activities. Sunflowers in August. Call if you are going only for sunflowers.
6. Sunflowers 4 Smiles
Visit this sunflower field in Cottam for a good cause.
Address: 45 Rd 10 Cottam
Cost: $30/30mins or $50/hour. The price is non-refundable and a portion of the proceeds are donated to RMH & Windsor/Essex Mental Health.
Opens: August 7 to September 7, 2023
7. Kadylack Farm Sunflower Walk
Walk through 16 acres of sunflowers. Experience the joy that a field of sunflowers brings to you while taking lots of photos.
Address: 5572 Perth Line 72, Atwood
Cost: $10/ person or $40/carload.
Opens: July 28 to August 11, 2023
Central Ontario
1. Rounds Ranch
Don’t miss out on the summer fun at the Round’s Ranch. Take a wagon ride out to the sunflower field, and pick your own sunflower. Walk among fiery orange starbursts, dark crimson reds, lemon yellows, and “Teddy Bear” puff-ball-shaped sunflowers. Kids can enjoy pony rides, pedal carts and other farm fun activities including a corn maze to get lost in.
Address: 1922 County Road 92, Elmvale
Cost:
$13.49 to $24.99
Opens: August 1 to September 4, 2024
2. Edwards Farm
Edwards Farm boasts of 40 acres of sunflowers and beautiful trails to stroll through, there are many opportunities to capture that perfect picture!
Address: 1574 9th Line, Innisfil
Costs: TBA
Opens: July 29, 2023
3. Laura’s Farm Stand
Laura’s Farm Stand is a one of a kind self serve Farm Stand located in Cookstown. Laura’s Farm Stand sells farm-fresh produce from July to October including a massive display of pumpkins in every shape and size during Fall. They also have a sunflower fields and you can wander 1/2 km trail through the sunflower fields and pick sunflowers for $2 during August from 10am-dusk.
Address: 5590 Simcoe County Rd 27, Cookstown
Costs: $6.95+HST per person (kids 5 & under are free).
Opens: End of July 2023
4. Sunflower Farm
The largest sunflower farm in Beaverton has branched to Alliston this year.
Address: 347 Lindsay St S, Lindsay
Cost: $5 to $10
Opens: August 30, 2023
Eastern Ontario
1. Sunnydale Farms
Walk amidst 30.5 acres of sunflowers in full bloom.
Address: 2603 County RD 8 Picton (in Waupoos)
Costs: $5 per person
Open: August 1 to 7, 2023
2. Wynn Farms Flower Fields
Billed as “Ontario’s longest blooming sunflower farm”, Wynn Farms features 15 acre sunflower field, pick your own flowers, corn maze, picnic area, ice-cream and more!
Address:9592 HWY 33 (Loyalist Parkway), Greater Napanee
Cost:
Includes 1 pick-your-own sunflower
$7 age 2-12; $12 age 13+
Hours: Open 7 days a week beginning July 23, 2023
3. Sultan Farm Sanctuary
Sultan Farm Sanctuary features 15 acres of glorious sunflowers.
Opens: The anticipated bloom date is mid-August 2022
Address: 8520 Flewellyn Rd, Ashton – Ottawa
Cost: donations to the animal sanctuary.
Opens: Mid August, 2023
4. Green Corners Farm
Green Corners has planted sunflowers for you to pick this summer season.
Opens: August Onwards for sunflowers
Address: Green Corners, 1259 York’s Corners Road, Ottawa
Cost: $3 to $20
5. Fields of Gold
Offering walks through “literal fields of gold,” Fields of Gold Farm is a stunning place to visit the remarkable sunflowers! This year, there will be a U-Pick flower patch! In there you’ll find stunning dahlias, zinnias, mixed sunflowers and so many more!
Opens: July 26 to August 24, 2023
Address: 17650 Strathmore Road, Monkland, North Stormont
Cost: Varies starting from $15.
For all other Eastern Ontario Farms, see Sunflower Farms For a Day Trip From Ottawa.
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There is also a sunflower field in Cottam Ontario called Sunflowers 4Smiles
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Great list. Just FYI: Brentwood Farms is located at 251 Powerline Road, not Powering. Enjoy! 🙂