Sunflower Season is here! We have rounded up the best cheap (and even free!) sunflower patches in the Kansas City metro.
If you can hardly wait for Pumpkin Spice Latte season, but your family won’t agree to throw on sweaters and head out to the pumpkin patch with you to fake it till you make it — a visit to the sunflower patch may be just the thing!
These photogenic, sunny flowers are the perfect way to wrap up summer and kick off fall.
And with Kansas City sitting between western Missouri and the Sunflower State itself, it’s no surprise the Kansas City metro has plenty of fun and even free options!
Gieringer Family Orchard Sunflower Patch
39345 W 183rd St, Edgerton, Kansas 66021
Cost: $3 entry to the field. $9 season pass. Ages two and under are free.
Sunflower season: July – September
Gieringer Family Orchard offers strawberries, blueberries, peaches, sunflowers, apples, and more. The best part– this U-Pick offers a season pass, which will cover your admission for all the seasonal fun.
KC Pumpkin Patch
13875 S Gardner Rd, Olathe, KS 66061
Cost: $14.95. Ages two and under are free.
Sunflower season: Begins August 9
Located in Olathe, Kansas, KC Pumpkin Patch celebrates Sunflower Season with a three-weekend festival. At KC Pumpkin Patch, guests are offered several activities for the kids, live music, fantastic photo opportunities, and various food and drink concessions.
Atkin-Johnson Farm
4109 NE Pleasant Valley Rd
Gladstone, MO 64119
Sunflower season: August
Admission: Free
Harvest your own sunflower bouquet and experience history! Atkin-Johnson farm is a seven-acre U-Pick farm offering sunflowers, sweet corn, pumpkins, and a museum preserving the history of local agriculture.
Grinter Farms Sunflowers
24154 Stillwell Rd, Lawrence, KS 66044
Sunflower season: Blooms around Labor Day
Admission: Free with a suggested donation of $1 a bloom
Fittingly located in the Sunflower State, Grinter Farms offers a local Goods and Bake Shop. Grinter recommends guests planning photo shoots come on weekday mornings before 9:30 AM for the best lighting.
Leashed pets are welcome.
Johnson Farms Plants & Pumpkins
17701 Holmes Rd
Belton, MO 64102
Season: Mid-September
Admission: TBA
With 140 acres of orchards, pumpkins, mums, and U-pick sunflowers, Johnson Farms guests are sure to enjoy a perfect fall afternoon. Not to mention, come home with an armload of goodies!
