C ONCORD, N.H. — This is prime time for the Sunflower Seekers.
They’re not as well-known as the Leaf Peepers, who invade New England in fall, but they just might be happier. Sunflowers are joyous and so are their fans. Here at Sunfox Farm , after admission to the annual Sunflower Bloom Festival, you can borrow scissors and select your favorite sunflower stem for $2 a piece.
Take home a sunflower and its immediately the star of the room. A leaf? Not so much. Sunflower Seekers are easier to please than the weirdly named Leaf Peepers.
Just give them a field of gold and let ‘em loose. Leaf Peepers can drive 200 miles looking for the perfect red maple tree near a white church steeple. Sunflower Seekers never complain about past peak colors, or old couples driving oh-so-slowly.
Sunflowers easily make better selfies. Advertisement Greg Pollock was touring Italy in 2018 when he saw a huge sunflower field that was dried out and brown. “I could just imagine how beautiful that was during the bloom.
So, part of me really just wanted to see it.” Fast forward to his own personal Field of Dreams, Sunfox Farm, home to a half million sunflowers set on 20 acres within sight of the State House. Together with his wife Amber, who is pregnant, they exude sunshine and bring joy to the nearly 12,000 people who visited before the fields closed for the season.
Chef Amber is a Johnson and Wales University culinary arts-trained dietician and also a farmer from New York. At the festival, she oc.