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SUNFLOWERS FOR WISHES

GRISWOLD, CT

SPECIAL NOTICE- July 22 2010, Due to the extremely hot weather the flowers are maturing quickly. We are xpecting a shortage of cut flowers for the remainder of our event, but will cut what is available each day. These will be provided on a first come first serve basis. No orders will be taken.We thank you in advance for your understanding and support.

WELCOME

In 2003 at the suggestion of a friend, we planted a one acre field of sunflowers. As they began to blossom, we learned that people were coming from many miles away to admire and photograph them.

We planted the sunflowers for people to admire their beauty and to compliment our rural environment. Although the flowers were beautiful, we had not thought about what we were going to do with them. When the blooms expired, we used them as feed for our cows.

We felt that we could find a better use for the flowers, and in turn, have established the "Sunflowers for Wishes" fundraiser.

The fundraiser is to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut, a non-profit organization devoted to making wishes possible for children with life-threatening medical conditions.

In 2004 we planted 10 acres of sunflowers, providing approximately 300,000 blooms for your viewing pleasure. As the event has been so popular we will continue to plant 14 acres again this year.

We will be cutting bouquets of sunflowers and giving them to you in exchange for a $5.00 donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. We give 100% of all proceeds directly to Make-A-Wish. We also have t-shirts available, and the sunflower design on the front of the shirt changes every year.

Due to overwhelming demand we are unfortunately unable to reserve or hold sunflower bouquets. All bouquets are sold on a first come first serve basis.

Sunflowers for Wishes TM 2004-2010

THANK YOU
Since 2004 our Sunflowers For Wishes fundraisers for Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut have been a huge success.
It has ran for ten days in each of the last years, and we have been able to raise a total of over $305,050.
We’d like to thank each of you
who visited our farm and made
a donation during this event

THIS YEARS EVENT
Plans are well underway for this year's event, which will be happening from 10 a.m. to dusk the week of July 17 - 25th 2010.
We'd appreciate your help in making this year's event the best ever, so mark your calendars!

TAKE A HAYRIDE
Tractor drawn hayrides daily from
11 am – dusk and on weekends
10 am – dusk. The ride is 3/4 ths of
a mile through cow pastures and
4 acres of the sunflower fields in
bloom. All proceeds benefit the
Make-A-Wish Foundation In case of inclement weather please call ahead for our hayride schedule. Hayrides will not go out if it is raining or if the fields ae too wet.