Beaver Dam Farm Sunflower Festival

The Beaver Dam Farm Sunflower Festival helps to diversify the family farm income. The farmland was purchased in 1900, was a tomato cannery in 1916 and began as a dairy in 1927. In September of 2019 the farm sold out of the dairy industry and now runs beef cattle and has a hay and straw operation. The farm is still owned and operated by the family today.

In 2015, 20 acres of black oil sunflowers were planted. As a result of the beautiful scenery, the following year the fields were opened up for visitors to walk through and adore. Visitors also enjoyed hayrides, farm animals to pet, and numerous craft and food vendors.

Today, the festival has widely expanded and our weekend activities consist of hay wagon rides, a farm animal petting area, over 115 unique hand made craft and food vendors, photo booths and live music. During the weekdays we offer 3 field trip opportunities for preschoolers, senior citizens and special needs kids and adults. We also have our ever popular catered sunset dinners in the sunflowers and goat yoga. There is something to do for every age!

Once the festival is over, the crowds have diminished and the sunflowers have all dropped their heads the farm will harvest the seed and bag it into black oil sunflower birdseed. Beaver Dam Farm sunflower seeds can be found in Northwest Hardware locations, Ikenberry Orchard and The Best Place Antique Store. We also have our seed packets so customers can plant their own seeds in their gardens.

Schedule of Events:

10:00 am - 1:00 pm: Senior Citizen Day

Join us and take part in the Largest Sunflower Festival and Vendor Show on the East Coast!

During our field trips visitors can experience over 700,000 sunflowers, a farm petting area, hay rides and a sunflower education station. There will be some vendors set up for shopping but not as many as the weekends. Feel free to pack a lunch and enjoy it under our tent or awning or purchase from the food truck.

A note of caution, we are suggesting everyone enter at 212 Wheatland Road and stay on the gravel driveway until they reach the top of the parking lot.

The terrain is mostly grass with a gravel path from the entrance down to the animals and hay ride.

We are opened from 10am-1pm.

Everyone is $5 at the gate.

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Evening Hours

Join us and take part in the Largest Sunflower Festival and Vendor Show on the East Coast! On the weekends we are home to 130 handmade crafters, over 700,000 sunflowers, farm animals, hay rides, live music, photo booths, children’s activities and more! Not all craft vendors will be onsite during the evening hours. We host about half as many. Wheatland Luthern will be onsite serving hamburgers, hotdogs chips and sweet treats will be available as well.

We are opened from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Visitors must start exiting at 7:30 pm.

Children 5 and under are free.

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm: Sunset Yoga

This ticket gets you entrance into the Wednesday, September 10 evening hours and our sunset yoga. Click here for tickets!

We are opened from 5:30pm-7:30pm. Visitors must start exiting at 7:30 pm.