Sunflower in field
September 27 & 28 from 10 am - 6 pm

Sunflower
Festival

Pick your own free sunflowers!

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about the festival

Pick free sunflowers on the farm

September 28 & 29 from 10 am - 6 pm

RAIN OR SHINE

Join us on our 200-acre farm in Carlisle, PA for our free annual two-day Sunflower Festival during our fall sunflower season! Pick as many sunflowers as you would like for free and enjoy a day on the farm with food trucks, sales, artisan craft vendors, and more!

Can't make it to the Sunflower Festival? Be sure to visit the farm during Sunflower Season. Learn more by clicking here.

Trolley in sunflower field

There's So Much to Do!

Sunflower field in bloom at Meadowbrooke Gourds.

FREE Sunflowers!

Make sure to bring along a vase/bucket and clippers to pick FREE sunflowers! We will have a clipping station and water available and just in case you forget a vase or clippers, we will have them available for purchase in our store and at the information tent.

OOPS tent at a festival at Meadowbrooke Gourds.

Oops! Sale

Get excellent deals during this awesome annual Oops Sale! This is the perfect time to stock up on discounted hand-crafted gourds that have a minor blemish (or may have just been retired).

Taurus and Maddy the Highland cows

Petty Zoo & Cow Cuddling

Adventures with Taurus and Friends will be here for all your cow cuddling and animal petting needs.

Little girl with decorative gourd bucket

Pumpkin Patch

Right beside the Meadowbrooke Farm, you will find Warehime's Pumpkin Patch who offer a large selection of pumpkins in many shapes and colors. Stop by, grab a wagon, and pick your own! Be sure to enjoy their photo ops as well! Warehime's also hosts designer sunflowers of many colors.

Beer vendor at festival

Beer and Wine

Enjoy a craft beer from Molly Pitcher Brewing Company, or PA wines from Castlerigg Wine Shop!

Gift Shop on the Farm

Gift Shop

Visit our 7,000 sq ft Gift Shop on the farm filled with gourds for all seasons as well as other artisan crafts, gifts, raw hard shell gourds for crafting, food items and more!

face painting

Face Painting

Young and old can enjoy getting their faces painted by Oh Look, Face Painting by Amber on our grassy event lawn.

Festival FAQs

Yes! Admission and parking are free!

Though pets are welcome on the farm on regular days, we ask that you keep your furry friends at home during our festival days as there are large crowds and rescued animals and bunnies on the farm on this day.

You can pick as many as you would like! Be sure to stop by our cutting stations to get some water for your new beautiful bouquets.

We do have clippers available for sale. We do not loan out clippers during Sunflower Season or at our festivals, so please bring your own or purchase some at our information tent or in our gift shop!

Yes! Our fields are open from dawn until dusk during Sunflower Season. You are welcome to use them for family photos. Please note that the fields will be very busy during our Sunflower Festival, so picking another day for photos may allow you to have more open fields with more options.

You do not have to register to pick sunflowers. You can enter the fields and start picking! We recommend bringing a pair of clippers or scissors along with you as you venture into our sunflower fields. You can also purchase clippers and vases at our information tent at the festival.

Artisan Vendors

Notices

NOTICE OF FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY

By entering an event or program of Meadowbrooke Gourds, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording may occur.

Your entry and presence on the event premises constitutes your consent to be photographed, filmed, and/or otherwise recorded and to the release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction of any and all recorded media of your appearance, voice, and name for any purpose whatsoever in perpetuity in connection with Meadowbrooke Gourds and its initiatives, including, by way of example only, use on websites, in social media, news and advertising.

By entering the event premises, you waive and release any claims you may have related to the use of recorded media of you at the event, including, without limitation, any right to inspect or approve the photo, video or audio recording of you, any claims for invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, defamation, and copyright infringement or for any fees for use of such record media.

You understand that all photography, filming and/or recording will be done in reliance on this consent. If you do not agree to the foregoing, please do not enter the event premises.