Gillis Hill Sunflowers

You’ll never believe it but we just got another round of showers😢. We will remain open this evening. Unless weather looks to bad. Which we will update you here if it does look bad. Just be prepared for some mud. We are sorry but we can’t control the weather.

🌻Monday July 22nd sunflower update🌻

We received a lot of rain last night. Some of our field has standing water in it. I have positioned the car and truck in a dry spot. So please understand that it may be a little muddy. We will be open this evening 5:30pm-dark. Hopefully the rain will hold off for the rest of the week and our field will dry.

. 🌺🌻Sunflower & Zinnia update🌻🌺
8743 Stoney point rd. Fayetteville NC

Gillis Hill Sunflowers newest field will open Monday July 22nd 5:30pm-dark. We are hoping to get a week of blooms out of this field. Our field is open to everyone and no reservations needed. There’s no professional photographer fee (everyone pays the same price $8/person). This field is a little smaller than our last field. But we will have all our props in place. We will also have our zinnia field open so you will get 2 fields for the price of one. So be sure to come on out before this field is over. We have 1 more field after this that should bloom end of August.

🎟️Admission 🎟️
$8/person (2&under free)
$5/cup if you would like to cut flowers.

⏰Hours⏰
Open Daily 5:30pm-8:30pm

Unfortunately we are going to close the field down again tonight. We will try it again tomorrow.

Due to the lightning and chances of rain this evening. We have decided to close. We will reopen tomorrow 5:30 pm.

Here’s a few photos taken last night in our zinnia field. We will be open every night (except Sunday July 21st) for the next week 10 days or so.

🌻More sunflowers coming soon🌻

Our newest field of sunflowers should be in bloom by beginning of next week. We will have our props moved to this field. Our zinnia field will remain open every day except this Sunday. So be sure to make plans to come on out. Next weeks price will return to $8/person. This week our zinnia field will remain at $5/person.

🌺Wednesday July 17th update🌺
(Video of field in comments below)

Our zinnia field will be open from 5:30pm-8:30pm. We will also have a couple rows of sunflowers in bloom. This field will be $5/person and we will not have props available. However next week when our next sunflowers bloom we will return to $8/person and we will have props available. We will also be offering Dixie cups for $5 for you to cut zinnias to take home. Please bring your own knife or clippers.

We will be open for probably the next 10 days or so or until or next sunflower blooms fail. Except we will be closed this Sunday July 21st. So be sure to come out before it’s over.

⏰hours⏰
Daily 5:30pm-8:30pm
🔴(Closed Sunday July 21st)🔴

Location- 8743 Stoney point rd. Fayetteville nc

‼️Important update‼️

We have decided to open our zinnia field this Wednesday (July 17th) 5:30pm-8:30pm. We will also have a really small field of sunflowers in bloom. We have reduce our price to $5/person since we won’t have any props set up at either field. So it will be strictly zinnias and sunflowers. We will be closed this Sunday (July 21st). Our admission price will return to $8/person once our next sunflower field blooms.

Location: 8743 Stoney point road, Fayetteville NC

🌻Who’s already missing the sunflowers?🌻

Let’s see some photos that where taken in this years sunflower field. Post your photos in comments below. Photographers be sure to watermark your photos so you get credit and publicity if we use them in the future to advertise.

Our next sunflower field should be ready towards the end of July. We also have some big news! During that bloom cycle we will be opening our zinnia field. So you will get 2 fields for the price of 1! We will keep you updated on when we plan to open so stay tuned.

Probably my favorite sunset this year! We have decided to stay open 1 more day Wednesday July 3rd.

🌻sunflower update🌻

We have decided to stay open 1 more day. Since the flowers still look good. Wednesday July 3rd will be our final day. We will be open 5:30- Dark. $8/person 2 & under free.

Another beautiful sunset! Tuesday July 2nd will be our final day of this sunflower bloom. We will hopefully have more sunflowers the end of July as long as we keep getting rain.

. 🌻Sunflower update🌻

Just a reminder Tuesday July 2nd will be our final day for this field. We will be open 5:30pm-dark both days. Admission is $8/person.

8743 Stoney point rd. Fayetteville NC

Sunflower field will be open at 5:30pm today. We will remain open rain or shine.

We had a stunning sunset tonight! We will be open Sunday ( June 30th) 5:30pm- dark. Our final day for this bloom will be Tuesday.

🌻Life cycle of a Sunflower🌻

1. So we start off planting the seeds on day 1
2. It takes roughly 5-7 days for seeds to germinate (where you can see plant starting to poke through soil)
3. The sunflower will start to grow as long as it gets adequate rain and fertilizer
4. Around day 55 you will start to see flowers blooming and by days 57-60 the field is usually full bloom.
5. Our flowers stay in bloom for roughly 6-7 days before the blooms begin to fail.
6. Day 110 the seeds are ready to harvest.

(Weather can sometimes effect germination and bloom by a few days. Which we found out this year)

Gillis Hill Sunflowers official drink salesman somehow managed to get completely filthy this evening. So we had to throw him in the tub before we took him home to mom! 😂

Beautiful sunset tonight. Be sure to come check us out tomorrow 5:30pm- dark.

Just a reminder our new location is 8743 Stoney point rd. Fayetteville NC

We are getting a little shower of rain here at the farm. Looks like it will be out of here by sunflower photo time. Some of the best sunset photos I’ve seen have been after a rain. We will be open 5:30-dark tonight.

We had a great turnout on the hottest day of the year 🥵. We will be open daily until Tuesday July 2nd from 5:30pm- dark. So be sure to come check them out before they are gone.

Admission:$8/person (2& under free)

If you get thirsty out in our field. Sawyer will be selling drinks for $1. He said he saving his money to buy a mansion. So he may need everyone to buy 1,000 drinks to meet his goal 😂

FYI we do not provide a photographer at our sunflower field. You can take your own photos with your camera or phone. Or you can bring your own professional photographer.

🌻Gillis Hill Sunflowers June 26th-July 2nd🌻
8743 Stoney point rd. Fayetteville NC

Be sure to come out and get your family pictures taken at Gillis hill sunflower field. No reservations needed. We will be open daily until Tuesday July 2nd 5:30pm-dark. Everyone is welcome to come out. We have several props set up for everyone use( Blue 1950 Chevy, blue vw beetle, claw foot tub, and a bench.) we will also have Zinnias in a few weeks! Admission is $8/person (2& under free). There are no professional photographer fee. So come on out and see us while we have flowers in bloom.

🌻Are you looking for a photographer?🌻
🚨Attention professional photographers🚨

Please post your Facebook link below and maybe a few pictures of your work. I’ve had a few people reach out to me looking for a photographer.

🌻Saturday update🌻

We have decided to hold off on opening until Wednesday June 26th. The sunflowers are starting to open on up. We have our props in place. So make plans to come out Wednesday 5:30pm- dark. Our new location is 8743 Stoney point rd. Fayetteville NC (the opposite corner of produce stand)

. 🌻Thursday June 20th update🌻
🚨please share with others & photographers 🚨

We are going to have to postpone our Friday and Saturday opening. We will wait to see about Sunday. Once the sunflowers start to bloom it only takes about 2 days and the whole field has bloomed. We are sorry about the delay but we believe dry/ hot weather has affected our bloom. In the last 3 years our sunflowers are in full bloom in 57 days. Tuesday was day 57. So just when you think you got it figured out something changes. Tha you everyone for being so understanding and keep checking our page for updates.