Beaver Dam Sunflower Festival begins Friday, Sept 10
Largest sunflower festival and vendor show on the east coast
Botetourt County has a premiere event going on for the next two weeks. Since its inception six years ago, thousands have flocked to see the sunflowers and enjoy a multitude of activities at the Beaver Dam Farm Sunflower Festival. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased ahead of time or on Paypal online
The Sunflower Fest is located at Lee Highway and Wheatland Rd intersection in Buchanan, VA
Frday night Sept.10 is VIP Night 4-7 pm. See all the vendors and experience the wonder of thousands of Sunflowers! Get your tickets online all through the event so you won’t have to wait in line! www.BeaverDamSunflowers.com
From Sept 13-19 there will be various events during the week for children, senior adults and special needs individuals, an evening meal which is already sold out, and Yoga to name a few.
From Candace Monahan on the 6th annual Sunflower festival:
The App can be accessed through bdfsun.com Here is what you will see.
Sept. 10-19, 2021 –
Close your eyes and imagine walking through a field of 600,000 sunflowers, a slight warm breeze blowing through the air and a sea of yellow as far as you can see. That’s what visitors can experience at The Beaver Dam Farm Sunflower Festival, September 10th through the 19th, in Botetourt County. Visit the festival and see over 20 plus acres of sunflowers, over 80 hand-made crafters, children’s activities, food vendors, live music and more.
Beaver Dam Farm Sunflowers, LLC offers a unique experience to visit the working farm and enjoy access to the first and largest sunflower festival and artisan show on the East Coast. During the two-week sunflower festival visitors can experience handmade crafts, children’s activities, food vendors, live music and more. At the end of the year the sunflowers are harvested, and seeds are bagged for black oil sunflower birdseed and sold locally.
Beaver Dam Farm Sunflowers invests thousands of dollars back into the community each year and continues to be an economic driver in Botetourt County, attracting tens of thousands of people to the area. Founder and owner Candance Monaghan is proud to promote agritourism to the area and help support more than 80 small artisan vendors at the festival. In 2020, vendors reported that an average of 42% of their yearly sales income came from the Beaver dam Farm Sunflower festival.
“The economic impact the festival has on the community is tremendous,” said Monaghan. “I had a new vendor from 2020 share they did approximately $5,600 in sales at the Sunflower Festival and $25,000 overall for the year. They also said the majority of their sales after the Sunflower Festival weekends were driven by their presence there.”
Serving its neighbors, Beaver Dam Farm Sunflowers is proud to practice corporate responsibility by giving back to its community and environment in a variety of ways. Each year it provides two $500 scholarships to area high schools and two $250 scholarships to the community. In addition, sponsored activity books designed by Monaghan were given out to more than 2,000 local elementary school children this year. The farm waives vendor fees for local non-profits, church groups and school groups at the sunflower festival.
Monahan also included a boost for Freedom Fest going on just a few miles down the road at the corner of Lee Highway and Lithia Rd. While you are here visit Freedom Fest at the Non profit New Freedom Farm. Make a day of it!
More information visit www.BeaverDamSunflowers.com
Cathy Benson and Candace Monahan, Photos Cathy Benson and Candace Monahan
