Dix Park's Sunflower Field
- When: Saturday, July 19, 2025, 6:15 am - 8:30 pm
- Location: 1700 Umstead Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603
- Cost: Free Admission
The Sunflower Field is free to visit and open 7 days-a-week, from sunrise to sunset.
The sunflowers are blooming! Plan to visit in the next two weeks, from July 13, 2025.
Please stay on the paths in the field so as not to trample the flowers.
Well behaved, leashed pets are welcome. Keep pets on pathways and picked up after them.
What's not allowed:
Picking or cutting the flowers
Eating the sunflower seeds - the sunflowers are planted on a former landfill
Fun Facts about the Field
The creation of the 5-acre sunflower field at Dix Park is a City of Raleigh partnership between Raleigh Water and Raleigh Parks.
Raleigh Water preps the field in spring and plants the sunflower seeds in May.
In 2025, Barnburner Black Oil Sunflower Hybrid seeds were planted.
Raleigh Parks waters and maintains the field as the flowers grow.
Raleigh Parks also plants wildflowers along the perimeter of the field.
The sunflower field serves as a massive pollinator habitat for bees, butterflies and other wildlife.
During peak bloom, more than tens of thousands of people from across the City and around the region visit the sunflowers at Dix Park.
After the bloom is over, the sunflowers are left for birds and other wildlife to eat the seeds throughout the fall.
In the fall, Raleigh Water clears the field and plants a winter cover crop.
- Flier: Dix Park Visitor Map 03.21.2022.pdf
- Website: dixpark.org
- Contact Phone: 919-996-3255
- Contact Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Category: Free
Indoor restrooms are available at The Stone Houses seven days a week from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Parking:
Weekdays use Public Parking Lot A
Evenings & Weekends all lots are available for public use.
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