Holland Ridge Farms

Last week we visited

Holland Ridge Farms...U-Pick Sunflowers Fall Festival

This 300 acre farm transforms each spring with 8 million tulips 

and during the fall, the land comes alive with sunflowers and wildflowers of all kind.  

They provide large buckets and clippers 

so you can cut the perfect stems and take home a beautiful bouquet.

The whole farm is staffed with so many kind and extremely helpful people.

- cosmos -

- cosmos -

- sunflowers, with the Windmill in the background.

We had a little "Where's Waldo" fun...

- cosmos -

- white sunflowers -

if you have never seen a white sunflower....

I like them just as much as the yellow ones, they are uniquely pretty!

 - the cosmos were blooming, sporting their familiar colors.

They have a lot of these "Floral Photo Props" scattered about the farm.

The hubs wanted a lick of the ice cream cone.

Beside the sunflowers, 

they had fields of mini sunflowers, gladiolus, dahlias, zinna and so many other varieties.

I have at least 100 more pictures we took on this super fun day...

the family that owns and runs this farm is amazing.

The people who work here are double amazing.

They are so helpful, they ride the property in golf carts making sure you are ok

and offering help if you need it.

Holland Ridge Farms

 if you are ever in central NJ look them up and see what's in season.

It is a wonderful way to spend they day...I will be sharing more pictures next week

Holland Ridge Farms

We visited Holland Ridge Farm last Wednesday...
When you visit during fall you can view 40 acres of gorgeous sunflowers, beautiful flowers and mums.
Or if fall activities is your thing, 
they feature hayrides, carriage rides, pony rides and much more.
They also have food trucks and areas where you can pick your own flowers.

This is a picture fame - I think you are suppose to stand behind it...

yep...or maybe "not" sit on it!
it was hot, I was tired...but I probably should have figured it all out!
We went later in the day, it was not crowded, but it was so hot, an Indian Summer day!
And the scarf, really NOT needed, but it was a "must wear"
as I bought it just for this day!

The fields were so beautiful and almost all of the flowers were in bloom.

There were a lot of butterflies, mostly monarchs.

Here you must be careful not to "tip" the shoe!

There were also lots of mums, just starting to bloom.

Is there any flower cheerier than a sunflower?

Holland Ridge Farms in Cream Ridge, New Jersey
If you have the opportunity, take a ride and see this farm, it's really special!

Holland Ridge Farm

You may remember that we visited 
Holland Ridge Farm
 in the Spring, for their tulip festival.
Today we went back for their Sunflower festival.
The fields were simply amazing, filled with sunflowers, for as far as the eye could see.
There were a lot of fun activities as well.
A hay bale maze, corn maze, horse & buggy rides, pony rides...
pick your own sunflowers (they provide the lopers), and sunflowers for sale.
And...there were food trucks...
They also have stations set up where you can paint a sunflower picture,
with people guiding you.
This was not set up when I was there, this is something I would have loved to do. 

So on to the pictures, this place is gorgeous!!

These signs led the way!

This very cool sign, 
tells you just how far you are from popular places 
like Washington, D.C. and Las Vegas.

I loved the Dutch shoe, this was not here during our Spring visit!!

Look closely, you will see a face smiling back at you,
the bees landed in the perfect spot for that.

I love these...
Holland Ridge Farms Cream Ridge, New Jersey


Fun, right?
So...I entered, 40,060
I picked this number because I thought it might be close...
the hubs and I are married 40 years and we are 60 years old.
Well, at lest one of us is...
the hubs won't be 60 until November but that was the science behind this guess.
If I win, I will donate the money back to the farm.

The sunflowers were perfectly beautiful!

This place is amazing...
I met Casey the owner, what a super nice guy!
And everyone who works here, a great group of people!