Home Food Restaurant Reviews Recipes Drink Distilleries Whisky Gin Craft Beer Locations Scran Podcast Pick your own has been a popular pastime for fruit farms, but now many are expanding into flowers. Summer in Scotland means the return of world class soft fruit. Many fruit farms across the country offer a pick your own experience, and have done for years.
But more recently, some have expanded into pick your own sunflowers, with many also offering sunflower trails. It’s a fun day out for all the family. Here are some of the best places in Scotland to pick your own sunflowers.
Cononsyth Farms, Angus This family-run farm has a sunflower maze and opens for pick your own flowers. Last year you could book to do this from late July, with the flower picking season running throughout August. Visitors can walk through the sunflower maze, with activities for children also available.
Sunflowers were priced at £1 per stem or six stems for £5. The farm is also home to Scottish honeyberries , which are also available to pick. These small blue fruits are a member of the edible honeysuckle family and have great health benefits.
Find out more about the farm and pick your own on their Facebook page. Cairnie Fruit Farm, Fife This popular farm, which opens every summer for fruit picking also has a maze, farm activities, a farm shop, a tea room and a holiday cottage. As well as pick your own strawberries in the summer and pumpkins in the autumn, in late summer visitors can walk in the small f.