I’ve bought some giant sunflower seeds, enough for around 70 households to have 5 seeds each and enter into a little light hearted family friendly rivalry for free.
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All finishing over the August Bank Holiday
You need to live in Milton Village, a place to grow your sunflowers, something to grow them in and be willing to tell us all how you’re doing.
I’m sure between us we can decide on loads of different categories to compete in, all sunflower based … The Crazier The Better.
Size
- tallest
- smallest
- biggest flower
- smallest flower
Appearance
- ugliest
- most eaten by insect
- wonkiest stem
Location
- craziest location
- weirdest container
helpers of all sorts needed
We need help with distributing seeds on foot during daily exercise, making prize certificates and much more. All great jobs for younger and older people to help with.
Milton Sunflower Madness
I hope the community gets together on this, just because we’re isolated it doesn’t mean we can’t have fun
French
The French name for sunflower is ‘Tourne-a-sol’ meaning–turn to the sun.
Did you know?
The tallest sunflower ever recorded was in Germany and reached an enormous 9.17m. That’s taller than five average-height men stood on top of each other.
Sunflowers
They’re easy to grow, bees and insects love them and their seeds make great food for birds. What amazingly colourful, wildlife-friendly flowers they are.
Milton Sunflower Madness 