Grab Your Camera: Sunflower Field In Bloom In Montgomery County

POOLESVILLE, Md. (WJZ) — If you privation to adhd immoderate joyousness to your Instagram feed, you mightiness beryllium looking for a sunflower field.

Montgomery County said the sunflower tract is successful bloom astatine McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area successful Poolesville!

READ MORE: Maryland Zoo Introduces Furry And Feathery Olympiads In Time For Summer Games

The existent intent of the beauteous tract comes aft the flowers mature and dry, said the Department of Natural Resources. Sunflowers and their seeds are a favourite of mourning doves and different animals and pollinators.

Montgomery County is hosting a photograph contention with the flowers. To enter, tag #MoCoSunflowersin your societal media post.

The sunflowers are successful bloom astatine McKee-Beshers Wildlife Area and we privation to spot your shots. Tag #MoCoSunflowers successful your sunflower photos connected Instagram for a accidental to beryllium featured connected our site. One victor volition beryllium chosen to person a Montgomery County swag bag! https://t.co/7RDiNmaguQ pic.twitter.com/HcyVoQ9x2f

— Visit Montgomery, MD (@VisitMoCo) July 23, 2021

There’s nary interest to sojourn the field, and it tin beryllium accessed astatine each hours, but the DNR said overnight camping is prohibited. Because the sunflowers are planted for the payment of wildlife, cutting oregon different damaging the plants is besides prohibited.

You tin bring your canine for pictures too, but retrieve to bring a leash!

Here are immoderate tips from Montgomery County for your visit:

• Visit the tract connected a weekday if you can! It gets engaged connected the weekend
• Wear agelong pants and shoes, arsenic the tract is location to ticks, mosquitoes and poison ivy
• Bring a picnic blanket, determination are nary benches oregon picnic tables
• Take a bath interruption beforehand – determination are nary bath facilities

Here’s however the tract looks arsenic of July 20, per the Department of Natural Resources

MORE NEWS: Art Sound Now Concert Series Return To Walters Art Museum In Baltimore This Summer

CBS Baltimore Staff