North Carolina
You’ll have nearly two dozen varieties of apples to pick at Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard near Hendersonville, along with pumpkins, and (some weeks) sunflowers and zinnias.
Activities: • corn maze • apple cannon • jump pad • wagon rides • pick-your-own apples, pumpkins, sunflowers, and grapes
Oklahoma
The Orr Family Farm near Oklahoma City is…
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Just as the Netherlands is famous for tulips, and Provence is known for fields of lavender, there may be no flower that is more American than the sunflower. Starting each July and lasting through the summer, these bright, cheerful blooms erupt throughout The Great Plains, rising through the weeds of open fields, and growing along…