Here comes the sun! From Suttons Bay to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, here are five sunflower fields to explore in Northern Michigan + when to go, what to bring and a little about each owner’s journey.

GIRARD — Cal Pifer was having dinner at Sara's Restaurant at Presque Isle on Aug. 11 when he heard people at the next table talking about the sunflowers in Girard. Pifer is executive director of the ...

SUGARLOAF TWP. — Sunflowers are popping up this fall, bathing fields here in yellow. Besides adding color, sunflowers enrich soil and sustain bees, butterflies and other pollinators on fields where ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Fall is just around the corner, but before the excitement of corn mazes and pumpkin patches comes peak sunflower blooms. Late July through August and even September are typically the ...

The first 85 percent of the Upper Midwest corn and sunflower harvest went well, thanks to warm, dry weather in October and early November. Winter's mid-November arrival complicates harvesting the ...

McNamara says the sunflower is so special and important to Prayers From Maria personally, because of the organization’s namesake -- her daughter Maria, who bravely fought her battle with childhood ...

LEWISTOWN VALLEY – Basking in the sun, acres of sunflowers turned farm fields into a celebration of summer Sunday afternoon for visitors to Second Mountain Sunflowers. A sea of bright yellow floral ...

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