July 20-August 11 ~ Photo Contest
Peach Picking’ & Sunflower Cutting – July & August 2024
Get your Summer of Sunflower Tickets Starting Feb 2024
Come find the sunshine with us! July is for Peaches, Sunflowers & Photo Contests! Cut your own sunflowers are $1/ stem or add on a mini french bucket with 10 cut your own stems. Come experience the glory of the sunshine and fill your spirit and nourish your soul.
Peaches are the stone fruit of summer and we have several varieties that ripen throughout the months of July and August so you can come pick plenty and often!
Bring your own clippers or purchase some from our Farm Market.
Advice from a sunflower ~ Be outstanding in your field, hold your head high, spread seeds of happiness, feed the birds, think solar, keep on the sunny side, grow up!
Sunflower Photo Contest ~ 2024
Submit your perfect pic in our Sunflower Photo Contest! Come frolic in the sunflower fields and peach orchard and snap all the amazing moments then submit your top pics.
Each category winner receives a Fan of the Farm Season Pass for farm admission for the remainder of the 2023 season ($200 Value) and the Best in Show Prize Winner (1 ) receives a complimentary 1 weeknight stay for up to 4 guests in our Brewer’s Cottage at Dirt Farm Brewing to Experience Bluemont ($525 Value).
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- Portraits ~ Frolic in the Flowers and let your light shine
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- Sunflower Extravaganza ~ capture the glorious blooms up close.
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- Full Glory ~ survey the landscape and all the magic of the field & farm.
Photo Contest 3 Categories:
- Portraits ~ Pose in Blooms and let your light shine- photos should include a person
- Sunflower Extravaganza ~ capture the glorious blooms up close
- Full Glory Landscape ~ survey the landscape and all the magic of the field & farm. Entries may be taken anywhere at Great Country Farms or Henway Hard Cider
Key 2024 Dates:
- July 20-August 11 ~ Visit Great Country Farms and take your Sunflower Photos!
- Share the Gallery with the Great Country Farms Team:
- Post a Reel or 3+ Photos on Instagram by August 1, 2023
- or Post 3+ Photos on Facebook
- Tag @GreatCountryFarms in your post with the hashtag of the category you are entering:
- #Portraits ~ Pose in Blooms and let your light shine
- #Extravaganza ~ capture the glorious blooms up close
- #Landscape ~ survey the landscape and all the magic of the field & farm. Entries may be taken anywhere at Great Country Farms or Henway Hard Cider
- August 12 ~ Submission Deadline.
- August 15 ~ Winners Announced
- The GCF Farmhand Team will repost the winners!
- Winners will be notified by email and posted on Great Country Farms Website and Facebook/Instagram pages.
Photo Submission Rules:
- Contest open to photography taken at Great Country Farms July 20-August 11, 2024 and posted to Facebook or Instagram
- One submission per person per category. Great Country Farms reserves the right to move a submission to another category that best suits the photo.
- All photos must be family-friendly.
- I understand that my photo submissions may be reposted by Great Country Farms LLC and may be used for marketing purposes.
- Photos with text or logo watermarks, collages or heavily edited images are not permitted.
- Great Country Farms reserves the right to to disqualify any photo submissions that do not meet these guidelines and standards.
Drumroll Please! Congratulations to our Prize Winners in each Category for 2023:
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- Full Glory Landscape Winner 2023
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- Portrait Winner (Tie)
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- Portrait Winner (Tie)
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- Sunflower Extravaganza Category Winner
And the Grand Prize Best in Show Goes to….
Drumroll Please! Congratulations to our Grand Prize Winners in each Category for 2022:
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- by Erin Rudzinski *BEST in SHOW Full Glory Landscapes
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- by Hannah Pforr *BEST in SHOW Portraits
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- by Rina Rosales Montygierd *BEST in SHOW for Sunflower Extravaganza -Blooms up Close
2022 Finalist in each Category:
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- Portraits ~ Pose in Blooms and let your light shine
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- by Natalie Apelquist
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- by Christina Martin
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- by Hannah Pforr *BEST in SHOW Portraits
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- Sunflower Extravaganza ~ capture the glorious blooms up close
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- by Rina Rosales Montygierd *BEST in SHOW for Sunflower Extravaganza -Blooms up Close
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- by Kevin Rudzinski
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- by Maruicio Perez Calvo
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- Full Glory ~ survey the landscape and all the magic of the field & farm.
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- by Maria Dombo
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- by Kevin Rudzinski
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- by Erin Rudzinski *BEST in SHOW Full Glory Landscapes
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- Honorable Mentions ~ noted by our judges
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- by Roxy Holly
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- by Kassidy Mowery
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- by Roxy Holly
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- by Deva Tirupati
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- by Keith Zeier
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- by Sophia Dillenbeck
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- by Maria Dombo
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- Portraits ~ Pose in Blooms and let your light shine
