Sussex County Sunflower Maze in Augusta, New Jersey is the largest sunflower field on the east coast, with over 1 million flowers bloom this year. This is the most majestic sunflower field I have ever seen in my life and I would strongly recommend to anyone who love flower, nature or summer!
Just a bit of education... Since 2008, New Jersey Audobon Society, with the support of the Department of Agriculture in New Jersey, create a program called SAVE (Support Agricultural Viability and the Environment). SAVE program has recruit 14 farms in New Jersey to grow sunflowers and harvest the seed. This is to reduce our dependence on the distant farms and thereby reduce the carbon footprint involved in transporting the seeds to New Jersey. SAVE buys the seeds from the farms and sells the birdseed statewide. Besides, SAVE also supports the environment by establishing 1 acre of grassland habitat for wild nesting birds for every 5 acres sunflowers planted (Source: Here Comes The Sunflowers).
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