BUCHANAN, Va. (WFXR) – Beaver Dam Farm Sunflower Festival announces its 10th anniversary with a family-owned farm this September, with 700,000 sunflowers.
The festival will take place from Friday, September 5, through Sunday, September 14, in Botetort County.
To mark the festival’s 10th year, there will be additions to the celebration, including:
- Live release of 300 painted lady butterflies
- 94.9 Star Country live remote on opening night
- A special-edition sunflower beer in partnership with AFOG Brewing (release event: Saturday, August 16, in Buchanan)
- A limited-edition coffee roast in partnership with Asunder Coffee
- The release of the children’s book, From Seeds to Sunshine: Our Farm’s Journey, written by Candace Monaghan
- The moving Field of Heroes tribute: 406 American flags with name tags honoring first responders lost on 9/11
- Collector sticker packs of all nine past festival t-shirt designs
- 2026 Sunflower Calendars
- Flyover experience from Blacksburg/Roanoke Airport over the sunflower fields
During the 10 days of the festival, community members are encouraged to see the flowers along with visiting the 130 vendors at the festival…