Sunflower Field Dorothea Dix Park — Attraction in Raleigh

This place is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!! A huge thank you to the city of Raleigh for planting and maintaining such a unique experience.

I promise you can't count how many sunflowers you see. Bring the camera, bring the family, and most importantly, bring some water!!

As you know, flowers bring bees, but I was there for close to an hour and saw nothing but very docile bubble bees just working away. You can see that in a few of my pics.

This field blooms mid-July, but keep an eye on the website for the most up to date notifications.

Also, bring some cash. Local food trucks and vendors are on site, and I'm a huge fan of supporting local business!!!

Enjoy and have a happy and...

Beautiful park with lots of improvements over last year. The sunflowers weren't as spectacular as in the past. They weren't very tall. Maybe not enough rain early in germination? Maybe they will be taller in a couple of weeks?

BUT, the addition of so many butterfly garden flowers and milkweed was with the trip! The butterflies were beautiful. The flowers were spectacular. Totally worth braving the heat for. The addition of art meant to attack bees for hives was a...

We went for the trolls and 100% recommend you to go see them. You do have some lines to wait in for pictures due to the amount of people and everyone just trying to be nice and take their time with the trolls. But everyone was courteous and quick. Plenty of time to explore. There are also amazing parks and fields for kids to play in as well. Highly recommend...