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Dakeyne Farm Owned and Operated by the Wilson Family Growing: Hay, Garlic, Pumpkins, Squash, a Sunflower Maze and Memories

Did you snap an amazing photo at this year's Sunflower Maze?We'd love to see it!We're looking for your favourite moments...
10/14/2026

Did you snap an amazing photo at this year's Sunflower Maze?

We'd love to see it!

We're looking for your favourite moments from the farm for our 2027 Sunflower Maze Calendar Contest. It doesn't have to be a sunflower! Maybe it's the river view, kites in the sky, cows in their blankets, one of our signs, or something else that caught your eye.

📸 One photo per person, please.
🌻 Landscape (horizontal) photos only.
🔲High resolution is needed so your photo prints beautifully.
📩 Send your photo to **[email protected]**
🗓️ Entries close **October 25th!**

The 12 photos receiving the most votes will appear in the calendar, and the top-voted photo gets the cover spot. The winning photographers will also get a free pass to the 2027 maze!

We'll share the online voting gallery after entries close, so there's time yet to get those photos in.

All memories welcome—even if they're from a past visit. 💛

For all the details and contest rules, visit:
🌻 https://dakeynefarm.com/calendar-contest/

Looks like a beautiful weekend is about to happen in West Hants, with oodles to do and see. ☀️🍂If you're looking for an ...
10/03/2026

Looks like a beautiful weekend is about to happen in West Hants, with oodles to do and see. ☀️🍂

If you're looking for an excuse to get out of the house and soak up a little sunshine, here's what we've found:

🎃 Saturday in Windsor ~ Hants Harvest & Pumpkin Jamboree at Victoria Park, 11–7. Pumpkins, vendors, food, music, contests and all sorts of fall fun.

🐴 All weekend ~ Scotia Series Provincial Championships at the Exhibition Grounds. A whole weekend of horses, competition and equestrian action.

🎃 Saturday ~ Howard Dill's Pumpkin Weigh-Off, home of some of the world's biggest pumpkins, along with Chef Dilly's famous food.

🍁 Saturday & Sunday at Martock ~ Kids Festival Weekend, with pumpkin painting, s'mores, chairlift rides, BBQ, disc golf and more.

🪁 And here in Mount Denson ~ We're going to put some kites in the sky and see if we can empty the kite shed. You might even find a sunflower or two still in bloom up near the top with the view.

**Saturday & Sunday • $7/person • Children under 5 are free**

The sunflowers are starting to look a little wild around the edges. 🌻🍂There are still some pretty ones up top, the river...
09/28/2026

The sunflowers are starting to look a little wild around the edges. 🌻🍂

There are still some pretty ones up top, the river is still doing its thing, and the fall colours are sneaking in behind everything.

Which means… it’s officially a pretty good time to come take some spooky, strange, slightly weird photos. 👻

Bring your costumes. Bring your props. Be weird. Be wonderful. Be whatever you feel like being. We won’t judge. 😉

And we’re not quite ready to put the kites away yet. 🪁
We’ll be flying kites on weekends throughout October!

$7/person — kids under 5 are free.

Come take some photos, fly a kite, look at the river, enjoy the fall colours, and spend a little time outside with us.

The flowers won’t be here much longer… but there’s still a bit of magic left. ✨

Look closely. 🌻There’s a whole little world living in the sunflowers.A few moments from yesterday and this morning.
09/26/2026

Look closely. 🌻

There’s a whole little world living in the sunflowers.

A few moments from yesterday and this morning.

The last of the pretty flowers are beginning to put on their show, with a spectacular display from some of our late bloo...
09/22/2026

The last of the pretty flowers are beginning to put on their show, with a spectacular display from some of our late bloomers in the front. 🌸

The zinnias and cosmos are loving this weather, and little by little, fall is arriving with all the beautiful colours that come with it.

The flowers may be changing, but there is still so much beauty to enjoy.

And this year, we're trying something a little different for October.

Over the years, we've noticed that a few of you may love our kites even more than the flowers. 😊

So this year, we've decided to make up for some of those rainy sunflower days by opening the field on October weekends for kite flying.

Bring your own kite, borrow one of ours, or simply come enjoy an afternoon of fresh air, open skies, and watching the colours dance above the river. 🪁

We have more details about October on our website.

For now, enjoy the flowers, enjoy the colours, and enjoy the season.

Have a beautiful day. ❤️

Last night's sunset was one of those stop-and-stare kind of evenings. (Only because both my camera card and phone were f...
09/19/2026

Last night's sunset was one of those stop-and-stare kind of evenings. (Only because both my camera card and phone were full)

This morning? Blue skies, a breeze for the kites, and another beautiful autumn day unfolding.

It's Exhibition Weekend. The smell of French fries is drifting across the valley, the apples are ready at Daniel's U-Pick, the pumpkins are waiting at the Dill farm, and the flowers are still blooming.

Have a beautiful day, wherever it takes you.

Well.. Didnt this just make our day!🌻Every once in a while, something comes in the mail that makes all the muddy boots, ...
09/18/2026

Well.. Didnt this just make our day!🌻

Every once in a while, something comes in the mail that makes all the muddy boots, broken flowers, long days and hard work worth it. ❤️

This arrived this week from a young visitor who came through the maze.

Thank you for taking the time to write to us ~ and for the beautiful art. 🌻 It means the world to us. ❤️

Today's flowers...now that my batteries are finally charged enough to post them...
09/17/2026

Today's flowers...

now that my batteries are finally charged enough to post them...

Yesterday, like artists do, I turned a little sadness into a little art.After walking through the field the night before...
09/17/2026

Yesterday, like artists do, I turned a little sadness into a little art.

After walking through the field the night before and seeing new human damage to our freshly bloomed section, I painted a new sign.

"When we disturb one thread of the community fabric, we alter it all."
~ Rachel Carson

It felt like the right words.

This field is more than sunflowers. It’s birds, bees, butterflies, cows, soil, water… and humans too. And so many other species of life living here.

It's a community.

We’re one species in the middle of all the others on this planet we all share.

The field runs on a little bit of trust. No ropes around every flower. No one following you around. Just paths, and the understanding that we’re here to enjoy this place without destroying it for the person who comes after us... or for the species that share it with us and depend on it to live.

So take your photos. Fly a kite. Sit awhile. Get lost and find yourself.

And please stay on the paths, and leave the flowers standing... for the birds who nest between them, the insects who feed on them, the rest of the inhabitants of this field… and the other humans who come after you. 🌻

To all the humans who already do... thank you. ❤️

Today's foggy morning in the sunflowers.and Yes, we’re open this weekend! 🌻It’s 4-H Weekend at the Hants County Exhibiti...
09/17/2026

Today's foggy morning in the sunflowers.

and Yes, we’re open this weekend! 🌻

It’s 4-H Weekend at the Hants County Exhibition, and that’s a pretty special weekend around here. Our family has long ties to the Exhibition, as well as 4H, so it’s always nice to see another generation of kids bringing their animals, projects and hard work through the gates.

If you’re heading to the Exhibition, keep your hand stamp ~ bring it to the field, and we’ll give you a little discount on admission.🌻

(And to all the Volunteers and Staff that make the oldest Agricultural fair in North America so special.. Thank You!! 🌻❤️)

A little bit of Exhibition tradition, followed by a little time in the sunflowers.

See you in the field. 🤎

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