Sunflowers: Beauty, Bees and Business

Discover how sunflowers combine beauty, environmental benefits, and income opportunities for farms and small businesses. Participants will learn about sunflower history, production practices, pollinator benefits, cut-flower marketing, and the economics of sunflower enterprises in Missouri.

Topics include:

• The history and importance of sunflowers 
• Sunflower varieties and characteristics 
• Growing sunflowers 
• Pollination, bees, and wildlife benefits 
• Seeds 
• Sunflowers as cut-flower 
• Missouri's cut-flower industry 
• Specialty crop and small farm opportunities 
• Harvesting, handling, and marketing sunflowers 
• Economics of sunflower production 

Wednesday, September 23
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Andrew County Youth Building
201 S. Banyan St.
Savannah, MO 64485

 * There is an alternative date and site for the same program if this one doesn't fit your schedule.

Wednesday, September 16 - 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Buchanan County Extension Office
301 County Park Rd. Easton, MO 64443 click here to go to that event Sunflowers: Beauty, Bees and Business - Buchanan

A registration fee of $10 per person will be charged.

Register online or call the Buchanan County Extension Office to register (816)279-1691. *This office is handling registration for both events.

Whether you're a gardener, farmer, beekeeper, or entrepreneur, discover how sunflowers can turn sunshine into beauty, biodiversity, and business opportunity.