In the News
Below are just a few of the local and national news stories that we’ve been featured in.
2025:
2024:
- CanvasREBEL:
https://canvasrebel.com/meet-candace-monaghan/ - WDBJ7:
https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/09/02/grown-here-home-beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival-returns-ninth-year/ - WDBJ7:
https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/09/03/welding-student-projects-be-displayed-sold-beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival/ - WDBJ7:
https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/09/15/9th-annual-beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival-wraps-up-with-fortunate-weather-vendor-success/ - WDBJ7:
https://www.wdbj7.com/2024/10/01/hurricane-helenes-aftermath-leaves-sunflower-farm-flattened/
2023:
- State Fair of Virginia:
https://www.statefairva.org/p/getinvolved/superag - Farm Bureau Cultivate Magazine:
https://issuu.com/virginiafarmbureau/docs/03_cultivate_summer_2023_final/18 - Valley Business FRONT: (page 22)
http://vbfront.com/_vbFRONT_2023/vbFRONT_Aug23.pdf - ABC 13 NEWS:
https://wset.com/news/local/east-coasts-largest-sunflower-festival-set-to-return-at-beaver-dam-farm-buchanan-virginia-august-2023?fbclid=IwAR0Upqfv7XoE1rvoAT1AI6EprVeYyS7t4s5ufnXSYfXGO63nua4ifMAA818 - THE ROANOKE STAR:
https://theroanokestar.com/2023/08/02/beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival-announces-2023-festival-dates/ - GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN’S VTC GRANT PRESS RELEASE:
https://www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/news-releases/2023/may/name-1002629-en.html
2022:
- NBC NIGHTLY NEWS STORY:
https://www.nbc.com/nbc-nightly-news/video/sunflowers-marking-support-for-ukraine/679621591 - SALON ARTICLE:
https://www.salon.com/2022/03/04/sunflower-ukraine-symbol-resistance/ - GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN’S VTC GRANT PRESS RELEASE:
https://theroanokestar.com/2022/05/11/beaver-dam-farm-sunflowers-receives-virginia-tourism-corporation-grant-for-tourism-marketing/?fbclid=IwAR0JQefblRJ1n9x8FN3tPM3cMOcEvA1foBPPtHFdzVAH8D3bQ6ClmJA9zqQ
2021:
- THE ROANOKER:
https://theroanoker.com/blogging/behind-the-page/monaghan-emerges-victorious-from-the-gauntlet/ - WSLS NEWS STORY:
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2021/08/13/how-a-sunflower-festival-in-botetourt-county-blossomed-into-an-event-attended-by-thousands-nationwide/ - THE ROANOKE STAR ARTICLE:
https://theroanokestar.com/2021/08/05/6th-annual-beaver-dam-farm-sunflower-festival-to-be-held-in-buchanan/
2020:
- WFXR STORY:
https://www.wfxrtv.com/digital-originals/beaver-dam-farm-gears-up-for-annual-sunflower-festival/ - LYNCHBURG LIVING ARTICLE:
https://lynchburgliving.com/flowers-everywhere/ - THE DELMARVA FARMER ARTICLE:
https://americanfarmpublications.com/expanding-sunflower-attraction-part-of-family-farm-transition-plan/
2019:
- WSLS STORY:
https://www.wsls.com/news/2019/09/07/sunflower-festival-featuring-21-acres-of-flowers-expected-to-attract-thousands-of-visitors/ - THE BOTETOURT BEE ARTICLE:
https://thebotetourtbee.com/2019/08/20/botetourts-sunflower-festival-dates-depend-on-sunflowers-growth/ - WDBJ7 – GROWN HERE AT HOME STORY:
https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Grown-Here-at-Home-Harvesting-sunflower-seeds-505017121.html
2018:
- WDBJ7 STORY:
https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Sunflower-Festival-492260021.html - WDBJ7 – GROWN HERE AT HOME STORY:
https://www.wdbj7.com/content/news/Grown-Here-at-Home–481334621.html - WDBJ7 – 7 @ 4 STORY:
https://www.wdbj7.com/content/misc/7four–491831631.html - FINCASTLE HERALD:
https://fincastleherald.com/sunflower-festival-expands-to-two-september-weekends/