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Each year the City of Raleigh plants 5 acres of sunflowers on Dix Park and the seeds are harvested for the oil.

• The 5-acre sunflower field at Dix Park is a City of Raleigh partnership between Raleigh Water, Raleigh Parks, and the Office of Sustainability.
• Raleigh Water preps the field in spring and plants the sunflower seeds in mid-May.
  • In 2023, 280,000 seeds  of the Hunters Select Peredovik variety were planted.

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