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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Arthur in the Garden! 