When Does the Season Start in Ohio? 2026 Farm Dates
5 farms in Ohio publish their own 2026 season dates, across 1 of the things people drive out for. That is the answer to "when does the season start" for this place specifically, rather than the September and October every national guide prints for the whole country.
✓ 5 published dates · updated September 27, 2026 · how we verify
When does sunflower season start in Ohio?
5 farms in Ohio publish their own sunflower season dates for 2026. The earliest opens August 28 and the latest September 25. With only 5 dates we give you the range and leave it at that rather than pretend to a middle. 3 also publish a closing date, the latest of them November 1.
| Farm | Opens | Closes | What the farm published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lohstroh Family Farms Mount Sterling, OH |
August 28 | Not published | "2026 sunflower field opens Aug 28, noon-6pm; Sunset Sunflowers evening events Sep 2 & 10 per website; weekends + Labor Day thereafter per roundup; bring hand clippers" |
| Ramseyer Farms Wooster, OH |
September 2 | October 31 | "Open Sep 2 to Oct 31, 2026, Wed-Sat 10am-7pm and Sun 1pm-7pm, closed Mon and Tue; 9-acre sunflower field plus zinnias per roundup; 50+ fall attractions; pet and photography policy pages on..." |
| Van Buren Acres Hebron, OH |
September 12 | November 1 | "Sunflowers approx Sep 12 through mid-Oct 2026, included with admission per roundup; corn mazes, jumping pillow, hayrides, putt-putt per website 2026 Season - September 12 through November 1." |
| Hartford Orchards LLC Hartford, OH |
September 18 | November 1 | "7th Annual Sunflower Festival announced on website; 2026 roundup lists Aug 1-2 & 8-9 with 100,000+ blooms; peaches, apples and fall produce also offered U-pick apples run September 18..." |
| Lynd Fruit Farm (S'miles of Sunflowers) Pataskala, OH |
September 25 | Not published | "2026 sunflower u-pick dates TBA per website (typically 30+ varieties, wagon rides); apple u-pick Thursdays in season; pumpkins expected from Sep 25; corn maze Due to extremely low..." |
What we cannot answer here yet
Fewer than 5 farms in Ohio publish their own dates for apple picking, pumpkins, corn mazes, so there is no honest answer to give for those. We would rather say that than print a national average and call it local.
How these dates were collected
These figures come from prices and dates published by the farms themselves on their own websites, collected and re-checked by Bloom and Pick. Every farm in the count links to the page the figure came from and the date we last checked it. Farms that do not publish a price are not counted, and are named separately so you can see who is missing. Farms that publish prices online tend to be larger and more visitor focused than farms that do not, so these medians likely sit above what a typical small farm charges. We report medians and ranges, never averages, and we state how many farms are in every number. Nothing here is estimated, modeled, or filled in.