Visiting Cotswold Farm Park flower festival
Can you tell I like flowers? I might not do gardening, but I love gardens and flowers. So I’m always trying to get to the various local-ish flower fields when given the chance. This time it was to the Cotswold Farm Park flower festival.
I knew the sunflowers may not quite be all blooming, but I didn’t know when I’d get the chance if I didn’t get there this time.
There were a lot of road closures which was painful, and my satnav back up is useless and doesn’t have the new postcode. I should have just trusted my own knowledge! It’s handy on arrival because you don’t have to go through the farm park with everyone else. If you’ve booked for the flower festival only, it’s a different area, so you could park in the overflow/holiday parking to be even closer. But it’s only a short walk from the car park, and well sign posted.
Arrival at Cotswold Farm Park flower festival
There’s a pretty marquee all decorated on arrival along with the first photo opportunity frame. You can just show your advance ticket on your mobile, so it was nice and fast to go through.
You can also buy stems of flowers there. I debated buying some wildflower seeds as it would be great to sprinkle them around the edge of our garden. But decided against it – my gardening interest didn’t even stretch to that.
There’s also a picnic area just the other side of the entrance so there’s some chance for shelter from the sun under the parasols if you need it.
The flower field
In July it’s the wildflowers that are the draw, with the sunflowers following into August. I thought some of the wildflowers were a bit bedraggled (there’d been a storm the day before) and not at their best. But they were still a lovely sight.
So many colours with blue cornflowers, red poppies, white camomile and yellow flowers too. Some were in main colour areas, but mostly were all mixed in. Just flowers as far as you could see.
Around the field there are also boards telling you about the type of flowers, their benefits, whether they’re bee friendly etc. All good for children (and adults) to learn.
There are also some photo stops – the prettily decorated wooden arched pyramid and a swing. Not forgetting you can climb the bridge to look over the field in every direction.
Cotswold Farm Park sunflowers
The sunflowers weren’t fully out when I went, but give it an extra week into August, and it would have been blooming everywhere you looked. There was still plenty to see.
They’re always so cheery looking. You can walk on various paths through the field, and there’s plenty of space to take photos even if it does get busier.
After a good wander around, it was getting a bit warm for me, so it was time to go.
I decided against buying flowers there from the exit area, because it was a longish time for them to then sit in the car on the way home. You can’t pick your own at the Cotswold Farm Park flower festival like you can at some places. I think this is mostly better, because if you’re there at the end of the season, you lose sight of all the flowers on the edges as people cut them.
The flower field was lovely to wander in, and if you’re there with young children or all the family, there’s plenty of nice photo opportunities. Otherwise, if you’re on your own like me, a selfie stick or tripod works well enough when there’s not too many people around.
Tickets and accessibility
I paid for flower field access only tickets. If you’re also going to the farm park, then flower field tickets are included. There’s also the option for full flower festival tickets, which include flower bomb making crafts, and some free seeds.
The accessibility is really good as it’s a flat field, and flat walk from the car park. While it is obviously a field, it’s fine for buggies and wheelchairs, although when wet it might get a little boggy. So the Cotswold Farm Park flower festival is accessible for all.
Have you been to any flower festivals or fields this year?
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