Sunflowers are here

July 19, 2018 12:00 am • Last Updated: July 20, 2018 9:34 am

By Dana Jensen
Staff Photographer

People wander through the sunflower field at Buttonwood Farm in Griswold on Thursday evening, July 19, 2018. The farm hosts the Sunflower for Wishes fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut that begins July 21 and runs through July 29. Bouquets of five sunflowers will be given for a $10 donation while supplies last, and all proceeds of sunflower sales go directly to Make-A-Wish. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Griswold — People wander through the sunflower field at Buttonwood Farm on Thursday evening.

The farm hosts the Sunflower for Wishes fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut that begins July 21 and runs through July 29. Bouquets of five sunflowers will be given for a $10 donation while supplies last, and all proceeds of sunflower sales go directly to Make-A-Wish. According to the Buttonwood web site, since 2004 Sunflowers for Wishes has raised money for Make-A-Wish Foundation Connecticut to help fulfill the special wishes of seriously ill children. To date the family has raised well over $1 million from the sale of T-shirts, cards, sunflower bouquets and tickets for hayrides through the fields.

Trudy Gress, left, and her daughter Marissa Gress of Andover stop to take a closer look at a sunflower while wandering at Buttonwood Farm in Griswold on Thursday evening, July 19, 2018. The women have been wanting to visit the farm to see the sunflowers for years but never found the time. The farm hosts the Sunflower for Wishes fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut that begins July 21 and runs through July 29. Bouquets of five sunflowers will be given for a $10 donation while supplies last, and all proceeds of sunflower sales go directly to Make-A-Wish. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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Alex Crawford carries his son Camden, 4, as they leave the sunflower field after taking family photos with his wife, Taylor, and their son Casey, 2, not shown, at Buttonwood Farm in Griswold on Thursday evening, July 19, 2018. The farm hosts the Sunflower for Wishes fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut that begins July 21 and runs through July 29. Bouquets of five sunflowers will be given for a $10 donation while supplies last, and all proceeds of sunflower sales go directly to Make-A-Wish. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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