We are very lucky to have The Pop Up Farm pretty much on our doorstep. We visited last year to pick our pumpkins and when we heard about the sunflowers, we just had to pop by.
Located on Junction 9 of the M1 in Hertfordshire and established in 2017, The Pop Up Farm is the vision of Ian and Gillian Pigott. We actually had the pleasure of speaking to Ian today – although we didn’t realise it at the time!
They currently have two things going on – the Sunflower Festival which ends next weekend and the Sweetcorn Celebration which doesn’t have an end date on the website. There are also pumpkins growing ready for October and picking – we will definitely be popping back! We knew about the sunflowers but didn’t know about the sweetcorn so that was a pleasant surprise.
Entrance is free which is fantastic. You can buy sunflower stems (£2 a stem or 7 for £10) which a member of staff will cut for you, pick your own sweetcorn (£2 a cob or 4 for £6), various Pop Up Farm items such as hessian bags and there is also food and drink on site. They have pizza cooked in a wood fired oven (we tried some and it was lovely) and the most delicious barbecued sweetcorn – so tasty and sweet which we found out was because of the type of sweetcorn – it’s name is Super Sweet Sweetcorn – and how fresh it was, it was freshly picked the day before.
The Pop Up Farm is a wonderful place to visit with the family. It is lovely to be able to show my children how food grows and they both picked a cob of sweetcorn with the help of their Daddy. The kids both love sunflowers too so it was wonderful to show them growing.
Not only that but they make for a wonderful photo backdrop too. As you can see, we took quite a few and I saw numerous people stopping for photos – I even saw a couple having what I believe to be engagement photos taken! It does seem to be a bit of a blogger/influencer draw too; just a quick browse of Instagram shows many visiting in recent weeks!
We chose to buy seven sunflower stems for £10, four cobs of corn for £6, a hessian bag, a pizza and some barbecued corn. This altogether came just under £30 which for a family of four to have a great time is pretty good. Remembering that entrance is free and that you don’t have to spend as much as we did and you can see that this is definitely an affordable option for a day out.
Something I really love about The Pop Up Farm is that they are so child friendly. Members of staff say hello and interact with the children, there’s quizzes dotted around and there’s this fantastic maze too!
The farm is absolutely beautiful and I am so lucky to have it so close by. We picked some open stems, some about to open and some closed stems so we can reap the benefits for a few weeks – I’m looking at them right now and smiling at such a lovely day out. While this farm is perfect for a day trip, if you want to explore more of the UK’s beautiful countryside, check for a Forest Holidays discount code when planning your next nature getaway.
Overall, I love this place. Affordable, beautiful, friendly and helpful staff and a walk from my home, what’s not to love?
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They look so chuffed with the sunflowers and corn so cool! What a lovely looking day out.
That is so up my street, the twins would absolutely love going somewhere like that for the day. Wish it was local to me.
Beautiful! We have quite a famous field of sunflowers in Rhossilli here in South Wales, I’m yet to get there yet but it’s on the bucket list!
We love this place too. We bought our sunflowers over a week ago and they are still looking lovely!
That sounds like a brilliant family day out
That looks like a fun day out. Looks like the kiddies had a lot of fun.
Anne xx
Looks lovely! Would love to visit one of these!
Those are lovely sunflowers! I’m amazed how tall they can grow. They’re really so pretty.
Ah we love places like this, just getting outdoors with the kids (and tiring them out!). Love the sunflowers, they are so gorgeous!
This looks amazing! And kids sure look like they have lots of fun 🙂
This looks amazing! And kids definitely look like they had an awesome time 🙂
Oh I love sunflowers! It sounds like a fab place, and affordable too.
Beautiful photos! I’d love to pick sunflowers and we’re only in Essex so will check this out. X
That’s a lovely idea and such terrific pictures! I wonder if we have something similar up here in Northumberland!
The pop up farm sounds amazing! Those sunflowers are beautiful and I love corn on the cob – nothing tastes better when freshly picked. It sounds like a lovely family friendly day out and good value too!
I have not visited the pop-up farm but heard of it before when I used to live in Hatfield, what a farm visit.
Such cute photo’s, looks like you had heaps of fun
How do you find local sunflower fields, would love to take mine to one
I love all the sunflowers, they are just so jolly!
What beautiful sunflowers. I love the idea of picking your own corn, I think it’s really important for children to appre where their food comes from and how it’s grown.
This looks great. I missed the local sunflower picking recently but we do like to go to our nearest pop up farm for pumpkin picking. It’s great to do with the children.
I’ve never heard of a pop up farm before but it looks fantastic! X
This is lovely! My kids would go crazy for the sweetcorn. Great value for a day out that’s a bit different too.
That sounds like a lovely day out. I’d love to pick my own corn on the cob. And sunflowers are so pretty. Great that you can choose to spend as much or as little as you like.
Sounds like a fantastic family day out. We love visiting farms
We used to love laces like these when the children were smaller, lovely photo’s
Sounds like a great place to take the children, it’s so lovely to be able to show them how things grow and to be able to have corn that has been picked the day before, and an awesome place to take photos too!
This looks AMAZING!
I had a sunflower bouquet at my September wedding x Might have to plan a visit here for our anniversary next year x
It looks like a perfect day out. That field of sunflowers is stunning!
Looks a lovely day out, with pretty sunflowers.
Sunflowers are definitely my favourite flowers!
Looks like great fun with lots to do for the family!