Sunflower fields near Midwest City

Oklahoma Tulips

A turn-of-the-century dairy farm in Harrah, minutes east of Midwest City, replanted as Oklahoma's largest u-pick tulip field. Spring is tulips; the same rows are sown with sunflowers and zinnias for a second, fall picking season, so this is the closest place to Midwest City where you can cut sunflowers yourself. There is no advance ticket: admission is posted each season and you pay on arrival, then pay per stem or per bundle for what you cut. Hours move with the bloom and the weather, and the farm sends visitors to its Facebook page for the current bloom report before they drive out.

Cross Timbers Christmas Tree Farm

A 1940s-era Christmas tree and pumpkin farm in Harrah whose sunflower patch is run as a photography venue rather than a picking field. The 2026 patch was open June 18 through July 5, and sessions are booked in advance through the farm's booking link; the published rate card starts at $25 for a thirty-minute mini session and runs up to $175 for a ten-hour booking, though the card on the page is dated 2022, so confirm the current rate when you book. The rest of the year the same farm is a no-entry-fee pumpkin patch in October and a cut-your-own tree field in December, with a barrel train, farm animals and a corn pit for children. Owner Gary Eubanks lists a phone number on the photography page for anyone who wants current pricing or venue details.

Flowers Farms

A family-run Oklahoma City landscaping company on Newcastle Road that grows its own plants and opens a you-pick cut-flower field next to the greenhouse. Sunflowers are one of a dozen crops planted for picking: the farm says its first sunflower crop is ready mid-July, alongside five-foot giant zinnias, marigolds, cosmos and celosia. No admission price is published, and the farm asks you to call or text before coming out, with daily updates posted to Facebook. Because it doubles as a garden center, a visit can be a bouquet and bedding plants in one trip.

Growing Paynes

A seventh-generation family farm in Mustang, on the far side of the metro from Midwest City, that opens its flower rows for u-pick on select dates through the season. Most of the flowers are grown under cover for shade and quality, cups or jars come with a bouquet purchase, and there is a shaded self-serve design bar with wrap, ribbon and water to build the bouquet before you leave. Sunflower rows are also one of the backdrops for the seasonal photography sessions the farm hosts with a local photographer. The state tourism listing records free admission and asks visitors to call for availability, and the farm doesn't publish sunflower dates, so a call before driving out is worth it.

Petal Pusher Farms

Nearly an acre of seasonal cut flowers on a farm thirty miles south of Oklahoma City, where sunflowers come in over the summer alongside zinnias and dahlias. Picking is not a drop-in: the farm runs limited seasonal u-pick events by reservation, plus floral design classes and evening u-picks sold through its booking page, and state tourism lists it as open to the public on Saturday mornings in season. Guests borrow a bucket and shears, cut their own stems and get help tying the bouquet. Farm-fresh eggs and produce are sold alongside the flowers, and the farm also does wholesale and event floral design.

Horn Canna Farm Sunflower Days

The best-known sunflower event in Oklahoma, and the one place on this list built around a field rather than a photo backdrop. Horn Canna Farm is a working canna farm near Carnegie, an hour and a half from Oklahoma City, that started planting sunflowers as a cover crop in 2019 and now opens the rows for Sunflower Days in the third full week of September, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., with props such as a vintage door and a working piano set among the flowers. Admission is $5 per person, or $35 for photographers shooting sessions in the field, and cut stems are for sale; the farm's signature cannas are at peak bloom at the same time. The farm's own website no longer resolves, so check its Facebook page for this year's dates before making the drive.

The Prairie Patch

A 45-acre homestead and outdoor photography venue in Okmulgee, on the land that used to be J&B Flower Patch, roughly an hour and a half east of Midwest City. Sessions are booked and paid in advance and run $25 for an hour or $45 for two on the main property, with a wooden bridge and back 25 acres, a glass greenhouse and animal encounters priced separately. Flowers are seasonal and the owners are upfront that they are not guaranteed: zinnias and sunflowers typically bloom late June through mid-July, so ask what is in bloom before you book. Guests can take phone photos freely, but professional sessions must be booked and paid ahead.

Catoosa Sunflower Farm

A photography farm outside Tulsa built around its sunflowers, with pasture, mature trees, tall grass and a large pond to shoot in. Sunflower season runs July through September and appointments are required; sessions are booked through the farm's online scheduler, and the property is open year-round for other backdrops once the flowers are done. Pricing is not published on the county tourism listing, so ask when you book. It is the longest drive on this list, close to two hours northeast of Midwest City, and worth it mainly if you want a field that exists for sunflowers rather than a farm that happens to grow them.