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Inaugural Westview Sunflower Festival

Todd McInturf
The Detroit News
More customers travel on Wagon Lane to the sunflower fields as they pass 50-year-old apple trees. Adults and children attend the First Westview Sunflower Festival at Westview Orchards & Winery in Washington Twp., Friday afternoon, August 7, 2020. Running the first two weekends in August, the event runs from 10-6, Saturday and Sunday. Reservations can be made Sunday as Saturday is sold out, but walk-up customers will be permitted to enter so see and pick from more than 25,000 sunflower plants on five acres. For more information, visit www.westvieworchards.com
More customers travel on Wagon Lane to the sunflower fields as they pass 50-year-old apple trees. Adults and children attend the First Westview Sunflower Festival at Westview Orchards & Winery in Washington Twp., Friday afternoon, August 7, 2020. Running the first two weekends in August, the event runs from 10-6, Saturday and Sunday. Reservations can be made Sunday as Saturday is sold out, but walk-up customers will be permitted to enter so see and pick from more than 25,000 sunflower plants on five acres. For more information, visit www.westvieworchards.com
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Bowen Kline, left, of Romeo, and Kevin Nameth, of Clinton Twp., carry vessels of sunflowers with their wives, Sarah Carlson and Tiffany Nameth, respectively, (neither pictured).
Bowen Kline, left, of Romeo, and Kevin Nameth, of Clinton Twp., carry vessels of sunflowers with their wives, Sarah Carlson and Tiffany Nameth, respectively, (neither pictured).
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Jessyca Taube, kisses her 5-month-old daughter, Hadley, both of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as they visit family from Rochester Hills.
Jessyca Taube, kisses her 5-month-old daughter, Hadley, both of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., as they visit family from Rochester Hills.
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Evelyn Taube, 3, of Rochester Hills, tries to decide which sunflower she will pick.
Evelyn Taube, 3, of Rochester Hills, tries to decide which sunflower she will pick.
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Maichoua Lor, left, gets help from her sister, Maisee Lor, both of Detroit, as they put on traditional Hmong New Year's Eve celebration clothing before taking pictures among the sunflowers.
Maichoua Lor, left, gets help from her sister, Maisee Lor, both of Detroit, as they put on traditional Hmong New Year's Eve celebration clothing before taking pictures among the sunflowers.
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Maichoua Lor, left, helps from her sister, Maisee Lor, both of Detroit, as they put on traditional Hmong New Year's Eve celebration clothing before taking pictures among the sunflowers.
Maichoua Lor, left, helps from her sister, Maisee Lor, both of Detroit, as they put on traditional Hmong New Year's Eve celebration clothing before taking pictures among the sunflowers.
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Elaine Ponus, of Clinton Twp., carries a vessel full of sunflowers.
Elaine Ponus, of Clinton Twp., carries a vessel full of sunflowers.
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Casimer Ponus, left, carries two vessels of sunflowers as he's followed by his mother, Elaine Ponus, center, both of Clinton Twp., and his sister, Cierra Snoeck, right, of Warren.
Casimer Ponus, left, carries two vessels of sunflowers as he's followed by his mother, Elaine Ponus, center, both of Clinton Twp., and his sister, Cierra Snoeck, right, of Warren.
Todd McInturf, The Detroit News
Scarlett Spencer, left, 13, and her mother, Brooke Meathe, both of Bloomfield, pose on a ladder among the sunflowers.
Scarlett Spencer, left, 13, and her mother, Brooke Meathe, both of Bloomfield, pose on a ladder among the sunflowers.
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More customers arrive at the sunflower fields, Friday afternoon.
More customers arrive at the sunflower fields, Friday afternoon.
Todd McInturf, The Detroit News