Extreme summer temperatures have meant that millions of wildflowers at The Patch MK have only just burst into colour - five weeks later than expected.
It's an extraordinary spectacle with 50 millions wildflowers and half a million sunflowers sown annually, but the late blooms means visitors only have until this Saturday to head over and take in the sight for themselves before the open season draws to a close.
Normally, visitors are able to enjoy pick-your-own wildflowers from late July throughout the school summer holidays.
“The bloom of the wildflowers is without doubt one of the highlights of our year,” says Joseph Gurney, co-founder of The Patch MK. “They normally flower throughout the whole of the summer holidays and to lose five weeks of bloom time has been tough on us financially,” he admitted.
“It’s one of our core product offerings, but we’ve been battling the dry weather and praying for rain to help them along. The forthcoming week is our only chance to recoup a fraction of the costs we’ve already put into sowing, growing and caring for the fields.
"We’d love to see as many families, photographers and flower pickers as possible come out and enjoy them before our season ends on Saturday.”
Tickets are available at www.thepatchmk.co.uk
