A common sight at roadsides in our area, and many parts of Germany in fact, is this:
Pick your own flowers!
You can stop by the roadside, take one of the little knives hanging on the sign, and walk into the field to cut sunflowers or gladioli. There’s a big drum to put your money in – just 60 (Euro) cents per flower.
Some fields also have dahlias, and in the last couple of years I have also seen a field in spring with tulips and daffodils. Our local field is just down the road, and the flowers are planted/sown in stages, so there are fresh flowers from June to September!
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Words and Herbs 
It’s such a civil custom.
Oh it is… I just hope this one never dies out! 😀
I love this wonderful idea with picking your own flowers. Here we have little farm stands where you take corn, fruit etc and leave your money in a can or box…
That’s a lovely idea too… there’s a strawberry/berry stand a few miles from us, but I hardly ever see vegetables.
Here gladiolas have to be dug up and saved over winter… It must be a backbreaking job to dig up a whole field of them and then replant them in the spring! That certainly is a labor of love!
Good morning Snowbirdpress. Yes, here they also have to be dug up… but they have a tractor that ploughs up the soil and they are easily picked up then. Still, it must be fairly lucrative for farmers to bother…
What a great idea! I love sunflowers… so just seeing a field of those would be worth paying money for 🙂
Yes, it really is lovely just to look as you drive by! 😀
Gladiolen, Sonnenblumen, Tulpen-, mixed Summerflowers und sogar Zierkürbisse im Freien Verkauf kenne ich auch aus Norddeutschland.
Zierkürbisse gibt es auch bei uns im Herbst (aber leider keine essbare Kürbisse).
I think it’s a lovely tradition!
… und Vertrauen (a sign of trust).
What a lovely idea – I have never seen a flower filed like this before – thank you for sharing it with us! 🙂
I’ve only ever seen them here – I love stopping off occasionally to cut a few flowers!
The gladiolas look stunning – I can’t imagine a field full of them – what a sight!
There are lots of local Honor Stands for buying fruits and veggies, and sometimes cut flowers, but no one here would dream of letting someone walk unattended into their field to pick…What a beautiful tradition.
Rural Bavaria is still very open and trusting. I love that about living here. And traditions are respected.
I also like those fields, they look so lovely when one drives past. I always wonder though how the farmers can make ends meet.
I’m sure it pays, or they just wouldn’t bother… I certainly put a small fortune in their box every summer – gladly! 😀
How absolutely lovely! I have said this before Cathy and I will probably say it again but the tourism board of Germany should pay you for all that wonderful coverage. You make me want to visit….Such a beautiful country. 🙂
It IS a beautiful country Strawberryindigo! I really do hope that you get to see it one day! The countryside around us is very pretty, but the mountains are simply amazing! 😀
Wonderful. I especially love the beautiful gladioli.
I like the gladioli best too – there are so many wonderful mixed colours in this field this year!
Beautiful pictures! My mom planted hundreds of gladioli every year. They are just gorgeous. And what a wonderful idea to let people pick their own from the field.
Hi Marie. That must have been hard work, but the rewards are plain! 😀 Thanks for stopping by!
I often see glads for sale along the road here, but never a farm just to pick flowers. What a neat idea!
I think so too! Much nicer to stand amid them all and pick out exactly the colours you want! 😀
Your photography is as stunning as always. As with many of the comments above I to am happy to hear of a lace where people are honest and civil.
Thank you! It is little things like this that constantly renew my faith in humankind! 😀
That is the spirit of Aloha
Beautiful photos. This is a wonderful down to earth – honest business concept – a win-win for all. Thank you for sharing!
You’re right… and even if you don’t buy and just drive past, the fields are still a sight worth seeing!
Your pot makes me want to go back to where my grandfather was born xo Now wonder I adore FLOWERS
Eunice
Where was he born then?
I will have to see if my Mom has it on her birth certifcate 🙂 She was born here in USA in 1935 I know he left a wife and daughter there before world war 2 and came here his last name was Searles first name Frederick