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Jenny Jenner

Jenny Jenner

Founder of the Kalbar Sunflower Festival; farmer and community leader raising funds for cancer care and palliative support in Queensland, Australia.

Jun 7, 2026

2:05
Can you explain what goes on at the festival?
2:07
We run it over three days and we spend a fair bit of time setting up beforehand.
2:12
So I grow about 25 acres of sunflowers.
2:17
And during the last 12 months, we've planted grass walkways to make it more comfortable for people rather than just walking through a paddock.
2:27
where you've got dirt so if you do get a bit of rain it gets a bit muddy so we've increased the accessibility in that regard but we set up lots of props in the fields for people to take photos with so swings big picture frames we had couches all sorts of different things trailer as a viewing platform with stairs that you could climb up so you look out over the sunflowers lots of you know just funny photo opportunities for people and they really do enjoy that we also do have a sensory garden a free children's activity hub where they can do arts and crafts face painting we have market stalls food we have long lunches and a dinner and live music, and then we do workshops, art and craft workshops as well, which people pre-book.
3:20
We have a beautiful yellow helicopter, which gives joy flights over the farm and the surrounding farmland, which is very popular.
3:28
And lots of professional photography goes on as well.

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