On #WorldSmileDay, flowers to make you smile
Thank you to everyone who planted, watered and cared for their tiny sunflower seeds to grow something magnificent! The sun hasn’t always been on our side these past few months, so we’re astonished by how many beautiful flowers made it through to touch the sky. As we enjoy #WorldSmileDay, enjoy our gallery of sunshine and happiness below. A big well done to all of our sunflower growers!
Jameel
A video showing Jameel planting his seeds himself with some verbal tips from his mum. The photo shows the sunflowers after they started to shoot in the pots.
Alma and Susie
Alma, Susie, Dad and baby next to their sunflower towering above them all.
Zain
Zain is standing behind his three sunflowers which have huge beautiful flowers on them.
Ayla
Ayla smiling in a princess dress next to two huge sunflowers and a colourful windmill.
Becky
Becky smiling with her two sunflowers, both taller than her!
Alex
Alex’s sunflowers after the seeds were just planted. The next photo shows them growing on a windowsill as tall as a spoon. The last picture shows them next to a mug to show how tall they have grown.
Abigail
Several sunflowers growing in the garden flower bed.
Angel
A row of 15 or more sunflowers peeking above their front garden fence.
Martha
Martha standing smiling next to her sunflower saplings, potted in the light of a windowsill.
Charlie
Two photos showing Charlie’s plant growing and the end result of a beautiful flower.
Fred
The first photo shows the plants just starting to shoot in their indoor pots. The family has each written their name on the pots. The second photo shows them ‘as big as a crayon’. The third photo show Fred and his sister laughing while they water the flowers in the garden. The final image is of a fully bloomed sunflower with a beautiful butterfly resting on it.
Dextar
Dextar looking down at the camera with lots of sunflowers towering above him.
Robbie
Robbie in the garden hiding behind his marker sign reading ‘as tall as a magazine’.
Madison
Madison’s sunflower is absolutely huge! She is standing in front of it holding a marker sign which says ‘as tall as a door’.
Isabelle and Sienna
Sienna sitting in her chair smiling with her ‘as tall as a chair’ marker card. The second photo shows the sunflower once it has bloomed and grown really tall.
James
Two photos showing James’ sunflower before and after blooming. The tallest sunflower is taller than the fence.
Kyla and Aria
The first two photos show Kyla and Aria planting their sunflower seeds. The third shows a flower starting to shoot up with the marker card ‘as tall as a crayon’.
Lucas
Three photos – the first shows Lucas smiling holding a crayon next to the sunflower with the marker card ‘as tall as a crayon’. The second photo shows Lucas next to the sunflowers growing taller out in the garden. The third shows the sunflowers in bloom in the garden.
Sehira
Sehira’s sunflower starting to grow next to the marker card ‘as tall as a crayon’.
Zachariah
Zachariah laughing in front of his sunflower which is almost as tall as the garden fence.
Harvey
Harvey sitting next to his sunflower holding his marker card ‘as tall as a mug’.
Megan
A close-up photograph of Megan’s sunflowers and a picture of Megan with her marker card ‘as tall as a magazine’.
Poppy
The first photo shows the sunflower next to a magazine and Poppy smiling holding the marker card reading ‘as tall as a magazine’. The second photo shows Poppy holding her own home-made sign reading ‘as tall as me’ with the sunflower in full bloom.
Rosie
Four photographs of Rosie with her sunflowers. The first shows her in front of a windowsill with her potted sunflowers growing tall. The second and third photos show her planting them into the garden. The final photo shows Rosie standing smiling in front of her sunflower which is as tall as her!
Tegan
Two photos showing an incredible row of over 20 sunflowers! They are fully bloomed and as tall as the garden fence. Tegan is smiling in the photos wearing yellow checked dungarees which match the colour of the sunflowers.
Keziah
Keziah holding a crayon next to her sunflower shoots with the marker card ‘as tall as a crayon’.
Sakina
Sunflower shoots growing in a tub next to a crayon with a marker sign reading ‘as big as a crayon’.
Thanks for keeping sending the e mails about what you are doing with young people throughout the country. As you say, the sunflowers and those youngsters in the photographs enabled all to smile with them. It was also great to see some of the youngsters that I work with being involved in the project. As a hab specialist, I try to encourage involvement throughout the country so that people can expand their horizons and of course learn what others are doing and how they improvise and thence learn from each other. Keep it all going and thankyou for the information.
Thank you Steve, so glad you enjoyed the gallery!