Wisconsin man creates beautiful 4-mile-long sunflower memorial to his wife

[Botany]

After Babbette Jaquish lost a 9-year battle with cancer, her husband wanted to honor her in a remarkably beautiful way:

A few miles southwest of Eau Claire, where corn and soybeans normally kiss the edges of the road, now stands a 60-foot-wide sunflower strip – four-and-a-half miles long.

"She's always loved flowers, but sunflowers were her favorite," says Don Jaquish, who planted the sunflowers as a tribute toBabbette, the wife he lost last November to cancer.

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The seeds will be harvested and sold to support other cancer patients. Babbette dreamed of that very notion, after convincing Don to plant a field of sunflowers four years ago.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/08/17/1412809/-Wisconsin-man-creates-beautiful-4-mile-long-sunflower-memorial-to-his-wife?detail=email

http://www.wqow.com/story/29754439/2015/08/10/sunflower-sea-along-hwy-85-inspired-by-woman-who-recently-lost-battle-to-cancer

[longship]

1. Beautiful.

R&K

[G_j]

2. K&R

[WillyT]

3. K & R !!!

[jtuck004]

4. "To benefit families dealing with illness, Babbette’s Seeds of Hope will donate a portion of the

proceeds from our products to hospitals, research, and patient advocacy".

Yeah, that's an expensive farming operation, salaries and all that. But they should be able to put a little out there. Good idea.

[sarge43]

5. Lovely

If there are any honey bees in the area, they'll be most grateful. They love the pollen.

[bvar22]

6. Threads like this need photos:

There were few at the links, but this one is nice:

[malaise]

7. Lovely and meaningful

Rec

[mike_c]

8. what a wonderful tribute....

Dammit, I've got something in my eyes.

[smirkymonkey]

9. How beautiful and touching!

[Tree-Hugger]

10. So beautiful nt

[Lifelong Protester]

11. I feel a drive coming on....