{"id":291079,"date":"2026-09-21T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291079\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T21:10:08","slug":"make-a-difference-monday-a-field-of-100000-sunflowers-and-a-maze-built-to-ease-your-mind-make-a-difference-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/291079\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Difference Monday: A field of 100,000 sunflowers \u2014 and a maze built to ease your mind | Make A Difference Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

COOPERSBURG, Pa. – There’s a field of flowers blooming that can give all of us a bit of comfort.<\/p>\n

On this last day of summer, you’ll find this stunning sunflower field in Coopersburg right across from Pappy’s Orchard and Bakery.<\/p>\n

It’s more than just a pretty place. As we’ve told you over the years, there’s a maze amidst all those flowers to help ease your mind and body.<\/p>\n

It’s all a part of the nonprofit Petals 4 Hope started by Ester Urffer, who wanted a place where people could come to decompress, be out in nature, and pay attention to how they are feeling.<\/p>\n

She says mazes have a calming effect, and being out in nature can improve your mental health.<\/p>\n

There are more than 100,000 flowers in this field and Ester says this year’s weather was a big help. She says it was perfect for sunflower growing.<\/p>\n

You can learn more about Petals 4 Hope on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COOPERSBURG, Pa. – There’s a field of flowers blooming that can give all of us a bit of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,5943,120690,54160,11392,47,120689,6725,120688,120687],"class_list":["post-291079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-coopersburg","tag-ester-urffer","tag-flowers","tag-maze","tag-mental-health","tag-nature-therapy","tag-nonprofit","tag-petals-4-hope","tag-sunflower-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}