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“I didn't like sunflowers,” said Sunflower Festival founder and Hydeout Bed and Breakfast owner Beth Simonson . “Then I moved to central South Dakota and fell in love with them.” Simonson’s husband grows sunflowers, and after falling for them, she wanted to share the beauty not only with the rest of South Dakota, but tourists from all over. Sunflower the Festival

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