Sunnyfields Farm in Totton, Hampshire is preparing to unveil a David Attenborough pumpkin portrait built from more than 10,000 pumpkins. The mystery subject will be revealed on Tuesday at 18:00 BST in a livestream on the News website, giving visitors and online viewers the same moment of reveal.
The display is the latest annual mosaic from Sunnyfields Farm, where the pumpkin artwork opens Pumpkin Time. Thomas Nelson, the director, said: "Sometime in August we ask the public what they want to see on the pyramid and quite soon it's clear what they do want."
Andrew Bega and the pyramid
Nelson said the ideas are then handed to artist Andrew Bega: "In the background we throw some ideas around and then we hand it off to our artist, Andrew Bega, and he makes it look good." That process has become part of the farm's routine over the past 10 years, with the pyramid display now a fixed feature of the season rather than a one-off stunt.
Sunnyfields Farm was founded by Nelson's parents in 1990, and the site entered the record books in 2023 for the largest mosaic created from squashes. Last year's portrait featured the late Ozzy Osbourne and measured 212 m sq (2,281 sq ft), setting the Guinness World Record for largest cucurbita mosaic.
Sunnyfields Farm and the record
The farm's own language makes the competitive edge clear: "We do keep beating our own record so there's a challenge out there" and "Come on other pumpkin farmers - you need to get your act together and give us a challenge." That is the complication in this year's reveal: Sunnyfields is not just making another portrait, it is trying to outdo its own benchmark while daring others to respond.
The 2026 target keeps the focus on scale as much as subject. If this year's portrait tops last year's 212 m sq mark, the real story will be the gap between what Sunnyfields builds and what the rest of the pumpkin world can match.
