Hampshire fruit farm shop warns visitors to 'keep clothes on' in the sunflowers

A fruit farm shop in Hampshire is warning visitors to 'keep their clothes on in the sunflowers' after a rise in the number of reports of naked photography.

Stoke Fruit Farm Shop in Hayling Island is a family-run shop based on the main road onto the island.

The farm revealed it has seen an increase in people taking photos with the sunflowers hiding their modesty.

Sunflowers have become an icon and symbol of the Calendar Girls story, who pose for the calendar using the bright flowers.

Posting on their Facebook page, a spokesperson for the farm said: "Reminder to all we are a family area and please keep your clothes on in the sunflowers!

"We are having an increase of reports of naked photography taking place and this must not happen during our public sessions please!"

A spokesperson told ITV Meridian: "We have had a number of incidents in the fields over the last few days of ladies taking their tops off!

"This seems to be in aid of taking the perfect photos.

"Although we have had a lot of successful photoshoots in the sunflower field including 'the cast of calendar girls' our ethos of the field is as a family picking field and uncensored photography is forbidden!! 

"I think it is a shame that the fun of taking a few risky photos is being challenged by this blatant nudity in our family field."

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