A farm built a world-record Attenborough portrait out of pumpkins.
Sunnyfields Farm unveiled a giant mosaic portrait of Sir David Attenborough assembled from pumpkins, breaking its own world record for the largest pumpkin mosaic.
NINETY-NINE, IN SQUASH.
A farm in Hampshire broke its own world record by building a huge mosaic portrait of Sir David Attenborough entirely out of pumpkins.
WHAT HAPPENED
BBC News reported on 23 September 2026 that Sunnyfields Farm unveiled a pumpkin mosaic portrait of Sir David Attenborough, breaking the farm's own world record for the largest mosaic of its kind.
WHY THIS IS HOPESLOP
There is no policy outcome here and no measurable gain for anyone. A group of people spent days arranging thousands of squash into the face of a man who spent his life pointing at the natural world, and then invited the neighbours to come look. Joy with no business model attached is still joy.
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