The largest gathering of people dressed as sunflowers consists of 724 people and was achieved by Russell Lothrop and Northside Primary School (both Botswana) in Gaborone, Botswana, on 14 February 2014. Russell Lothrop was 10 years old when he applied to attempt the record and organized the event at his school after noticing a lack of records set in his home country of Botswana.