Husband Planted 4-Mile Stretch of Sunflowers For Wife Who Died of Cancer

Well, this is one of the sweetest love stories you'll ever hear. After his wife, Babbette, passed away from cancer at the age of 66, Don Jaquish did something incredible to honor her memory: he planted a four-and-a-half-mile stretch of sunflowers, her favorite flower ever.

"She got to be known as the sunflower lady of the community," Don told ABC News. "So after she passed away, I thought it would be a tribute to her to plant four miles of sunflowers on each side of [the highway]."

Don planted the flowers — which cover nearly 400 acres — along Highway 85 in Wisconsin in June, and after over two months of growing, the flowers finally bloomed, making a truly beautiful sight to see. It gets even sweeter: he plans to sell the sunflower seeds and donate a portion of the money to hospitals and research, which is something Babbette had been passionate about throughout her cancer treatment. ABC News says that Babbette "had the idea of raising sunflowers and selling sunflower seeds in part to benefit cancer research," which is how the official name Babbette's Seeds of Hope came to be.

"Everyone that ever met Babbette fell in love with her," Jaquish said. "I was just lucky enough to be the guy that she fell in love with." Swoon.

The seeds of hope will be available for purchase, and you can visit the site for more information. "I think she would be smiling," Don said. "We had an amazing response."