Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival

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SHEFFIELD, Mass. — The second annual Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival will be held on Sunday Sept. 15, 2024 from noon-4pm. 
 
Attendees can view dahlia displays submitted for the homegrown dahlia contest, view bouquets available for purchase at the bouquet bar, and enjoy floral foods and beverages. There will also be facepainting, an assortment of local vendors, a garden information booth, and a raffle of fabulous horticultural prizes. 
 
The workshop room will feature workshops in floral arranging with dahlias, creating biodegradable flower crowns, and overwintering dahlia tubers (the workshops are ticketed and registration in advance is encouraged). Harpist Marie Hamilton will provide live harp music to accompany the event. 
 
To enter the homegrown dahlia contest fill out these forms by midnight on Sunday Sept. 8, 2024. Blooms will need to be dropped off at Dewey Memorial Hall on Saturday Sept. 14 between 2pm and 4pm. 
 
To enter the contest fill out this form by Sept. 8: https://forms.gle/G8xPEtFJVq89bviS7
 
 
Workshops
 
ASL interpretation services are available for the workshops if requested prior to Sept.1 by emailing deweyhalloffice@gmail.com. This service will be offered subject to interpreter availability. 
 
The Dewey Hall Dahlia Festival is sponsored by Webster Landscape Inc, One Mercantile/Sett, Windy Hill Farm, Clark, Green, and Bek, Campo de Fiori, John Field Tree Service, Ward’s Nursery, Acrisure, Race Mountain Tree Services, Inc., and Berkshire Mountain Distillery
 
All proceeds support the operation and preservation of the nonprofit Dewey Memorial Hall, an historic community and arts center in Sheffield since 1887.
 
 

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New Universally Accessible Sheffield Trail To Be Highlighted on Guided Walk

SHEFFIELD, Mass. — The Sheffield Land Trust will hold its annual Fall Property Walk on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 1 pm at its Ashley Falls Woods property off Rte 7A in Ashley Falls.  
 
The guided walk will highlight the completion of the first phase of upgrading a section of trail to be universally accessible.  Signage and other improvements will follow in subsequent phases.
 
Join guides Elia Delmolino and Neal Chamberlain to experience this new recreational opportunity.
 
Neal Chamberlain is the long-time Land Trust volunteer who guides the maintenance of the trails, and Elia DelMolino is from Greenagers, whose youth work crews have been busy this summer and fall in transforming 0.3 miles of the existing trail into an ADA-compliant accessible trail. The trail of compacted stone dust wanders through mowed meadows and forest, with a new bridge and boardwalk crossing the stream and wet areas.
 
The Land Trust thanked Greenagers, for making this trail accessible and the Berkshire Environmental Endowment, Eagle Fund, Fields Pond Foundation, and MassTrails for the grants that helped fund the work.
 
Before the walk, enjoy seasonal refreshments. Please wear good walking shoes and warm clothing.
 
This event is free, open to the public and family friendly.
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