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

 

Send Payment Here: https://secure.givelively.org/event/dewey-memorial-hall-inc/2024-dahlia-festival-contest-registration

 

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.