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Upcoming events in Southbury
5/7-8/2021 | Friday: 11:00am - 7:00pm; Saturday: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Center Firehouse will be transformed into a floral marketplace. Beautiful hanging baskets, some perennials and annual plants will be on sale. Organizer: Southbury Volunteer Firemen s Association Ladies Auxiliary.
One year after coronavirus cancellation, Portland s Strawberry Festival is set to begin
Outdoor events took a major hit during the pandemic, but we re starting to see them make a comeback, and there s one making its debut in Franklin this weekend.
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PORTLAND, Tenn. (WTVF) â Vendors and city leaders helped kick off the 80th annual Middle Tennessee Strawberry Festival on Thursday with the event s annual farmers market.
Last year, the coronavirus forced the festival to cancel for just the second time in its 80-year history. The first time came during World War II. We sometimes don t realize what we have until it s gone, Portland Chamber of Commerce President Sheri Ferguson said.
Todd Johnson, OSU Agricultural Communications Services
A light frost in mid-April damaged plants at select locations, but Adair County’s strawberry harvest is expected to produce yields comparable to 2020. Adair County celebrates strawberry harvest with its annual Strawberry Festival.
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Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
Despite Oklahoma s hard February freeze along with a light frost in this spring, Adair County’s strawberry harvest is expected to produce yields comparable to 2020.
“From the conversations I’ve had with our growers, they suffered a 3% to 4% loss, but the frost cloth solar blankets helped,” Patterson said. “Also, the snow acted as an insulator and protected the plants from the sub-zero weather.”
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Newark Strawberry Festival Cancelled
NEWARK, OH The Kiwanis Club of Newark, Ohio, has canceled its
2021 Newark Strawberry Festival due to the ongoing concerns related to
COVID-19.
“We explored several options and had many discussions with
community leaders and experts,” said Phil Frye, festival chairperson. “We decided
that canceling this year’s festival is the right decision because our first
concern is the safety of our community, festival attendees, and our members.”
The Newark Kiwanis Strawberry Festival has been a fixture in
downtown Newark for 36 years, annually drawing more than 30,000 people to the
square the weekend after Memorial Day.