Fall Fest Brings Community Together to Celebrate the New Season

Fall Fest visitors enjoy music from Stephen Lindsay and his band

By Mya Cusson, Communications Coordinator

With the weather getting colder here in Massachusetts, Fall Fest was just what we needed to warm our spirits. 

On October 3, Wildlands Trust hosted our Fall Fest, where we invited our community to Davis-Douglas Farm for a festive day of music, food, and fun. We began the event with a hike led by our volunteer hike leaders, who brought a group of 30 hikers on a 2-mile tour of our Emery Preserve. We spent the rest of the afternoon enjoying live Irish music by Stephen Lindsay and his band, and local food and drink courtesy of Alden Park-ed, Moon Gate Garden, and IndieFerm. At our Craft Zone, our youngest Wildlands supporters learned how to use the world around them to create art, making cyanotype prints and fairy homes using found objects. To wrap up Fall Fest, we announced the winners of our eleven raffle prizes, the contents of which were generously donated by local businesses across our region. 

This event was a major success, for Wildlands Trust, attracting an estimated 600 visitors, a record high for us, and raising over $3,600 to help us continue our mission of saving land for everyone, forever. We want to extend our gratitude to everyone who participated in Fall Fest, including our visitors, donors, volunteers, staff, and all of the vendors who made this event possible. We are so proud of this event, and cannot wait to host more events with our community in the future. 

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Hikers pose in front of the Beech Tree during the pre-Fall Fest hike

Visitors indulged in our food and drink offerings during the Stephen Lindsay performance

Little hands get busy at the craft zone building cyanotype prints

IndieFerm served up locally made beer, wine, and kombucha

Moon Gate Garden brought a beautiful selection of flowers to share with visitors

Our raffle was a huge hit this year, with over $2,500 in ticket sales

Fall Fest Vendor Spotlight: Moon Gate Garden

Enjoy iced coffee and tea and make your own flower bouquets with Moon Gate Garden’s mobile floral cafe at Wildlands Trust's Fall Fest! 

Moon Gate Garden is a local, South Shore-based business dedicated to bringing joy and enchantment to our community. By combining their love of flowers with a desire to spread joy, Moon Gate Garden offers unique experiences with their flower truck and mobile cafe, including pop-ups, workshops, and catering for private events.  

When asked about the inspiration for their mobile floral cafe, owner Lydia Thein said, “I wanted to create a place where flowers, coffee, and creativity could come together—something that felt less like a traditional flower shop and more like an experience. The truck lets us bring that little world with us, whether we’re at a farm, a market, or a special event, and create a place where people want to slow down, make something beautiful, and stay awhile.” 

Wildlands Trust invites you to Fall Fest on Saturday, October 3, from 12 - 4 PM, hosted outside at Davis-Douglas Farm in Plymouth. This event is free, open to all, and rain or shine! Join Wildlands as we celebrate our growing community and our commitment to saving land for everyone, forever.