Greenfield Hill Grange fair helps plant seeds for renewed growth

BY MEG BARONE |FAIRFIELD CITIZEN

Attempts to revitalize the once-thriving Greenfield Hill Grange No. 133 took a giant leap forward Saturday with the organization’s most successful annual Agricultural Fair in recent memory.

Since no admission fee was charged, organizers had no firm number on attendees, but people continued to arrive in a steady stream throughout the four-hour event, which featured agricultural displays and competitions, pony rides and children’s games. For the first time, the fair venue was extended beyond the front yard and the interior of the historic grange hall, which dates back to 1897; and into the sizeable Hillside Road backyard.

The sunny, late-summer weather cooperated, allowing musical performers to move from the second-floor auditorium, as in years past, to an outdoor stage under a canopy. Amie Hall of Fairfield, a Square Foot Garden-certified teacher, had children planting vegetables. There were also pony rides and children’s games of skill and chance.