Blooming Inn at Shelburne Falls

08/18/2025

Celebration in Shelburne Falls today for the official re-opening of the Bridge of Flowers! 🌸✨

The first two photos are views from the Shelburne Fire Tower overlooking the village this morning, followed by moments from the ceremony, and finally a walk across the bridge itself.

A huge thank-you to all the volunteers — they’ve done an amazing job bringing the bridge back to life and making it look so beautiful in such a short time!

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08/09/2025

We were treated to the rising of the full Sturgeon moon last evening over the Bridge of Flowers which is looking better every day. This photo was taken just before a huge meteorite streaked across the sky.

07/28/2025

This is word for word an email that we just received - so funny........."The wife and I stayed there back in June for one night only at Blooming Inn. It was a fantastic visit. I have been telling all my friends that they must put some kind of happy drugs in the water there. We just walked around and went to a couple of restaurants and galleries. Everyone we ran into was incredibly friendly and nice. Spent a half hour exchanging life stories with the gal in the gift shop. Wife bought a book at the book store. Was immediately stopped outside the bookstore and asked all about what she was reading by some random nice lady. Walked into the local library because of the interesting architecture. That turned into a half hour history lesson from the friendly librarian. Must have been first day of no school for kids as every single young boy was required by some kind of local law to walk or ride around with a fishing pole in hand. (I was beginning to get suspicious. Is the whole town filled with paid actors? Is this some kind of New England version of Mayberry RFD?)

We went there to buy more Josh Simpson glass. Everyone in town must also be required by law to have at least one or seven random, nice, Josh Simpson or Catherine Coleman stories.

Plan to return, but don't know when. We kind of messed up by being there on a Monday when many things were closed.
Small disappointment that Bridge of Flowers was closed for renovation. Lesson learned.

Keep up the good attitude and please send me some of those happy drugs!"
😅
FYI the Bridge of Flowers is now open and the ribbon cutting is August 18th.

07/14/2025

Shelburne Falls was buzzing with activity on Sunday!

We enjoyed the annual Porch Fest, where local musicians perform from porches all around town—such a fun and lively tradition. Dave Dersham played on our Blooming Inn porch. From there, we took a very short walk to Anne McCormack’s Water Street barn to hear the incredible group Soular Eclipse.

Right across the road, we are thrilled to see the Bridge of Flowers newly reopened and partially replanted—what a beautiful sight after being closed for over a year.

To top off the day, we headed just around the corner to our favorite local spot, Floodwater Brewery, where there’s always great live music. This time, we caught a set by Jeffrey Foucault, a talented musician who lives right here in town but plays on stages around the world.

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07/11/2025

The Bridge of Flowers is finally open again 😄

The Bridge of Flowers in Shelburne Falls, Mass. has reopened after a year of repair work.

06/01/2025

Last week, I finally hiked up to the Fire Tower above Shelburne Falls. The first photo captures the full panoramic view, followed by a zoomed-in shot of the dam area. The final image features the always photogenic Bridge of Flowers—still beautiful even without the flowers, which are currently being planted. The bridge remains closed to the public for now.

03/22/2025

Northern Lights over the Bridge of Flowers last eve.

03/15/2025

They have finally installed a controllable gate on the dam so that when large river flows happen, the gate can be lowered to let more water through and greatly reduce the chance of the wood top pieces breaking off. This means that the glacial potholes will be visible now almost all of the time and but we will not get to see the water flowing over in the last post except after extreme rainfall. https://photos.app.goo.gl/zLB2bjfLCod86FJi9

01/28/2025

Local artist Jeffrey Foucault teamed up with exceptional talent from Tennessee for a memorable Sunday night performance at the Floodwater Brewery in Shelburne Falls. https://photos.app.goo.gl/aGVoCDMdcs4YxatZ6

08/10/2024

Salmon Falls is as breathtakingly beautiful as ever

07/17/2024

Shelburne Falls had a Porch Music Festival last Sunday and Harry Remer & Will Sytsma were some of the performers who were with us.