2025 Festival Wrap-Up and Slideshow
The 2025 Forest Heights Blueberry Festival was the biggest yet, and arguably the best, with weather that just barely tipped into the 80s and large enthusiastic crowds for every event!
The final fundraising tally isn’t complete, but it looks like we raised around $7,500 (before expenses) that will go towards the Community Blueberry Project and next year’s festival.
We want to give a big thanks to all our sponsors, especially Athens Land Trust and BikeAthens, and to the many organizers, volunteers, demonstration leaders, performers and participants who showed up and showed out! Check out the slideshow below for an overview of the day.
Congratulations to the first-ever winners of the Big Berry 5k, which might be renamed the Blueberry HILL race next year! They were:
Clayton Perro (The Big Berry) - 22’23”
Jonathan Staebell - 26’50”
Anna Harper - 30’21”
Mark Cox - 31’05”
Devin Moore - 32’00”
Winners of the 1-mile Fun Run were:
Jackson Brewer - 10’44”
Josephine Bishop - 11’28”
Lucy Turner - 12’00”
The winners of this year’s Blueberry Cook-off competition were:
Joe Lavine and Ally - Best Overall
Helene Halstead - Best Presentation
Justin Ebert - Most Delicious
Fatma Gurel - Most Unusual
Gabrielle Burns & Susan Brooks - Honorable mentions
Check out the slideshow!
