Garlic Town, USA, in Bennington, Vermont, can be likened to Willy Wonka’s candy wonderland but with a garlicky twist. Picture this: Over 120 vendors, food trucks, craft producers, bands, kids’ activities, and more, all dedicated to celebrating the divine allium and the…
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By Lynn Barrett, Vermont Country correspondent. PUTNEY — Looking to buy a gift directly from the local artist who made it? The day after Thanksgiving, the studios of 24 of Vermont’s most prominent makers invite the public in to discover, ask questions…
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By Chris Mays, Vermont Country Magazine. WILMINGTON — Bright Lights Craft Fair has become synonymous with the holiday season in the Deerfield Valley. It’s returning to Memorial Hall in Wilmington on Dec. 14, with a companion show the same day in Dover…
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Sponsored by The Shires of Southwestern Vermont DMO As the crisp air of fall sweeps across the Green Mountains, The Shires of Southwestern Vermont transforms into a kaleidoscope of vibrant colors, making it a major destination for autumn enthusiasts and travelers of…
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By Victor C. Capelli. As the tired August and September trees begin to tint with leaf tips of hesitant change, so too the browning meadows with their spent dry grasses indenting the rolling green undulating hills foreshadowing and anticipating with their waning…
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By Danielle M. Crosier, Vermont Country Magazine. DANBY — Andrea Myklebust was standing in the shade of the studio doorway of her farm in Danby on a steamy summer morning, brushing small pieces of plant material from her clothing and fingering a…
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By Cherise Forbes, Vermont Country Magazine. WESTON — It’s a rare thing to feel one with a community yet far and away — but The Weston manages to do just that. In the Southern Vermont town that shares its name, The Weston…
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By Kristopher Radder and Bob Audette, Vermont Country Magazine. BRATTLEBORO — Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder, and the spirit of that observation is on display at Vermont Artisan Designs on Main Street in downtown Brattleboro. “Brattleboro is…
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By Bob Audette, Vermont Country Magazine. QUECHEE — The Vermont Antique Mall on Quechee Gorge Village on Route 4 has become a destination spot for the curious and seekers of collectibles, vintage clothing and antiques. More than 150 dealers on three floors…
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By Anne Archer, Vermont Country correspondent. RUPERT — Inside the coziest of eight rustic cabins used for year-round camping at Merck Forest and Farmland Center in Rupert sits a medium-sized cooler, a wooden bunk, a table, a chair, a woodstove, a makeshift…
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There is nothing quite like the dopamine-release of picking your own fruit, and Southern Vermont has plenty of opportunities to do that. At Harlow’s Sugar House, a year-round sugarhouse that also hosts blueberry- and apple-picking, owner and manager Todd Harlow is pleased…
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