Sunday, Sept. 12 — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum will host Traditional Crafts Day, a celebration of makers and the handmade, on Sunday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can learn how these pragmatic and beautiful […]
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Preserve Your Summer Bounty: Making jam with Chef Emery
Saturday, Sept. 11 at 10 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Don’t get in a jam with this year’s harvest! Learn how to turn your bounty into something delicious and new! The Billings Backyard Series presents Making Jam with Chef Emery on […]
Bee Friendly at the Billings Farm & Museum pollination celebration
Aug. 28-29 — WOODSTOCK — Pollinators – the bees, butterflies, birds and moths we see zipping from flower to flower in the summer – are integral for growing close to 90% of our food supply. Billings Farm & Museum’s Pollination […]
Vermont and the 2020 Census — ‘Easy Come, Easy Go!’
By Curt Peterson The notorious “struggle bus” that was the 2020 national census finally delivered its results last week. It had traveled through months of politicization and pandemic delays. The U. S. Census Bureau released its final report at 1 […]
Putting your garden to bed with master gardener Ben Pauly
Saturday, Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. — WOODSTOCK — Gear up for autumn gardening! The Billings Backyard Series presents “Putting Your Garden to Bed” with Master Gardener Ben Pauly on Saturday, Aug. 21 from 10–11:30 a.m. After a great season […]
Woodstock EDC votes to spend $110K on marketing firm
By Katy Savage WOODSTOCK — The streets of Woodstock are busier than ever this summer, but the Woodstock Economic Development Commission is looking toward the future. The EDC board voted 6-2 on Thursday, Aug. 5 to spend $110,000 on a […]
Mountain Creamery moves out of Woodstock village as new scoop shop moves in
By Katy Savage After 34 years in Woodstock’s village center, Mountain Creamery has a new location. The popular homemade ice cream shop and restaurant moved from Central Street to West Woodstock — about 5 miles up the road — on […]
Sculpture Fest transforms local farm
By Virginia Dean WOODSTOCK—For the past three decades, Woodstock residents Charlet and Peter Davenport have hosted the multi-artist event, “Sculpture Fest,” on their farm on Prosper Road. Displays of individual works of art are sprinkled all over their hillside, and […]
Sunflowers blaze and pollinators buzz in Woodstock this summer
July 31 — WOODSTOCK — Merging a passion for gardening with a degree in architecture and landscape design, Master Gardener Benjamin Pauly of the Woodstock Inn & Resort has crafted a 20,000 square foot sunflower house on the grounds of the nearby Billings Farm […]
Billings Farm hosts Antique Tractor Day, Sunday
A parade of vintage tractors and fun-filled family activities Aug. 1 — WOODSTOCK — Billings Farm & Museum will host the 21st Annual Antique Tractor Day on Sunday, Aug. 1, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., featuring restored tractors from […]