Maple Open House Weekend is one of the best times of the year! When the sap is running in the spring we love to visit Elm Grove Farm, Charron's Family Maple, Baird Farm, and Sugarbush Farm, just to name a few of our favorites. 

If you've never had a sugar shack experience, the sugarhouses are FILLED with steam of sugary goodness. Workers are bustling to keep the fire stoked and the boiling process at peak temperature. Visitors can sample hot maple syrup on Vermont snow and even entice you with homemade cider donuts, apple pancakes, beer waffles and specialty candies! It's a true Vermont experience you don't want to miss. 

Have a favorite spot you like to visit, please share :)

Photos Trailside Inn

“Everybody loves the smell of fresh flowers but not everybody loves putting their hands in the dirt.”

The quote above just about sums-up our local florist and friend, Trish Hegewald, of the Pittsfield Garden Center. Trish is kind, super talented, tells it like it is, and is an all-around straight shooter.

​Trish truly loves what she does and you'll want her on your team come wedding day. She works with almost any budget and the finished product is nothing short of magic!

​Photos Sabin Gratz Photography

​This innkeeper celebrates a birthday today, if you see him around town posing for pictures, praising the land or skiing his face off (in full beard decoration), wish him a happy one! 

Photos Trailside Inn