On a recent foggy Saturday morning, 11 canoers met at the Upper Lamoille River Access in Wolcott, not for a leisurely paddle but, rather, a trash-picking adventure. The crew launched…
Ron and Celia Hackett founded Hackett’s Orchard in South Hero in 1967. They had two daughters, but both found successful careers off the farm. Ron and Celia’s grandson Devin Hackett…
When you arrive at the homestead of Birch Hill Sugarworks owners Ann Gnagey and Tom Baribault in Jericho, there is no driveway up to their log cabin. Instead, a path…
Tea, flowers and friends await you at Summersweet Garden Nursery in East Hardwick, formerly known as Perennial Pleasures Nursery. Rachel Kane started Perennial Pleasures in 1980 when she was still…
On July 10 and 11, exactly one year after people around Vermont suffered catastrophic flood damage, the remnants of Hurricane Beryl brought massive destruction to Northern parts of the State.…
Justin Marsh is a queer fifth-generation Vermonter who grew up in Cambridge on their family farm and never left. They started wearing dresses at a young age, began wearing makeup…
Metal sculptor Kat Clear has been enriching the local landscape with public art for almost two decades. Clear’s works are well known around Burlington, including the four-story sewing machine and…
Nick Morse is not sure what first drew him to peonies, but he has spent the past 40 years tending to their showy spring displays at multiple gardens in Chittenden…
Johnson resident Leonard Prive has always loved nature and keeping things clean. He worked as a custodian for the Burlington School District for 39 years before retiring in 2015. During…
