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Shelburne Farms

The same Webb family that founded the Shelburne Museum gets credit for developing Shelburne Farms, created in 1886 as a model agricultural estate. Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted envisioned the campus; architect Robert Robertson designed the buildings, including the massive, fairy-tale breeding, farm and coach barns. In its heyday, the 3800-acre farm had 300 employees. Today Shelburne Farms is an educational nonprofit practicing “rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable.” There’s also an inn that serves amazing food. If you can’t afford to stay — or even eat — there, go for cocktails. You can stroll through the gardens like you own the place.

Calendar Events:
    • Saturday through Sunday, February 13–14, 6PM;
    • Thursday, December 22, 6PM;
    • Monday, December 26, 6PM;
    • Friday, December 30, 6PM;
    • Saturday, January 21, 6PM
    • Tuesday, February 14, 6PM;
    • Saturday, February 25, 6PM

    • Thursday through Saturday, December 22–24, 11AM – 2PM;
    • Monday through Sunday, December 26–January 1, 11AM – 2PM;
    • Saturday through Sunday, January 7–8, 11AM – 2PM;
    • Saturday through Sunday, January 14–15, 11AM – 2PM;
    • Saturday through Sunday, January 21–22, 11AM – 2PM;
    • Saturday through Sunday, January 28–29, 11AM – 2PM;
    • Saturday through Sunday, February 4–5, 11AM – 2PM
    • Saturday through Sunday, February 11–12, 11AM – 2PM;
    • Saturday through Sunday, February 18–19, 11AM – 2PM;
    • Saturday through Sunday, February 25–26, 11AM – 2PM

    Sleigh Rides [Outdoors]
  • Saturday, February 18, 1–2PM

    Snowshoe Demo [Outdoors]
  • Saturday, February 18: 9:30 – 11:30AM, 12:30 – 2:30PM

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