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Weddings at Scott Farm
Did you know you can get married at Scott Farm? For an authentic, historic, and personalized day of your dreams, it’s a magical choice for your perfect rustic Vermont wedding!
New Last Minute Booking Special
Embrace your spontaneous side with our new Last Minute Booking Special! Just book a stay that begins less than 1 week away, and we’ll automatically take 10% off your rate.
Scott Farm crop update and ways to help
As you may have heard in the news recently, a number of Vermont farms, including our Scott Farm, were subjected to a catastrophic freeze last month. We’d like to share an update regarding the extent of the damage, how you can help, and our plans for weathering what will be a challenging season.
Rhododendron Tour Tickets on Sale!
Our biggest public fundraising event of the year is back! Join us at Naulakha’s immaculate grounds on June 4-5 for the perfect Vermont summer afternoon. Enjoy history, bring a picnic, and smile knowing you’re supporting our important preservation mission.
Sugar Season Events
Join us for our free Sugar Season events! We’re excited to welcome you to our Sugarhouse Open House on April 1 and our Many Meanings of Maple in Vermont talk at Next Stage on April 5.
We want your ideas!
We need your help to make sure our programming resonates, and we'd appreciate your thoughts via a short survey. We’ll enter everyone who responds into a drawing for a chance to win 2 free tickets to the 2023 Naulakha Estate & Rhododendron Tour on June 4-5.
A Landmark Love Story
Special moments require special places. The Sugarhouse served as the perfect secluded, romantic getaway for Melissa + Adam’s engagement, and we’re honored to share their love story this Valentine’s Day. Their story warms our heart, and we hope it warms yours too.
Snow Golf Fundraiser: Feb. 26
Join us at Scott Farm on Sun. Feb. 26 for a joyous afternoon of snow golf in support of our historic preservation mission. $25/ticket. Prizes for winners, best dressed, and more!
Give the gift of history!
Love staying at Landmark Trust USA properties? Chances are your friends and family will too! Give the gift of history this holiday season with a gift certificate good year round at any of our 5 beautifully preserved historic properties. You’ll be a preservation hero and an ace at holiday shopping!
Preserving Delicious History
Our preservation work takes many forms, but perhaps none are quite as yummy as the work of Scott Farm and orchardist Erin Robinson to save unique and historic varieties of heirloom apples and their associated cultural landscape.
Scott Farm’s Heirloom Apple Day Deliciously Successful
Our Scott Farm property hosted their most successful annual Heirloom Apple Day ever recently. Hundreds of guests enjoyed a celebration of apples of all shapes, colors, and tastes and their histories.
A Long Weekend at Naulakha for Families: A Stay That’s “Just So”
Like Rudyard Kipling’s books, his Vermont home is the perfect escape for the whole family. From the rhododendron tunnel to the ship-like structure of the house, there’s exploration to be done by everyone.
Wisconsin Public Radio Airs Story on Kipling’s Legacy
Wisconsin Public Radio made a visit to Naulakha and aired a new radio piece on author Rudyard Kipling and his legacy, interviewing author Salman Rushdie and scholar Christopher Benfey.
Tour Dutton Farmhouse on May 14 or Paint En Plein Air
On Sat., May 14, The Landmark Trust USA invites the public to tour Dutton Farmhouse, a historic Greek Revival-style farmhouse in Dummerston, Vt.
News from Scott Farm: Hard Cider
Following two very successful tasting events in fall 2021, Scott Farm is now getting ready to officially launch their French style hard cider.
Jumping Into 2022
The Landmark Trust USA and Scott Farm are leaping into the New Year as sponsors for the Harris Hill Ski Jump’s 100th Anniversary. And it's not the first time the farm has supported this event—the shared history goes all the way back to 1924.
Fall Greetings From the Executive Director
Recently, while enjoying some tea on the porch of the Dutton Farmhouse, I came across a great article in the New York Times which featured our very own Board President, William (Bill) Flynt.
Welcoming Our New Board Members
We welcome the Landmark Trust USA’s newest board members, Claudia Sauermann Wu and Susanne Brendel Pandich.
News from Scott Farm
Scott Farm fall fruit CSA signups are underway and our market will open on August 7. Congratulations to the farm’s new Orchardist, Erin Robinson.
Take a Historic Getaway This Summer
We have a few bookings available on short notice in late summer 2021. This is a wonderful time of year in southern Vermont, filled with verdant green forests and warm weather to enjoy hiking or biking.