Garden Tours, Tastings & Events

Open Seasonally
Garden Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 8am - 4pm
Kelly Way Gardens will close for the 2019 season on October 20th. 

Meet the Master Gardener

Can You Dig It? Agricultural Pun Tours of Kelly Way Gardens
All our 2019 tour dates have passed, stay tuned for 2020 tours!
Complimentary for Inn Guests, $5 for visitors, no reservations needed.
Feel the beet of summer, and get the scoop on organic gardening as you bee our guest while touring our 3 acre garden. Pun participation encouraged.  

Family Tasting Tours
All our 2019 tasting dates have passed, stay tuned for 2020 tastings!
3:00 - 3:30pm
Complimentary for Inn Guests, $5 for visitors, no reservations needed.
Join our Gardeners as we nibble our way through the garden while visiting our families of Gourd and Bean fairies. 

Wellness Whiff Walks
All our 2019 tour dates have passed, stay tuned for 2020 tours!
3:00 - 3:30pm
Complimentary for Inn Guests, $5 for visitors, no reservations needed.
Join us as we take an aromatherapy tour through the organic scents of Kelly Way Gardens.

Heirloom Tomato Tasting Cart in the Lobby
All our 2019 tasting dates have passed, stay tuned for 2020 tastings!
4:00 - 5:00pm
$5 per person, no reservations needed.
Location: Inn Lobby
Enjoy summer in its most delicious form with an Heirloom Tomato Tasting Plate curated by our artisan gardeners.

6th Annual Great Tomato Tasting
Our 2019 tasting date has passed, stay tuned for the 2020 tasting!
12:00 – 1:00pm
$25 per person; Please call concierge 802-457-6609 to make a reservation.
Taste the buttery smooth flavor of Great White, the exceptionally sweet and completely unique profile of Esterina, the delicate fuzziness of Wapsipinicon Peach and the outstanding heirloom ‘tomato-ness’ of one of my favorites, Aunt Ruby’s German Green.  We have 55 varieties of tomatoes growing this year!  We’ll start off with a set tasting plate of several of our favorites as we walk you through the amazing world of heirloom tomatoes and then let your palate loose on all our available varieties for you to vote on your favorites. 

Summer Garden Tour Series 
All our 2019 tour dates have passed, stay tuned for 2020 tours!
9:30 – 10:30am
Complimentary for Inn Guests, $10 for visitors, no reservations needed.
Let our gardeners lead you down the path to enjoying and experiencing the best of living in tune with the land.  These garden appetizer classes will tour you through the seasonal sensations grown on our 3 acre organic market garden, Kelly Way Gardens. Each week focuses on a different feature in the garden, see the whole schedule here. 

Red Barn Dinner Series
Sundays, through October 6
See more about these famous dinner events here. 

Explore the gardens