Open House At Franklin County Sugar Houses This Weekend

If the weather is right, you might want to visit some of our local sugar houses right here in Fairfax. I have visited a number of sugar houses here in Fairfax which you can check out by clicking on the following link:

http://www.vtgrandpa.com/forum/index.php?topic=2858.0

Garners Sugar House is no longer open and there are many more in town that I have not visited as yet:

Below is a list of Sugar Houses advertised as being open this weekend in Franklin County:

Franklin

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Fleury's Maple Hill Farm

The Fleury Family

327 Pleasant View Road, Richford, Vt. 05476

(802) 848-3681

E-MAIL: fleurymaple@bluemoo.net

Directions: From Route 105 in Enosburg Falls, take Watertower Road across from McDonald's. Go 7 miles to 4 corners. Go straight across another 2 1/2 miles. Turn left. First farm on the dirt road.

Description: Come see our rustic wood-fired sugarhouse. 1/4 mile into sugarwoods. Bring your boots and your questions. Visitors always welcome. Maple products available all year at the farmhouse.
Sat Sun

Branon Family Maple Orchards

Tom & Cecile Branon

539 Branon Road, Fairfield, Vt. 05455

(802) 827-3914

E-MAIL: info@branonmaple.com

Website: www.branonmaple.com

Directions: Exit 19, North Route 104, Route 36 East to Fairfield Ctr., straight past Menard's Market, 2nd right, end of Branon Road.

Description: "Generations of Tradition". Educational Tour - How is Maple Syrup made Start to finish. Sample of Maple Products.

Seasonal:
Sat Sun

Branon's West View Maples

Dan & Gene Branon

496 Bradley Road, Fairfield, Vt. 05455

(802) 527-0164

E-MAIL: westviewmaples@hotmail.com

Website: www.branonswestviewmaples.com

825 West Street, Fairfield

Sugarhouse Phone: (802) 527-2430

Fax: (802) 527-2166

Directions: Take Exit 19 off I-89, take a right at the light, take a right at the 4-way stop sign, continue up and over the hill about 4-5 miles, take a right onto Bradley Road after the swamp and follow the signs.

Description: Sugarhouse tours, maple product for sale, maple breakfast on Sunday from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., and sugar on snow.

Seasonal: Feb Mar Apr
Fri Sat Sun

Greene's Ox Pasture Maples

Pam, Jim, Louise Greene

1147 Montgomery Road, East Berkshire, Vt. 05447

(802) 933-8913

E-MAIL: info@oxpasturemaples.com

Website: www.oxpasturemaples.com

1147 Montgomery Road, East Berkshire

Sugarhouse Phone: (802) 309-8275

Directions: From Enosburg, follow Route 105 North to East Berkshire. Turn right onto Route 118, Montgomery Road, go 1.4 miles. Big red barn and white farmhouse on left with sugarhouse behind farmhouse.

Description: Ox Pasture Maples Open House weekend activities include sugarhouse tours showing our vacuum system, wood fired arch and our piggyback system. We offer free taste testing, sugar on snow, and cider donut holes. Maple syrup and sugar available for sale.

Seasonal: Mar Apr
Fri Sat Sun

H.J. Howrigan & Sons Inc.

Lisa Howrigan

551 Howrigan Road, Fairfield, Vt. 05455

(802) 827-4479

E-MAIL: purevermontmaple@msn.com

Directions: From St. Albans go East on Route 36 for 8 miles to 4-way intersection, turn right, proceed 3.4 miles on South Road. Take left onto Howrigan Road 1 mile up road. Sugarhouse on right behind stone house.

Description: Come join our family and watch us gather sap from buckets the old-fashioned way with teams of horses and sleds. Enjoy a tour of our sugarhouse and sample our syrup. A guaranteed fun time for all.

Seasonal: Mar Apr
Sat Sun

French Hill Farms

Tom Hungerford

224 French Hill, St Albans, Vt. 05478

(802) 309-0499

E-MAIL: hungert@nationwide.com

Website: www.vtsugaring.com

222 French Hill Road, St Albans

Sugarhouse Phone: (802) 309-0499

Directions: I-89 to Exit 19, go east on 104 a couple of miles to French Hill Road. Turn right and go up the hill 1.2 miles. Sugarhouse is on the right.

Description: Tom Hungerford, his wife Barb and their three sons Chris, Mark and Jim operate the 3,000 tap sugaring operation. Most of the taps are on pipeline with vacuum and processed through a modern reverse osmosis machine to a sweetness of 7-8%. A wood fired 3x10 arch processes sap the old fashioned way.

Seasonal:
Fri Sat Sun

Trudell Family Farm

Garry & Eileen Trudell

1670 Lapland Road, East Fairfield, Vt. 05448

(802) 827-3213

E-MAIL: trudellfamilyfarm@yahoo.com

Directions: Route 36 to East Fairfield. Turn across from the Stones Shell. Go 2 miles out of the village, bear right at any choices in road - sugarhouse is on the right.

Description: We both grew up the children of sugarmakers, acquiring a natural enthusiasm and skill for producing the finest, pure Vermont maple syrup. Sample this year's crop from our traditional wood fired evaporator! You may want to take some home! Please call ahead.
Fri Sat Sun