Sweet tasting organic fruit & veggies, beautiful and rare flowers, friendliest staff on planet, craziest farm crew in galaxy. Walker Farm is a family farm established in 1770. We currently manage a combination farmstand/garden center that consists of 11 flower and plant greenhouses, 12 certified organic vegetable greenhouses and 30 certified organic acres of vegetable and small fruit production. T
wenty-five to thirty local workers are seasonally employed and all crops are marketed directly through the farmstand. In 2014 we purchased the Elysian Hills Tree Farm consisting of 138 acres, around 20 of those acres planted with various stages of Christmas trees. This beautiful property gives us the opportunity to interact better with our customers and community for Farm-to-Table and other family-friendly events. Thanks in large part to all our friendly and dedicated staff, our farm has received some great recognitions including:
• 2015 Vermont Landscape & Nursery Association Retailer of the Year
• 2012 Yankee Magazine New England Top 5 Garden Center
• New York Times article, October, 2004
• 2003 Yankee Magazine Editor’s Pick.
• Listing in the book The Adventurous Gardener Where to Buy the Best Plants in New England.
• Acknowledgments in the horticulture books Annuals for Connoisseurs, Living Seasonally, and Annuals and Tender Plants for North American Gardens.
• Articles in, American Agriculturist, Country Decorating, Vermont Magazine, & Farming, The Journal of Northeast Agriculture, Grower Talks, Country Folk.
