About Stillmeadow Gardens

The idea for Stillmeadow Gardens hatched in 1987 as a way for Betty to have a place for her green thumb to play in the dirt, while the snow was still on the ground.  We have seen many iterations of greenhouses to arrive at where we are today.  It was a great place for the kids to grow up and learn a little about growing vegetables and flowers. We started as a small farm stand type operation, selling a small amount of flowers, baskets and veggies, and have progressed to the point of overseeing a large business.  We have three greenhouses (2 – 30 x 72 foot and 1 – 30 by 96 foot ) and each have a purpose.  We always start in the largest house and it is here where all the thousands of seedling plugs and seeds are started and potted.  Baskets are planted, four-inch pots and six-packs are filled and grown from March to June.

Our personnel include Betty, the basket creator and tender of all plants. Judy, Betty’s sister, who sets records for the number of seedlings she can pot in a day, as well as tending plants on days we cannot be home. Bruce who waters occasionally but generally keeps all mechanical things operating and makes sure the heat is working for the cold winter nights when we first start heating. It is suppose to be a part time job but we find the greenhouse becomes a second home for a few months.

We grow over a thousand baskets, 1600 geraniums, a couple thousand tomatoes in 4-inch pots in many varieties, plus many four inch pots and six-packs of annuals.  We do have an outdoor display of our perennials that are mostly potted in four-inch pots or gallons pots.  Perennials include many varieties that are winter hardy for this area.

The business has been a family business since it started and the farm has been in the Urie family for six generations.  A visit to the greenhouse can include a stop by the large Cochin hens grazing in the grass or a chance to see a new calf born to our beef herd.  Usually there is a cat or two to greet you in the greenhouse.  We really enjoy seeing folks each year and would encourage you to pay us a visit here in the northeast corner of Craftsbury.  Our season always starts on the first of May and we are open daily from 9 to 5.