Brown’s Blueberries is a hillside farm nestled in the beautiful Northeast Kingdom. We are about 30 minutes from Stowe, less than an hour from Montpelier and Waterbury and 90 minutes from Chittenden County.
Our mature blueberry bushes are sited on a five acre south-eastern facing slope, ideal for optimizing sun exposure and natural drainage.
The farm was purchased by Rev. Arnold and Judith Brown in the early 1980’s. Its spectacular views of the Black River Valley and Craftsbury Common are highlighted by the steeple of the Church Arnold served for 25 years.
We have over 1300 blueberry bushes, planted in successive years beginning in the late 1980s, by Arnold and a community of helpers including family, friends, neighbors and former parishioners. What began as a small “family patch” near the pond evolved into a “U-Pick” now entering its third decade of business. We are proud to still be a family business today.
While we are not certified organic, we do not use any herbicides, insecticides or chemicals on our berries. We do mulch the bushes with sawdust and manure each spring. Several berry varieties, including Patriot, Blue Crop, Colville, Jersey Blue extend the growing season from late July through Labor Day.
We appreciate the very kind mention from Chef Sheil Worcester in this article on Seven Days Vermont. Thank you Chef Sheil, we hope to see you at the farm this summer.
Read the VT Digger article about Rev Arnold Brown and the farm at: http://vtdigger.org/2012/08/05/in-this-state-from-this-blueberry-patch-a-reverential-view/
Check out a terrific article about the farm, with some great photos, by Julia Shipley for Yankee Magazine:
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/vermont-life/browns-beautiful-blueberries
Our mature blueberry bushes are sited on a five acre south-eastern facing slope, ideal for optimizing sun exposure and natural drainage.
The farm was purchased by Rev. Arnold and Judith Brown in the early 1980’s. Its spectacular views of the Black River Valley and Craftsbury Common are highlighted by the steeple of the Church Arnold served for 25 years.
We have over 1300 blueberry bushes, planted in successive years beginning in the late 1980s, by Arnold and a community of helpers including family, friends, neighbors and former parishioners. What began as a small “family patch” near the pond evolved into a “U-Pick” now entering its third decade of business. We are proud to still be a family business today.
While we are not certified organic, we do not use any herbicides, insecticides or chemicals on our berries. We do mulch the bushes with sawdust and manure each spring. Several berry varieties, including Patriot, Blue Crop, Colville, Jersey Blue extend the growing season from late July through Labor Day.
We appreciate the very kind mention from Chef Sheil Worcester in this article on Seven Days Vermont. Thank you Chef Sheil, we hope to see you at the farm this summer.
Read the VT Digger article about Rev Arnold Brown and the farm at: http://vtdigger.org/2012/08/05/in-this-state-from-this-blueberry-patch-a-reverential-view/
Check out a terrific article about the farm, with some great photos, by Julia Shipley for Yankee Magazine:
http://www.yankeemagazine.com/vermont-life/browns-beautiful-blueberries
Here's an article about the farm from the Hardwick Gazette that was written by June Pichel Cook.
