Gardens At Home - Billings Farm and Museum, Woodstock, Vermont

Gardens are a wonderful way to connect with Mother Nature and at Billings Farm we know a thing or two about them! Select an area below to learn more about gardens including fun activities and crafts, videos and educational material!

Recipes

Quick Pickled Carrots
Make this quick and easy recipe. Watch Anna demonstrate how.

Roasted Carrots and Parsnips

Tis the season for parsnips. Enjoy them roasted along with another root vegetable – carrots.

Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler

Rhubarb – now in season – is a vegetable often used as a fruit in jams, jellies, sauces, and desserts. Celebrate spring with this delicious recipe!

Asparagus Soup

It’s Garden Week! Today our Time Travel Tuesday recipe features an in-season vegetable from the garden – asparagus. Gather up the ingredients, download the recipe and follow along with Emery as she makes this tasty soup from Fannie Farmer’s Original 1896 Boston Cooking School Cook Book.

What’s an Heirloom Plant?

Find out what makes heirloom plants so special.

Radish Salad

Radishes are easy to grow and are ready to harvest in just a few weeks from sowing. Try this simple Radish Salad recipe, sure to delight your tastebuds!

Canning Tomatoes

Tomatoes are a high yielding vegetable often grown in home gardens. Delicious fresh, and simple to preserve for the winter months. See how easy it is to can tomatoes with this recipe.