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Adams Family Farm

15 Higley Hill Road
Wilmington, VT 05363
802-464-3762

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Adams Farm is a seven-generation working family farm that has won many awards for their unique and clever tours. They have been featured on ABC’s "Good Morning America," CBS’s "Early Morning Show" with Bryant Gumbel, ESPN, Channel 5’s "Boston Chronicle," Boston’s WHDH-TV, Vermont Public Television’s " Rural Free Delivery," the Food Network, The Travel Channel and Time-Warner’s New York One "Travel with Val."

According to the Boston Sunday Globe, Adams Farm offers the "ultimate agricultural experience."

Adams Farm offers seasonal options to motorcoach groups, from sleigh rides in the winter to wagon rides and sheep herding demonstrations in the summer and fall. Listed below are some samples of what we can offer your travel group.

Find out what each generation has had to withstand in order to keep the farm going for the next generation. Experience Yankee humor first hand from the farmer himself.

You’ll learn, you’ll laugh and you’ll leave having experienced the best of Vermont culture.

"Without question, our stop at Adams Farm was the highlight of our 6-day whirlwind tour of Vermont." -Jim Keogh, Olde New England Tours, a division of Cosmopolitan Travel

The hottest trend in travel is experiential tourism. See why everyone is talking about our most popular experience! For 140 years, the Adamses have been working the land and entertaining guests on their family farm. Our nationally renowned event will take you on a comfortable wagon ride tour of our 100-acre hillside farm. Stopping along the way explaining the maple sugaring process, some Vermont history, and to take in the scenic beauty of the mountains. Before returning to the farm a final stop for a sheep herding demonstration with our Merino Sheep and Border Collie. Enter the Barn Theater for an agricultural presentation. Get a taste of what it means to be a true Vermonter. This is your chance to learn all about the family farm, farming and Vermont culture, and get a taste of our very own Maple Syrup! Shop in our Farm Store for fine Vermont products and many other specialties. If you’re coming to Vermont you won’t want to skip this event. Available rain or shine. Please allow 2 hours per visit.

Dates of Operation:

June thru October

Now accepting reservations

Group Policy and Rates:

We can accomodate 60 people at a time.
Group must have at least 20 people to qualify for our group rate.
Driver and escort complimentary. Reservations required. Ample parking.

Take a nostalgic sleigh ride pulled by the farm’s six Belgian draft horses at the 100-acre hillside farm through maple and pine groves, across an open meadow to take in the views. Stop at our log cabin in the woods to warm up by the wood fires. Enjoy a steaming cup of hot chocolate and sing along to the ol’player piano. Board the sleighs again to ride back down to the farm to shop in our Farm Store for fine Vermont products and many other specialties. Available December through March, weather permitting. Please allow 2 hours per visit.

Dates of Operation:

Mid-December through Mid-March (weather permitting)

Group Policy and Rates:

We can accomodate 45-50 people at a time on our sleigh rides.
Group must have at least 20 people to qualify for our group rate.
Driver and escort complimentary. Reservations required. Ample parking.

Request More Information

Use the contact form below to request more bus tour events information and group rates, or simply give us a call at the farm store - (802)-464-3762.

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