Join us for Discover Dorset, September 9-15, 2012!

Approximately five miles north of Manchester on Route 30 is the pristine little town of Dorset, a well-preserved community with a charming town green bordered by painted white-clapboard houses with green shutters.

Home to the first Vermont convention in 1776, Dorset now draws visitors with its much-respected Dorset Theatre Festival, swimming areas and deluxe gourmet fare restaurants.

You are invited to southern Vermont's most beautiful small village
for a fall festival weekend celebrating our arts, history and
vibrant small-business community.

September 15 and 16, 2012

Guided walks, talks, craft demonstrations and more!

Stay in one of Dorset's elegant small inns, enjoy locally grown food in quiet
surroundings, visit the studios of fine custom furniture makers and artists,
learn about gardening, cheese making, pottery design,
antique oriental rugs, geocaching (ten new geocaching
sites will go live during the weekend), and tai chi.

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Arts & Artists

Art Show in the Bickford Building on
Church Street: Past and present Dorset artists

Black Sheep Yarn
Knitting demonstration

George Bouret & Nance Dean
Costume photographs and jewelry
on the Dorset Green.

Dorset Custom Furniture
Open studio - Saturday from 10 am - 4 pm

Flower Brook Pottery
Drop-in paint-your-own-pottery, see our
website for more info.

Holman Studios
Open studio - Saturday from 10 am - 4 pm

In Stitches Fine Needlepoint
Elizabeth Turner trunk show

Kara Finn Oriental Rugs
Demonstration of Oriental rug repair

Marie Miller Antique Quilts
Antique quilt show

Gardening

Mettowee Mill Nursery
"Bulbs for the Landscape" presentation by
horticulturalist Charlie Nardozzi,
host of VPR's Vermont Garden Journal
Saturday at 9:30 am

Local Food

J.K. Adams
Apples, Dorset honey and Jamtastic, factory tours

Dorset Union Store
Soft ice cream: 2 for 1

Mad Tom Orchard
Apple picking

Someday Farm
Meet with the animals and attend a cooking class

H.N. Williams
Dorset Farmers Market Sunday 10 am-2 pm

For the Kids

Dorset Exchange
Toy tag sale with cookies and cider

Dorset Fire House
Tour of the fire trucks. Open 12 to 4
Saturday & Sunday, September 15 & 16.

History

Dorset Historical Society
Guided walks in Dorset and East Dorset

Dorset Library
Book sale on Saturday