Lake St Catherine Vacation Rental house

We spent our 10-year anniversary trip at Wildflower Farm and brought our 2 Pointers. This was by far the most perfect set-up for dog owners. We always travel with them, but your house was ideal with the indoor HUGE crate which both dogs could fit in, and your outside kennel behind the garage was absolutely secure and perfect for our dogs. We felt comfortable going out all day on our motorcycle and leaving the dogs in the outdoor kennel. Your master bedroom suite is also a perfect set-up. Very spacious. In addition, your kitchen had all the appliances and gadgets we needed.

Also just a quick 5-minute ride to downtown Poultney, and there's a fabulous restaurant -- RedBrick Cucina on Depot Street. Leave room for dessert. FANTASTIC food and service. Wildflower Farm is also conveniently located to tons of sites and shopping like Manchester, VT - great shops. Check out the local breweries throughout Vermont too. Next time we come up, we will come in October for foliage. We were a bit early this time, but enjoyed the weather and scenery anyway.

Superb!

My wife and I are from the UK (although I'm a native of Baltimore), and we spent two weeks at Wildflower farms during the first half of August 2009. The house is gorgeous, spaceous, and very well maintained (we think the photos on the web site do not do it justice). The surroundings are simply outstanding. The owners could not have been more friendly and helpful. In fact this was as close to a perfect vacation as we could have imagined. There were just the two of us (no pets, no kids), but had one or two of our grown children been able to join us there would have been plenty of room. Travellers from Europe will appreciate the washing machine and dryer.

This year, perhaps because of the economic crisis, we found a huge number of fine properties in Vermont from which to choose. Not having been in Vermont for 40 years, we were unsure where would be the best location. I don't remember now why we chose Poultney (the house was certainly a big factor), but it turned out to be ideal. With the exception of the far North East corner of the state, almost everything was accessible from there. We saw a baseball game in Burlington, went shopping in Manchester, picked blueberries in nearby New York, toured the gaps through the Green Mountains: everything was within easy reach. We visited friends in Montreal, and this, too, was an effortless drive.

Poultney is a lovely town. It is small and charming, has a nice feel to it, but also has plenty of amenities. There is a large grocery store, a gourmet restaurant (which we didn't try), a very good bar/restaurant which serves fine food at very reasonable prices, a library with free Wi-Fi, and reasonably cheap gasoline. Breakfast at Tot's Diner is a must.

For anyone thinking of visiting Wildflower Farms from the UK or elsewhere in Europe, it is really simple. We flew to Boston, spent the night at a hotel near the airport, and the next day picked up a rental car and took a leisurely drive up to Poultney, arriving in day light. Going back we followed the same steps in reverse. For visitors from the UK, we strongly advise renting a car through a major UK travel web site. The cost was around one-third (yes, one-third) of what it would have cost via similar sites in the USA, including all the insurance. There is no excess on the insurance, either. If you fly via Boston you can fly home on a day flight, so there's no jet lag when you get back to London.

I have been looking for the perfect house to rent in Vermont for many years. When you travel with your dog finding a nice house is a challenge. Wildflower Farms is a dream come true for dog lovers. A great house that is very comfortable. The grounds are wonderful, and taking the dog to the fields is an experience I will not forget. If you are looking for a peaceful place to spend some time in Vermont this is the house for you.