Gift Certificates for 2025 Golden Retriever Experiences Now Available! Give the gift of happiness!
We will mail your gift recipient an invitation to come play with a "Happy" of Golden Retrievers on Golden Dog Farm for one of our upcoming 2025 Experiences! And to help make the gift even more special, and immediately tangible, we will include one of our super soft Golden Retriever stuffed animals with a Golden Dog Farm bandana.It's the perfect gift for the holiday season!
The Best Maple Syrup on Earth - Now in 3 flavor gift pack!
Our headline is filled with hyperbole, and our maple syrup is filled with organic goodness.
It's single-sourced from the sugar woods of Golden Dog Farm, just down the road from Smugglers' Notch in Vermont.
It's wood-fired in small batches, and is never blended or infused. The trees are the artisans here, and we don't do anything to change what the trees and this terroir provide. And it is now available in a variety gift pack of all three flavors!
Is it really the best maple syrup on earth? We think so AND a recent industry research report just ranked us number 1 maple syrup producer in the world, so....
But don't take the word of industry insiders, listen to Dewey. He describes it as being like a belly rub from the inside.
Swag to make your tail wag!
Okay, okay, we probably overdid it here.
But we both worked in marketing and are hard-wired to put the Golden Dog Farm brand on everything. Including some of the most comfortable clothes we could find.
Doug recommends getting whatever you get in purple, it's his favorite color.
Dewey recommends you leave it on the floor, so that he and other like-minded Goldens can play keep away with the swag.
A Family-Owned Organic Farm in Vermont.
Welcome to the Worple family farm in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Producing organic maple syrup, honey, fruit, berries and nuts. Maple Syrup was the first product we produced on the farm (Spring 2021). Honey followed that summer. And I can say without hyperbole, we've never tasted anything better.
On the other hand, tasting notes for the crafting of the early vintages of white, rosé and red wines would read something like - a hint of exuberance is detected but it is overwhelmed with a nose filled with naïveté. While those vintages will not be making a commercial appearance, we're counting on a bit more experience, a lot of luck and a helping hand from the gods of fermentation so that we can share future vintages with you.
A “happy” of Golden Retrievers in the family inspired the Golden Dog Farm name - currently home to Dewey, Uncle Lenny, Mar and counting. We're sad to share that Boo followed Addy, Buddy and Kate in crossing the rainbow bridge (May of 2022).
What is a "happy?" It's the term we've coined as the collective noun for a group of Goldens - like a "rhumba" of rattlesnakes, a "murder" of crows, or a "gaggle" of geese.
So give our incomparable maple syrup and honey a try, and then come join us for a tour of the farm or for a Golden Retriever Happy Hour and experience our guiding philosophy in person. Happiness is Golden.®
Golden Dog Farm "Happy" Felt Pennant x Yoho & Co.
$85.00
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A "Happy of Goldens" has never "felt" so good! Beautiful handcrafted felt pennants that capture the happiness of Golden Retrievers and the essence of the...
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Golden Dog Farm Men's Short Sleeve Tee
$30.00
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If you've been looking for a way to be a walking billboard for Golden Dog Farm, consider getting yourself one of these incredibly soft tees with...
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Happy Hat
$28.00
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What's happier than a happy of Goldens wagging their tales? Our new Happy design brings that happy waggin' tail to life for happy humans. This...
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Happy Definition Tee
$30.00
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If you've been looking for a way to be a walking billboard for Golden Dog Farm, consider getting yourself one of these incredibly soft tees....
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Golden Retriever Experience® 2025 Gift Certificate Package
$127.15
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Give the gift of Happiness. Give the gift of a visit to the Golden Retriever Experience™! We will mail you, or your gift...
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Golden Dog Farm Felt Pennant x Yoho & Co.
$85.00
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Beautiful handcrafted felt pennants that capture the happiness of Golden Retrievers and the essence of Golden Dog Farm (featuring the smiling face of Uncle Lenny)....
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Golden Dog Farm Men's Hooded Sweatshirt
$65.00
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If you're shrewd enough to be a fan of Golden Dog Farm, then you'll definitely want to pull this first edition Golden Dog hoodie over...
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Adopt-A-Maple: Silver Maple Level
$295.00
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We’ll select one of the Golden Dog Farm Maples for you and will recognize your support by commemorating the tree in honor of your favorite...
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Organic Vermont Maple Syrup
$24.95
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Maple Syrup was a treat enjoyed by the continent's indigenous people long before the European settlers arrived and it has a prominent place in their lore. Our family has a...
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Golden Retriever Experience®
$99.95
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Golden Dog Farm and Butternut Goldens bring a whole new meaning to “Happy”! Surround yourself with a “happy” of Goldens from Butternut Goldens and Golden...
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Cuff Beanie
$25.00
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Looking to keep your noggin warm? Consider our acrylic League Legacy cuff beanie with leather GDF appliqué. It's as soft and cozy as a Golden...
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The Much-Maligned Dandelion
In fact, the dandelion, a plant we now attack with herbicidal vengeance was once so highly regarded, early European colonists took great pains to transport it from the Old World to the New. That’s right: the dandelion was no zebra mussel-style stowaway. It was brought to these shores on purpose, by the Pilgrims as lore would have it.
Good Treats That Do Good!
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Frequently Asked Questions
We are located in Jeffersonville, VT. Just a few minutes away from Smugglers' Notch Ski Resort and, during the summer when "the Notch" is open, 20 or so minutes away from Stowe. In the winter when the Notch is closed, the drive around the mountain from Stowe adds about 20 minutes.
On the Smugglers' Notch side of the mountain, here are a few of our favorites:
Smugglers' Notch Resort
Sterling Ridge Resort
For Campers + RVers:
On the Stowe side of the mountain:
Spruce Peak
Talta Lodge
In nearby Morrisville:
Muddy Moose Log Cabin Resort
There are plenty of great options for places to stay. We hope this helps get you started in your planning!
While we would love to include everyone’s dogs, we aren’t able to accommodate dogs at the Golden Retriever Experience other than the Butternut Goldens or Golden Dog Farm pups.
Goldens (and other dogs) are welcome to join us for the Golden Dog Farm General Tour (Bees and Maple Trees). They’ll also be joining one or both of the resident Goldens here who accompany the tours.
The Golden Retriever Experience is basically an hour long play date with a dozen or so adult Golden Retrievers in a magnificent setting.
The majority of the Goldens arrive from Butternut Goldens. Everyone has a chance to meet and hang out with the dogs before they are let out of the truck. And then they run and want to play ball. After the dogs burn off some energy, we head into the barn and surround ourselves with the happy of goldens. If the weather dictates, we will move the experience fully inside to one of our barns with a woodburning stove.
In terms of giving it as a gift, we have an option for that. The gift certificate package which is $99 includes a stuffed golden retriever wearing a Golden Dog Farm bandana to give you something tangible to gift with the certificate (you can add additional gift certificates for other attendees for $75). In addition, Gift certificate holders will have priority spots set aside until two weeks before each event to ensure that there will be availability for them to redeem for future dates.
https://goldendogfarm.com/collections/experiences/products/golden-retriever-experience-gift-package (https://goldendogfarm.com/collections/experiences/products/golden-retriever-experience-gift-package)
All tours or experiences are booked through our website.
There is an Experiences Button on the Menu Bar - if you hover over it, a drop down menu will show you the General Farm Tour, Bee Experience, Golden Retriever Experience and Wines and Wags Experience beneath it.
The booking details are at the bottom of the page below the reviews. You first have to click on "Select a Time," then you can check on available dates and complete your booking. If when you select a time, it says "No Time Slots Available," that means we are sold out. If we are sold out, be sure and add your name to our waitlist as we will reach out to the list, should an opening become available.
No. Golden Dog Farm is not a breeder and we neither adopt nor offer dogs for adoption. We partner with Butternut Goldens, a well-known nearby breeder for our Golden Retriever Experiences. Butternut Goldens has over 25 years of experience breeding and raising Golden Retrievers.
butternutgoldens.com
We are located in Jeffersonville, VT just over "The Notch" from Stowe and 7 minutes away from Smugglers' Notch Ski Resort.
Burlington and Burlington Airport (the nearest airport to us) is 45 minutes away. There is minimal public transportation outside of Burlington. Most people rent a car at the airport and drive here.
Some people choose to fly into Boston, rent a car and drive here. (Boston is 3.5 hours away.) Or they fly to Montreal, rent a car and drive here (Montreal is 2 hours away).
Golden Dog Farm is a working farm and private residence, so we don't have regular business hours - and there is not an option for walk-ins or drop-in visits.
There are basically two ways to visit the farm - reserve and attend one of our tours/experiences (dates available are on the booking calendars associated with each event on the website), or to make an appointment to visit the farm store if we can find a mutually convenient time.
https://goldendogfarm.com/collections/experiences
We realize that this doesn't make it particularly easy to visit the farm, and we apologize, but we are busy running the farm most of the time and we've found this is the only way we can manage everything.
Hope we see you at one of our tours or experiences soon.
If you do want to make an appointment to visit the farm store, you should be aware that the large group of Butternut Goldens in the Golden Retriever Experience do not live here on Golden Dog Farm. They are only here for the experience.
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