1974-2008

 

 

 

 

 

Painting "Sugarin' Off by Esther Ruth Grossman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imagine a dream .............

 The original Greenhope Farm

 Walden Vermont.

140 acres of wild and beautiful land.

Friends, Family, Support, Children.

A Hand-built house of Love

Our story begins here...

 

Greenhope Farm  

 Walden Vermont 1974- 2003

 

 

Original Greenhope Homestead

Walden , Vermont

September 8th 1974

Sal on her first horse Amber

 

The story began here with this handmade log cabin on 3 acres

We purchased an additional 140 acres in 1980 and began renting campsites in our beautiful park-like Cathedral Sugar bush. Our dream was to teach survival skills .It wasn't long before we had folks sleeping in our cabin and we ended up  on the floor by the fireplace.

 Finally the dream began to unfold......

Sallie & Sashie

1980

 

We begin to build the  Greenhope Farmhouse

 Inn by sawing our own lumber with the help of friends in the community

 

 

 

                                                          

Sallie and Ned preparing to gather more logs.

 

 

                    

Neighbors and friends helped push the walls up and into place. There are no pictures of the actual pushing because all hands were needed on deck!

Roof is almost on. June 1984

 

Final exterior cedar shakes going on. We broke ground for the house on May 3rd and our first B&B full house was scheduled for the fourth of July. We had to really jam!

 

 

 

Finished Greenhope Farm

 Walden Vt.1984 - 2003

 

1984- 2003

With special Thanks To the Lesbian Community

for the Energy, love, support 

of all  those who helped make this dream possible

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       

 

 

 

In 2003 Elder Parent & Family needs

 brought Sallie & 10 animals to relocate to Maine.

The Greenhope Farm was sold but the dream did not die.

 

 

 

 

A new farm purchased in Brooks Maine became the temporary Greenhope

 

 

Sal and her mom Esther Ruth

Thanksgiving Day 2005

Brooks Maine

Henry & Esther Ruth Grossman

In Loving Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

In June of 2005

Greenhope Farm returned to a new location in Craftsbury Common Vermont

 

 

 

                                                                              

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

                            

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