June 14, 2008 
WOODSTOCK Billings Farm & Museum, gateway to Vermont's rural heritage, celebrates its 25th Anniversary Year with the 3rd Annual Spring Wagon Ride Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, from 10:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m., featuring half-hour narrated horse-drawn wagon rides around the farm fields and along the Ottauquechee River.
The working dairy farm, farm life exhibits, and the restored and furnished farmhouse, plus programs and activities are included in the entrance fee. For information: 802/457-2355 or www.billingsfarm.org.
The Billings Farm & Museum is owned and operated by The Woodstock Foundation Inc., a charitable non-profit institution, founded by Mary French and Laurance Spelman Rockefeller.
Billings Farm is an operating Jersey dairy farm that continues a century-long tradition of agricultural excellence and offers farm programs and historical exhibits that explore Vermont's rural heritage and values. Celebrating its 25th Anniversary Year, the Farm & Museum has served as a gateway to Vermont's rural heritage for over a million visitors and 100,000 of the region's school children. Open daily May 1 through October 31, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and weekends, Nov.-Feb. Admission: adults: $11.00; 62 & over: $10.00; children 5-15: $6.00; 3-4: $3.00; 2 & under: free. The Farm & Museum is located one-half mile north of the Woodstock village green on Vermont Route 12. For information: 802/457-2355 or www.billingsfarm.org.
Contact Information:
Susan Plump, Diane Konrady
Billings Farm & Museum, VT Farms! Association
802-457-2355, 866-348-FARM(3276)
splump@billingsfarm.org,info@vtfarms.org
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