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Field & Supply Photo Review

by HudsonWoods

This year Field & Supply was held at the expanded Hutton Brickyards location. If you did not have the chance to stop by you can learn more about the design fair and newly opened location in our previous journal post. As we have done in years past, we wanted to collect and share a number of our favorite photos from the weekend.

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Woodstock Animal Sanctuary

by HudsonWoods

The Woodstock Farm Sanctuary is a great cause just a stone skip away from Hudson Woods as well as fun family stop on the weekends. A 20 minute drive south of Hudson Woods, The Woodstock Farm Sanctuary rescues animals and gives them a lifelong home and care with an mission to connect animals with people and raise awareness around animal rights in alliance with other social justice movements.

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​Smorgasburg Comes Upstate

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Smorgasburg announced recently that it will be bringing their New York City based market to the Hudson Valley in the Summer of 2016. The market is slated to open on August 6th at the Hutton Brickyard at Kingston Point Beach.

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Winter Open House with Drew Lang

by HudsonWoods

Join us on Sunday, January 31st for a winter open house at Hudson Woods, hosted by Architect, Drew Lang. Get to know the area and chat with Drew about all things Hudson Woods. Explore the model house, warm up and hang out by our wood burning stove with a hot chocolate in hand. We will also roast marshmallows so bring the whole family and pets are always welcome! We look forward to having a good, cozy time. We hope to see you there.

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From the Source: Fern Handcrafted

by HudsonWoods

Fern Handcrafted was one of our first journal entries when we launched the Hudson Woods blog. It has been over a year since and many exciting things have transpired. We wanted to share some new items in the Fern shop as well as highlight specific items we selected to furnish the Hudson Woods model house.

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From the Source: Fruition Chocolate

by HudsonWoods

12 scenic miles from Hudson Woods, across the Ashokan Reservoir, is a local chocolatier Fruition Chocolate. Fruition is a small-batch bean to bar workshop in the heart of the Catskill Mountains. They meticulously craft chocolate, slowly roasting and stone grinding select cocoa beans to create extraordinary flavors.

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Hudson Woods Tops Upstate Listings on Brownstoner

by BrittainStone

We are very pleased to tout this week the fact that Hudson Woods has been the number one trending listing on Brownstoner Upstate's real estate section. It's a testament to a resurgent interest that city dwellers have in experiencing rural life and to the newfound awareness of the myriad upstate towns and their particular personalities. Since early 2014, there has been an unprecedented burst of home sales activity that in the Hudson Valley, and particularly in our own Ulster county. On numerous blogs and in conversations with local realtors and interior designers, the consensus is that 2015 may be bigger than ever.

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Hudson Valley Seed Library: Local Seeds, Local History

by BrittainStone

Did you ever think of seeds the way you think about books? About 10 years ago, Ken Greene, made such a metaphorical leap, and started the country's first seed lending sytem out of the Gardiner library, a stone's throw from Hudson Woods. Then a masters student and part timer there, he saw "a lot of similarities between seeds and books. Seeds are stories that we're passing on, they're not just a commodity.

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Two Spring Recipes From Ravenwood

by HudsonWoods

With Spring officially a day away we are excited for the return of warm weather at Hudson Woods. To celebrate we wanted to follow up on our winter recipe post from January by bringing you two Spring recipes based on local ingredients. We reached out to one of our local culinary friends, Ravenwood, located a stone skip away from Hudson Woods in Olivebridge, NY.

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Farm to tap, Arrowood brews from the ground up

by BrittainStone

After commissioning a delightful brown ale from Arrowood Farms Brewery for our October gathering, we decided to look a little closer at this exciting operation unfolding just a stone's throw from Hudson Woods.

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From the Source: Allied Maker

by HudsonWoods

You may remember in previous posts we've discussed lighting in the model house by Workstead & Materia Designs. This week, we'd like to take a look at lighting fixtures from another New York based studio in Allied Maker.

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From the Source: Deborah Ehrlich

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When we came across Deborah Ehrlich's Crystal Jelly Jar lights we knew that they'd be a great fit for the model home. Designed and made for Deborah's own home in the Hudson Valley, she only thought to bring them to the public after some requests.

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Locally Delicious: Launch Party Fare

by BrittainStone

Many of you who attended the launch party have asked us about who was responsible for the brilliant barbecue, the refreshing summer beers, and the decadent pies and ice cream. We are happy to share the sources with you, especially since they are all Hudson Valley enterprises and part of the local fabric.

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From the Source: Samuel Moyer Furniture

by DrewLang

At Samuel Moyer Furniture, a vital element of the design process is to develop a unique relationship with each built item. When Hudson Woods and Sam came together there was an immediate kinship, sharing an affinity for natural living.

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