A Double Wedding Ring

Together with their families

Clara&Owen

Saturday, 9 October 2027

Hollow Brook Farm · Barnard, Vermont

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Block 02 · Nine-Patch

Counting the days

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Days

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Hours

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Mins

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Secs

Block 03 · Come On Home

Come on home

Owen's grandmother pieced her first quilt on this farm in 1961, from her mother's old dresses and a sack of feed-bag cotton. It still lies on the bed in the front room.

We'd like to add a new block to it, with all of you around us. Come for the weekend: cider on Friday, vows under the big maple on Saturday, and pancakes on the porch before you go.

Clara & Owen

Block 04 · The Memory Blocks

Pieced together

Every block in a quilt has a name. Here are ours.

Schoolhouse · 2016
Room 114
A Tuesday-night pottery class in Burlington. Owen's bowl collapsed. Clara's didn't. He asked her how.
Log Cabin · 2019
The yellow apartment
Three rooms above a bakery on Church Street, a radiator that clanked all winter, and bread every morning.
Flying Geese · 2021
Every back road
Four summers of maps and a station wagon: Nova Scotia, the Gaspé, and every covered bridge in Vermont.
Ohio Star · 2026
Under the orchard
First snow, a thermos of cider, and a ring hidden in a mitten. She said yes before he'd finished.

Block 05 · The Weekend

Friday to Sunday

Friday 8 October
Welcome party
Time
6:00 – 10:00 pm
Where
The cider barn, Hollow Brook Farm
Dress
Jeans and a warm sweater
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Saturday 9 October
The wedding
Time
3:30 pm
Where
Under the big maple, Hollow Brook Farm
Dress
Autumn cocktail
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Saturday 9 October
Supper & dancing
Time
5:00 pm – midnight
Where
The big red barn
Dress
Autumn cocktail, with a layer for the bonfire
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Sunday 10 October
Pancake breakfast
Time
9:00 – 11:30 am
Where
The farmhouse porch
Dress
Come as you are
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Block 06 · The Farm

Hollow Brook Farm

1180 Hollow Brook Road, Barnard, VT 05031

Parking: Park in the lower field. Golf carts run up to the barn all afternoon.
If it rains: The vows move into the hay loft, which has the best view of the valley anyway.

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Block 07 · Flying Geese

The wedding day

3:00 pm
Find a seat on the hay bales
3:30 pm
Vows under the big maple
4:00 pm
Cider, doughnuts and lawn games
5:30 pm
Supper at long tables in the barn
7:00 pm
Toasts, then the first dance
7:30 pm
A fiddle band until late
9:30 pm
S'mores at the bonfire
12:00 am
Hayride back down to the lower field

A stack of autumn calicos tied with tape, scissors and a pincushion

Block 08 · What to Wear

Autumn cocktail

Rich colours welcome.

Think of the trees in October: rust, mustard, plum, deep green. Suits and dresses, knits and corduroy are all at home here.

From the scrap basket

Barn red
Rust
Mustard
Sage
Denim
Plum

The ceremony is on the grass: block heels, boots and flats. Bring a layer for the bonfire.

Block 09 · Getting Here

Finding the farm

Hollow Brook Farm

The Kedron Inn

Maple Hill Lodge

Silver Lake Cabins

Shuttle stop

General store

Block 09 · Getting Here

Finding the farm

Lebanon (LEB): 35 minutes. Small, easy, and served from Boston and White Plains.
Burlington (BTV): 1 hour 40 minutes, with the most flights and car hire.
Boston Logan (BOS): 2 hours 30 minutes. Pretty once you're past Concord.

Block 10 · The Hotel Block

Where to stay

We've held rooms at three places nearby. Mention the wedding, or use the code.

The Kedron Inn
Eight minutes away, with a fire in every room.
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Silver Lake Cabins
Twelve minutes away, on the water, for families.
Book by 15 AugustBook
Maple Hill Lodge
Twenty minutes away, and the best breakfast in the county.
Book by 1 SeptemberBook