Green Hollow Sugarworks
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2026 Season — tapping starts February

Pure Vermont maple, from our woods to your table.

Dale tapped forty trees in 1987; today his daughter runs 12,000 taps into one wood-fired evaporator behind the farm stand, and we still grade every batch by hand.

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The Harvest

This season’s boil

Sap runs for six weeks. We boil it, grade it, and jar it — light to dark, in the order it comes off the pan. Pick a grade to see what is in the jug.

Pick a grade

Golden Delicate

Light, buttery, the first run of the season. Pour it warm — over pancakes, oatmeal, or good vanilla ice cream.

Grade A. Lets 75% or more of the light through.

$18 per pint · 16 fl oz In stock

Email an order — Golden Delicate

Amber Rich

The classic Vermont table syrup. Caramel sweetness, clean finish, medium body. The jar most families keep restocking.

Grade A. Lets 50–75% of the light through.

$16 per pint · 16 fl oz In stock

Email an order — Amber Rich

Dark Robust

Molasses depth, bold maple character. Built for cooking: baked beans, barbecue glaze, gingerbread.

Grade A. Lets 25–50% of the light through.

$16 per pint · 16 fl oz Sold out

Next batch boils late February — pre-order opens in January.

Beyond syrup

2026 season

  • Maple Candy

    Syrup boiled hard, stirred creamy, cut into squares. Melts on the tongue.

    8 oz box · $14 In stock

  • Maple Cream

    Whipped until spreadable. Toast, biscuits, or a spoon. Next whip jars Friday.

    8 oz jar · $12 Pre-order

  • Granulated Maple Sugar

    Dried syrup, ground fine. Sweetens coffee and baking without the moisture.

    6 oz tin · $11 In stock

To order, call (802) 555-0147 or email us. We ship on Mondays.

Email an order

Three Generations

Wood, steam, and forty years of February mornings

Dale started Green Hollow in 1987 with forty taps on the ridge behind the house, a borrowed arch, and a pan he welded himself. The first season made eleven gallons of syrup. He sold every jar at the end of the driveway.

Today his daughter Mara runs the evaporator, and her son Sam checks the lines after school. The trees are the same trees. Twelve thousand taps run down the hollow into the sugarhouse, and every drop of sap is boiled over split hardwood — no oil, no shortcuts.

Forty gallons of sap make one gallon of syrup. In a good week the arch runs sixteen hours a day and the whole hollow smells like caramel. Come stand next to it.

The arch — wood-fired, 4×12 pan, built 1994.

Mara — second generation, runs the arch

Taps
12,000
gallons a season
4,000
Since
1987
Generations
3

Forty gallons of sap. One gallon of syrup.

That is the whole business

Visit

Ever watched sap become syrup?

Tours are free, rain or shine. The sugarhouse is warm in February — that is the point. Boots recommended. Groups of six or more, give us a day’s notice.

Tour and event schedule, 2026 season
When What Good to know
Saturdays · 10:00 Sugarhouse tour 45 minutes, free, boots recommended
Saturdays · 11:30 Boiling demo Watch forty gallons of sap become one
Sundays in March · 8:00–11:00 Pancake breakfast All you can eat — $12 adults, $6 kids

Seasons.

The trees set the schedule. We just keep up.

  1. Feb

    Tapping

    Spouts go in when nights freeze and days thaw. Twelve thousand of them.

  2. Mar–Apr

    Boiling

    The arch runs sixteen hours a day for six to eight weeks.

  3. May–Oct

    Markets

    Saturdays under the white tent in Burlington. Craft fairs through the summer.

  4. Nov–Dec

    Gifts

    Candy, cream, and quart jugs wrapped in kraft paper and red twine.

Find Us

The farm stand at the end of the drive

Six minutes from Waterbury Center, just off Route 100.

The farm stand

Open daily 9–5 · November through May

Self-serve at the end of the driveway. Honor-system cash box, card reader on the counter. Syrup, candy, cream — and a stack of seed catalogs to read while you decide.

412 Hollow Road, Waterbury Center, VT

Directions

Demo — the farm is fictional, so the link opens the real town.

Three markets

  • Burlington Farmers Market

    Church Street

    Sat 8:30–1 · May–Oct

  • Montpelier Indoor Market

    State Street

    Wed 3–7 · Nov–Apr

  • Waterbury Craft Fair

    Town green

    2nd Sun · Jun–Sep