About Rockledge Farm
Our family has a heritage of woodworking here at Rockledge Farm. Four generations ago we operated a mail order business from the Farm, selling among other products produced, wood furniture. Today Rockledge Farm Woodworks is a small, family operated business. We are located on our 200 year old “hill farm”, having converted barns for use as workshops, office, storage and Gallery …….and we still have some livestock on the farm!
Our work is either inspired by working to fulfill the needs and desires of our clients, or by the piece of wood itself in the case of the One-of-a-Kind pieces we create from unusual and distinctive "Live Edge" or figured woods. One of our barns is a storehouse of these rare pieces of wood, where they may sit for years, waiting for the moment when a piece "speaks" to us, when suddenly the proper use for that wood becomes apparent.
Much of the furniture we build is designed and made to our clients’ order. Customers may select a purchase from items already made, or use the work displayed as a starting point from which to develop their own design with us.
We are the antithesis of the “Production Shop” furniture business, which produce furnishings from a limited number of patterns and designs in their catalog. We prefer the experience of looking at each new project as a fresh start, working with our clients to develop a piece of furniture best suited to them.
Rockledge Farm Woodworks also makes a number of accessories including Figured Hardwood Cutting/Serving Boards, Bowls, Game Boards and Tables, Bentwood Oval Ware, and many other items which may be seen at our Gallery, and in select galleries and stores around the nation.
We endeavor to use woods which we know have been harvested in a responsible, sustainable manner. Unless otherwise specified by a customer, our furniture is constructed exclusively from native Vermont and northern New England Hardwoods which we carefully hand-select from a number of small lumber mills around us. Most of our furniture and accessories are made wholly or in part using “Figured” Hardwoods such as Birdseye and Curly Maple, Black Walnut, Cherry, Flame Birch, and Burls of the many hardwoods here in Vermont.
By virtue of either the distinctive wood selected, or by the unique design utilized, (or both), every piece of work that is crafted at Rockledge Farm Woodworks is a “One-of-a-Kind”, “One-at-a-Time”, hand crafted heirloom.
Visit our Gallery at Rockledge Farm, on Route 106, half way between Woodstock and Springfield VT.
We are generally open Monday thru Saturday 8-6, Sunday afternoons, or anytime by appointment. A few times each year we have to be away for a delivery or at a show. Please call or email ahead to ensure we will be open.
DIRECTIONS TO ROCKLEDGE FARM
58 Ascutney Basin Road
Weathersfield, VT 05062
1.800.653.2700
From the North: At the intersection of Routes 4 & 106 in Woodstock, go South on Rt. 106 15.3 miles to Ascutney Basin Rd. Turn left on Ascutney Basin Rd.
From the South and East: From Exit #8 of I-91, go West on Rt. 131 7 miles to the junction of Rts. 131 & 106. Turn right on Rt. 106 2.5 miles to Ascutney Basin Rd. Turn right on Ascutney Basin Rd.
From the West: From center Ludlow go South-East on Rt. 103, 3.3 miles. Turn left on Rt. 131 9 miles to the junction of Rts. 131 & 106. Turn left on Route 106 2.5 miles to Ascutney Basin Rd. Turn right on Ascutney Basin Rd.
Watch for our sign on the corner of Ascutney Basin Road and Route 106. After turning onto Ascutney Basin Road, you will immediately cross a small bridge. Ours is the second drive on the left after the bridge.