Specialty Stores
Gifts, Furniture & More
Art Galleries and
Artist Studios
Farms & Nurseries
Vineyards, Breweries
Outdoor Activities
Bicycle, Boating, Kayak
Places to Eat,
Restaurants, Markets
Press, Publication
Articles of Interest
What's New...
About our New Name
How this area adopted
a unique name for a
unique place!
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2009 FarmCoast
Maps Now Available:
The new maps for this year have been printed. They will be available at all of our member locations by June 20th.
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Visit the Coastal
Wine Trail!
Sakonnet Vineyards and Westport Rivers Vineyards have joined with other vineyards stretching along the coast from Connecticut to Cape Cod. Pick up The Coastal Wine Trail Passport
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Recent Profiles
• Gustin Ceramics
FARMCOAST NEW ENGLAND
Located within a one hour drive of Boston, Providence, Newport, and the towns of Southeastern Massachusetts, FarmCoast is a picturesque rural area of villages and farms with views of stone walls, salt marshes, church steeples, harbors, and fields that reflect the rural quality of 19th century New England.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sakonnet Vineyards Summer Music Series: Brother’s Keeper
WHEN: August 12, 2010, 6-8pmWHERE: Sakonnet Vineyards
For more information visit www.sakonnetwine.com
Westport Rivers Summer Music Series: One Bad Ant
WHEN: August 13, 2010, 6-8pmWHERE: Westport Rivers
For more information visit www.westportrivers.com
Gustin Gallery presents Eck Follen
WHEN: August 13 – September 7WHERE: Gustin Gallery
For more information visit www.gustinceramics.com
Art Drive: Yellow Boat Studio & Salt Marsh Pottery
WHEN: August 14th & 15thWHERE: South Dartmouth
For more information visit www.the-art-drive.com
Sakonnet Vineyard Clambake
WHEN: August 15, 2010, 2 – 5pmWHERE: Sakonnet Vineyards
For more information visit www.sakonnetwine.com
Children’s Theater “Treasure Island”
WHEN: August 16, 2010, 2pmWHERE: Four Corners Arts Center, Tiverton Four Corners
For more information visit www.fourcornersarts.org
Sakonnet Vineyards Summer Music Series: Midnight Kitchen
WHEN: August 19, 2010, 6-8pmWHERE: Sakonnet Vineyards
For more information visit www.sakonnetwine.com
Westport Rivers Summer Music Series: Kenny Richards
WHEN: August 20, 2010, 6-8pmWHERE: Westport Rivers
For more information visit www.westportrivers.com
Steve Brosnihan “Cartoonagrams”
WHEN: August 21, 2010, 10:30amWHERE: Four Corners Arts Center, Tiverton Four Corners
For more information visit www.fourcornersarts.org
South Coast Artists Open Studio Tour
WHEN: August 21-22WHERE: 45 locations in Tiverton, Little Compton,Dartmouth and Westport
For more information visit www.southcoastartists.org
Sakonnet Vineyards Summer Music Series: Toph & Tom
WHEN: August 26, 2010, 6-8pmWHERE: Sakonnet Vineyards
For more information visit www.sakonnetwine.com
Westport Rivers Summer Music Series: One Bad Ant
WHEN: August 27, 2010, 6-8pmWHERE: Wesport Rivers
For more information visit www.westportrivers.com
Music Together
WHEN: September 15, 2010, 10amWHERE: Four Corners Arts Center, Tiverton Four Corners
For more information visit www.fourcornersarts.org
Summer is bustin’ out all over FarmCoast! Many of the flowering trees are now lush with green foliage. Daylilies are beginning to send up their tall shoots, and the ospreys are nesting on the Westport River. Most welcome are the long days with a light evening sky long into the evening. We’ve had a lot of rain, which, while not always welcome, should insure that things will remain green during more of the summer. The farm stands have put out asparagus and strawberries, the first harbingers of summer.
Summer is the quintessential time to visit FarmCoast. Soon the farmer’s markets and farm stands will be in full swing. There’s a joy in being outdoors whether you might be hiking along one of our many nature trails, visiting our historic villages, or visiting one of our fine vineyards. This is a time to relax and leave the bustle of the city behind you.
PRESS ARTICLES
This summer the Boston Globe featured two travel articles on Little Compton and Westport. In June, Tom Haines of the Globe Staff wrote a story about visiting Little Compton on a summer day and launching kayaks at the Sakonnet Point Club.
"Go with the Flow: Whether you are paddling or tasting pinot, water and wind play in this harbor, sun and soil make the landscape lush"
In August, Meredth Goldstein of the Golbe Staff spend a day in Westport writing of the charms of places to stay, dining, and visiting the wineries after dark: "There's a taste for all palates in the Bay State's Westport"
Last summer the Boston Globe also featured another article about Westport: "Sea of Tranquility: Quiet, welcoming town is rich in coastal beauty and pastoral beauty"
Travel and Leisure Magazine has also featured two articles this summer: One article about The Stone House Club opening in Little Compton and another article about Gray's Ice Cream at Tiverton Four Corners being chosen as one of the best ice cream stands in America!
"The Stone House Club Makes Waves in Little Compton" by Darrell Hartman
and "Gray's makes Best Ice Cream Shop list" by Ted Nesi