Stone House Farm Bed & Breakfast

Welcome to Stone House Farm, a unique Bed & Breakfast in the heart of the five college area of western Massachusetts. This beautifully renovated 1904 farm-house offers two bed & breakfast suites. As you approach, the hand painted floral arbors surrounding the door beckon you inside. Strolling through highly acclaimed gardens, hundreds of old fashioned perennials delight your senses. Relax in the enclosed front porch and listen to the wind rustling through the trees. Leave your worries behind and enjoy the beauty before you.

Featured in People Places and Plant's August 2006 issue in the special section: Garden Inns of the Northeast as Massachusetts' representative.

Innkeeper Candace Talley has created a calming, expansive respite with the scents and visual beauty of an English cottage garden. Guests of the Stone House Farm enjoy wonderful, innovative garden atmospheres, minutes from downtown and U Mass campus.

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Twice featured in the Amherst Historical Society's Garden Tour, Stone House Farm has also earned an Historic Preservation award from the town of Amherst.

The 2nd Floor Suite

The Upstairs Suite includes two bedrooms, a sitting room with dining area and a large airy bathroom. Each of the warmly appointed bedrooms overlooks a garden. The sitting room is complete with refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker and TV/VCR. The pantry cupboard is always stocked with assorted coffee/teas/juices, assorted snacks and old-fashioned treats. Bright and cozy bedrooms feature confortable beds with down comforters and a view of the gardens.

Breakfast is served in the privacy and comfort of your suite and may include freshly baked goods, assorted yogurt, granola and freshly prepared eggs from the resident hens.  An entertainment library in the suite's sitting room offers books featuring local poets Robert Frost and Emily Dickinson; CDs ranging from jazz, through pop, to classical; and videos ranging from childrens' classics to dramas and comedies for adults. The lavender room has decoratively painted twin beds and a view of the cutting garden. The suite has a large, airy bathroom with a full bathtub, shower with shelf and cabinet space.

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The Yellow Bedroom/Queen size Bed

The Lavender Room/Twin Beds

The 1st Floor Suite

The Downstairs Suite includes a bedroom, a sitting and dining area, private bathroom, and access to the beautiful and airy porch directly outside the room. The beautifully restored 100 year-old farmhouse features decorative painting and custom works of local artists. The pantry cupboard is always stocked with assorted teas, coffee & beverages, snacks, cereals and old-fashioned treats. The bedroom walls have a custom color-wash patina giving the room a warmly quiet and relaxing atmosphere. The views from the bedroom are of both the cutting garden to the back and the border garden to the side. This cozy room features a queen bed with a wonderful, fluffy down comforter, a hand-made rag rug and a over stuffed chair by the window.

The suite's newly constructed private bathroom has beautiful wood floors, a spacious shower and bead board, giving it the feel of the original farmhouse. Breakfast is served in the privacy of your suite and features home baked goods and fresh eggs from the farm's own chickens. The entertainment center has a wide variety of videos, DVD's and CD's. During your stay, your hot water comes from the sun's energy. The library offers a wide assortment, including a collection of beautiful gardening books.

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Rates & Reservations

• The year-round rate is $175 for the one bedroom suite, $250 for the two bedroom suite.
• We request advance deposit of half the amount of your stay to confirm your reservation.
• The suite is available for long-term occupancy at adjusted rates.
• Check out time is 11 am, Check in time is negotiable.
• Cancellations are refundable up to two weeks prior to the arrival date.
• Cash, personal checks, traveler's checks, MasterCard and Visa are accepted.
• While the farm is home to Nubian Goats, Araucana Chickens and Mallard Ducks, only the resident two cats are allowed in the living quarters. Guest quarters are animal free.
• Stone House Farm is a smoke free environment.

Traveling north on I-91:

• Take exit 19 onto Route 9 east.
• Go 5 miles and turn left at the town common.
• Go 2.5 miles and the yellow farmhouse of Stone House Farm will be on your right.

Traveling south on I-91:

• Take exit 25, turn left on Route 116, right on Route 116, 5 & 10, and continue for a mile.
• Turn left on 116 south and continue for 6 miles.
• Turn left at the first Amherst light onto Route 63 (Meadow Street).
• The next light is North Pleasant Street.
• Continue straight for one mile and turn right on East Pleasant Street.
• Go 1 mile and the Stone House Farm will be on your left, at the corner of East Pleasant and Sherman Lane.

Well behaved children are welcome. We have available a port-a crib and side rails for the twin beds. The children will enjoy seeing the goats and chickens, and may gather the eggs if they would like to. They also are welcome to play in the corn crib and walk the many paths through the gardens. In late February and early March they can assist in maple syrup making, and in the fall they can pick raspberries to their hearts content.

Childrens' Programs Classes at Stone House Farm feature small groups for kids in first through sixth grades, creative and quality art and craft projects in the nurturing environment of a working flower farm.

The Stone House Flower Farm Tried and true, plants bought here were raised here and thrive in your garden at home. Flowers are harvested at the end of the day, when the weather is cooler so that they'll last longer in your home - at least a week. The half-acre Cutting Garden is behind the farmhouse and the barn. The Strolling Gardens are on the opposite side of the property. The Cottage Garden greets you as you enter the front of the house.

The Barn Activities The barn is home to goats, chickens and ducks as well as a newly remodeled art studio where an after school art program for children is among the many happenings. Candi arranges flowers here and the gunea pigs live and raise new families here. Decorative furniture painting, among other crafts, is taught for adults and children. A summer program for children featuring old-fashioned farm cooking and crafting runs for ten weeks this summer.