Nest — Summer 2023
Vermont Glove Adds Worker Housing in Randolph; A Landscape Architect’s Garden Offers Plenty of Play; Tour a Rehabbed Midcentury-Modern Home in Norwich; Home & Garden Vermont Runs on Flower Power
Obituary: Maxine Brandenburg, 1935-2023
Community leader broke stereotypes and pushed boundaries to pave the way for the success of others
Home & Garden Vermont Keeps the Bloom On in Burlington
One day in late May, Jana Qualey stepped back to survey her vibrant arrangement of pink, spiky larkspur, white snapdragons, sprigs of violet columbine and yellow clusters of cottage yarrow, looking for a missing color or shape. She plucked a bulbous, pale green cabbage rose from a nearby flower bucket and inserted it among the…
Landscape Architect Ken Mills’ Home Garden Invites Meditation and Whimsy
Follow the winding stone footpath into Ken Mills’ home garden — through the large wooden church doors, past the metallic steampunk crab perched on a boulder, and pausing at the Japanese teahouse before entering the Celtic labyrinth — and a visitor might think, I have no idea what’s coming next. That’s exactly how Mills intended…
A Midcentury-Modern Home in Norwich Gets a Makeover Honoring Its Architectural History
When Tammy Heesakker and Gregory Russo’s real estate agent first brought them to see a modest, low-slung house on a hill in Norwich in 2015, the renter was practically camping in the living room and the place was falling apart. “It was in a mad state of disrepair,” Russo recalled. Nevertheless, he recognized the look…
Last Quarter: Summer 2023 Vermont Housing News
Housing Assist: A Randolph glove maker makes a detour into workforce housing Vermont Glove owner Sam Hooper employs 12 people to stitch goatskin at his factory in Randolph, but the workers often have trouble finding a place to live. Last year, Hooper decided to help and began to look for a building he could transform…
Nest — Summer 2023
In summer, our living spaces expand to the great outdoors. For this issue of Nest, Seven Days’ quarterly guide to homes, design and real estate, we take a tour of the midcentury-modern Stockmayer House in Norwich. With architecture recalling that of Frank Lloyd Wright, it has a patio that melds outside and in; “the house…
