Staying at The Most Beautiful New Resort in The Hudson Valley, NY

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Wildflower Farms is a new hotel that opened up in Gardiner, New York (Hudson Valley). Join us as we tour the property and show you what it's like to stay at this new addition to the Hudson Valley hotel scene.  Wildflower Farms Hotel: https://geni.us/ANNG  Read the full review: https://rebrand.ly/s74x639  ---- CONNECT WITH AFAR Afar.com is a digital and print magazine that publishes travel tips, guides, news, and stories: https://www.afar.com  Get updates on the latest articles, travel news, and more from AFAR by signing up for the AFAR newsletter: https://afar.com/newsletters  Follow AFAR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AfarMedia Follow AFAR on Twitter: https://twitter.com/afarmedia Follow AFAR on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/afarmedia Follow AFAR on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/afarmedia  ---- CREDITS  Claudia Cardia - Video Editor Jessie Beck - Senior Manager, SEO & Video Elizabeth See - Designer Sarika Bansal - Editorial Director Michelle Heimerman - Photo Editor Lyndsey Matthews - Senior Commerce Editor  MUSIC “Better Days” by Brian Brown / Musicbed  FOOTAGE / PHOTOGRAPHY Lyndsey Matthews Michelle Heimerman iStock

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00:00 (water rushing)

00:01 - You wanna be?

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00:05 - Hi, I'm Lindsay Matthews, a farm senior commerce editor.

00:08 I'm at Wildflower Farms,

00:10 the first over resort property in New York state.

00:13 And we're up in Gardner, New York, in the Hudson Valley,

00:16 about a 90 minute drive from New York city.

00:18 I'm staying in a meadow cottage.

00:20 So come in and check it out with me.

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00:27 So this is one of the one bedroom cottages.

00:37 You can book it connecting to a second one

00:40 if you are coming with your family or a group of friends.

00:43 And there are 65 total cottages and cabins on the property.

00:47 All of the design work is beautiful.

00:50 It's by a New York design firm called Ward and Gray.

00:53 They designed it with locally sourced antiques

00:56 and a lot of custom elements.

00:58 Like this quilt was made specifically for these rooms

01:02 and you can see it's embroidered down here.

01:05 And what I love about this

01:07 is all the different textures in here.

01:08 So you can see there's velvet couches,

01:11 nubby wool chairs, lots of wood and marble.

01:15 My favorite thing about this room

01:17 is all the different cozy places to sit.

01:19 I particularly love this little reading nook.

01:22 It's made out of this kind of dark orange velvet

01:26 and there's this beautiful celestial inspired table

01:29 and a mohair throw.

01:31 And a lot of these items you can buy up at the shop

01:34 that they have up in the check-in desk,

01:36 which is run by a local store.

01:38 The bathrooms in each of the cottages are also massive

01:43 and full of beautiful details.

01:45 As you can see, this stone countertop

01:48 is slightly reminiscent of the Shawangunk Mountain Range

01:53 in the distance beyond the hotel.

01:55 All of the soaps and lotions are made in-house

02:00 and they smell amazing.

02:01 Each of the cottages have private outdoor space

02:05 as well as you can see there's a private deck

02:08 with a couch, a table,

02:11 and these beautiful handmade Adirondack chairs

02:14 that is shared with the cabin next door.

02:16 (upbeat music)

02:19 Before Auberge bought this property,

02:30 this land used to be a tree farm.

02:32 And as you can see behind me,

02:33 these are a few of the remaining trees

02:35 that they kept on the property,

02:36 which are gorgeous in late October.

02:39 - It's kind of funny,

02:43 this like definitely,

02:44 I don't think the intention was always to have this

02:45 for guest use,

02:46 it's just sort of the fact that we come.

02:48 - Wildflower Farms also has a working produce farm

02:50 on it now.

02:52 Guests are welcome to tour it with the farmers

02:53 for a behind the scene look.

02:55 (upbeat music)

02:57 - It's like a lot of shapes like this,

03:08 which I think is fun.

03:10 (upbeat music)

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03:15 - So in addition to serving a lot of food

03:21 they grow themselves at their restaurant,

03:24 Wildflower Farms is committed to working

03:26 with a lot of local brands.

03:27 So you'll see in the main bar,

03:29 there's beer from local breweries like Arrowwood,

03:32 and then they also make house-made cocktails

03:36 that you can enjoy right in your room

03:37 at the bottom there.

03:40 In addition to the produce they grow at Wildflower Farms,

03:43 they also have pigs and chickens on the property.

03:46 Every morning at 8 a.m. guests are welcome

03:49 to come to the chicken coops

03:50 and pick out the eggs they want

03:52 and take them back to the restaurant

03:53 to have them cooked for their breakfast.

03:55 Thanks for joining us on this tour of Wildflower Farms.

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04:06 Yeah.

04:08 There we go.

04:10 (clicking)

04:12 (laughing)

04:14 (speaking in foreign language)

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