Description: The Old Elk Farm is an apiary and pollinator garden site on the Lake Champlain island of Isle la Motte that shares seeds and inspiration with other gardeners to help the pollinators.
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Welcome to the Old Elk Farm! We are a Vermont apiary from the island town of Isle la Motte in northern Lake Champlain. We advocate for a natural environment, clean water, fertile earth, a vibrant ecosystem, and protections for endangered species of pollinators and wildlife. We planted our gardens to provide continual blooms from a variety of flowering plants and trees to feed our honey bees, along with native Mason bees and Bumblebees. We have provided shelters for a variety of pollinators. Our property has