The Friday evening Preview was a wash-out — a squall came through with strong winds, hail, and torrential rains!! But through it all, the judges at the New England Rhubarb Wine Contest sipped and considered. They liked the Rhubarb Blush from Putney Mountain Winery in Vermont the best.

Saturday was cool and happily rain-free. The contest tent was full of long stalks and wide leaves, along with art work and flower arrangements.

The field was full of vendors and non-profit information booths. In the Drink Your Rhubarb tent, three ladies of Hartwick College sipped Rhubarb beverages contentedly. A good time was had by all.

The G.E.P. Dodge Library sold books and baked goods to inch us closer to renovations.

See you on the first weekend of June in 2024.

This is the blog of the Bennington Rhubarb Festival, started in 2013 to benefit the G.E.P. Dodge Library Building Fund.

If you would like to help the Building Fund, please contribute any amount to the G.E.P. Dodge Library Building Fund, Bennington, NH 03442.

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