Attractiveness: Head west to the Berkshire’s for an afternoon commute filled with unending attractiveness and style

>> MOUNTAIN VIEWS, ENOP MEADOWS, LUSH GARDENS. IF EVER THERE WAS A TIM TE CELEBRATE THE GREAT OUTDOORS, NOW IS THAT TIME. >> WE DDIOT N PICK THE BERKSHIRES, THE BERKSHIRES PICKED US. >> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO DON I THE BERKSHIRES. YOU CAN SPEND A GREAT DAY OR A GREAT WEEKEND HERE. IT STILL WORKS. >> CHARM. THAT IS HE,ER TOO. BIG SEVEN TRELAV RANKS STOCKBRIDGE NUMBER ONE ON ITS LIST OF AMERICA’S MOST CHARMING SMALL TOWNS. DECLARING IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTING. THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS. >> EVERY DAY, NUMEROUS PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET TAKING PICTURES, ASKING FROM THE SIDEWALK IT WAS JUST REPAINTED. >> THE PERFECT PLACE TO TAKE IT IN, A ROCKING CHAIR ON THE HISTORIC RED LION INN. >> ONE OF E LONGEST-SERVING INNS IN THE COUNTRY. >> IT IS WELCOMING GUESTS AGAIN TO DEIN IN SIT COURTYARD, OR LINGER ON THE ICONIC PORCH. >> IT WOULD BE A GREAT SPOT ON A YDA TRIP TO STOP AND HAVE LUNCH, HAVE A COCKTAIL, TAKE IN THE SCENERY.OCKTAIL, TAKE IN THE REPORTER: SERENITY AND NATURE IN BLOOM BACK IN A NEARBY BOTANICAL GARDEN, WHERE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MICHL BECK SEES A NOTICEABLE RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN GARDENING. EVERYONE IS EXCITED TO DO THEIR OWN GARDENING, GET INSPIRATION OMFR PUBLIC GARDENS. WE HAD A COLLECTION OFWO T DENOZ GARDEN AREAS, DIFFERENT PERENNIAL BORDE,RS YOU CAN REALLY TAKE YOUR TIME AND SPEND AN HOUR OR TWO TAKING IT IN. THIS IS OUR MARTHA STERTWAN. GARDEN. IN HONOR OF MARTHA AND HER TEAM WHO CAME HERE A FEW YEARS AGO. THE SHED IS A POTTING SHED CREATED BY ONE OF OUR LOCAL ARTISANS. PELE LOVE THE LIVING ROOF MADE UP OF SEED AND PLANTS. IT IS A DRY, HOT AREA. >> THE DEVON FIELD I SITS ON 32 ACRES OF MEADOW AND FORESTS, SPEAC TO RO,AM ENJOY A PICNIC, OR CHILL. DOUG A JND BOUGHT IT IN 2018 AND WANT GUESTS TO LOVE IT AS MUCH AS THEY DO. >> THE MOMENT WE PULLED UP, WE HAD THE FEELING IT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE. >> I KNEW OF TANGLEWOOD. I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE RICHNESS OF CULTURE. NOW THAT WE HAVE DISCOVERED IT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, ALL OF THE OUTDROO ACTIVIEITS, THE KAYAKING, HIKING, BIKING. >> PEOPLE ANXIOUS TO DO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND GET TO PLACES THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN TO BEFORE. SOMETHING ABOUT THE SETTING MAKES PEOPLE WANT TO GET MARRIED. >> IT HAS EXPLODED. I PERFORM THE CEREMONIES. I HAPPILY MARRIED 18 COUPLES. NO ONE HAS COMBAE CK YELLING AT ME. >> THE 11 ROOM BED AND BREAKFAST IS STEEPED IN HISTORY. >> IN THE ELYAR 1900S BY GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE JUNIOR. >> IT HAS HOSTED A QUEEN AND WELCOMED A PRESIDENT. >> QUEEN WILL HIM ENOUGH LEAD FROM THE NETHERLANDS. SHE ACTULYAL SPENT THE SUMMER WITH HER DAUGHTER AND HER GRANDCHILDREN. THIS WAS THE ROOM SHE STAYED IN. IT IS NAMED THE ROOSEVELT SUITE, BECAUSE WHEN SHE WAS HERE, FDR DID A COUPLE OF VISITS TO MEET WITH HER. HIGH LAWN HOUSE IN LEE, ONE OF THE MANY GILDED AGE COTTAGES FOR WHICH THE BERKSHIRES ARE KNOWN. THIS ONE IS KNOWN TO A CENTURY-OLD FAMILY-RUN FARM FAMOUS FOR PRIZED JERSEYS. WE HAVE SEVERAL GENERATIONS. WE ALWAYS SAID ALMOST ERYVE YEAR, IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH US. >> HE RUNS THE FARM OPERATION. HISTORHAS HALTED PROGRESS, THE GIRLS PAMPERED WITH WATERBEDS AND MASSAGE. THE RESULT, ABUNDANT, FLAVORFUL MI PROCESSED HERE AND DISTRIBUTED THROUGH NEW ENGLAND. A TRIBUTEO TMASTER BREEDER MARJORIE FIELD WILDE. >>>> I HOPE SHE APPROVED WHAT WE DID SO FAR, AND IT IS ABOUT THE COWS. THE FAMILY MAKES IMPRESSIVE RESTORATION OF THE BUILDINGS BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LOOK. IT IS AMAZING, JUST BEAUTIF.UL >> NOW THEY WANT THE PUBLIC TO VISIT. THERE IS HISTORY TO SHARE. THE NEW FARM STAND WITH PLENTY TO TAKE HE,OM INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF HANDCRAFTED ARTISANAL CHEESE. REMORTE LOWLANDS — ROBERTO LAWRENCE JUNIOR. >>T I IS MILDER THAN OTRHE BREEDS OF COWS. YOGUN CHEESES TRANSLATE INTO ACCESSIBLE, SWEET, ENJOYABLE FLAVORS. I FOUNIN AGED CHEESES ONCE THEY CROSS THE EIGHT MTH MARK, INTERESTING FLAVORS COME IN. I GIVE CREDIT TO THE JERSEYS FOR THAT REFEMINENT. >> THAT IS NOT ALL THEY GET CREDITED FOR. WE HAVE A OF SIGNATURE BUTTER THAT WE CAME OUT WITH THIS YEAR. THEY ARE A BLEND OF CULTURED BUTTER WITH HERBS AND SPICES. WE ALSO HAVE CULTURED GHI AND CREAM CHEESE — GHEE AND CREAM CHEESE. >> YOU CAN TASTE THE BERKSHIRES WH ILE ENJOYING THE BEAUTY. >> WE ARE GOING TO DO S

Head west to the Berkshires for a day trip full of endless beauty and charm

Take a day trip west to find the serenity of small towns and rural landscapes

Updated: 8:20 PM EDT Aug 11, 2022

Big 7 travel ranks Stockbridge No. 1 on its list of America’s most charming small towns, declaring, “it looks like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting — that’s because it is.” The perfect place to take it all in — a rocking chair on the porch of the historic Red Lion Inn.Serenity and nature in bloom beckon at Berkshire Botanical Garden.The Devonfield Inn in Lee sits on 32 acres of meadow and forest — space to roam, enjoy a picnic or just chill.High Lawn Farm in Lee is a century-old, family-run farm famous for prized Jersey dairy.

Big 7 travel ranks Stockbridge No. 1 on its list of America’s most charming small towns, declaring, “it looks like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting — that’s because it is.”

The perfect place to take it all in — a rocking chair on the porch of the historic Red Lion Inn.

Serenity and nature in bloom beckon at Berkshire Botanical Garden.

The Devonfield Inn in Lee sits on 32 acres of meadow and forest — space to roam, enjoy a picnic or just chill.

High Lawn Farm in Lee is a century-old, family-run farm famous for prized Jersey dairy.