What You’ll See & Hear 


At Forest Fringe Farm you arrive into a living edge where meadow meets forest and human presence moves at the pace of weather and water.

You’ll see long narrow meadows softened by native grasses, a blueberry orchard tucked into the slope and a canopy campsite threaded with footpaths. 

A working greenhouse sits in the second meadow and beyond it, dense woods open toward a sliver of Birch Ridge Pond. The land shows its wetness honestly, puddled low points, mossed logs and signs of seasonal flow. Everything feels in motion and unfinished in the best way. 

You’ll hear birdsong layered and constant, warblers, sparrows and thrus joined by wind moving through leaves and tall grass.  In wetter seasons frogs and insects carry the dusk. 

There’s the soft crunch of boots on gravel or leaf litter, the thud of blueberries in a bucket, the hum of pollinators around flowering edges. Nights bring crickets, owls and coyotes. Forest is rugged, inviting you to slow down and listen to what the land is already saying.







Forest Fringe Farm
Jim Stephenson & Behr Rd 
Bethel, New York 12720

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