Marvelous May: Client Wins & Projects in Bloom 🌸🌳

It’s the start of a new month! As always, the Cultivate team has put together a list of monthly updates. We hope you enjoy the spring holidays and warmer weather this May brings with these latest events and products from Cultivate clients. 

Ann Clark Ltd. 🍪 

Celebrate Mom this Mother’s Day with themed cookies using Ann Clark’s 5 pc Mother’s Day Set and just-launched cookie mixes—the Sugar Cookie Mix and Chocolate Sugar Cookie Mix are great staples for cookie decorating. 

For Mother’s Day Brunch or Tea Party plans, you could also try out Ann Clark’s new scone mixes (available in 4 flavors: Lemon Poppyseed, Lemon Blueberry, Chocolate Chunk, and Cranberry Orange). 

Glenmere Mansion 🥞💐

Celebrate Mother’s Day with a festive 3-course brunch in the warmth of Glenmere’s dining room— where timeless elegance meets heartfelt celebration. Glenmere also offers luxury spa experiences and spa gift cards which are also great gifts for mothers. 

Learn more and book at glenmeremansion.com or call 845.469.1900.

Manchester Music Festival 🎭 🎶 

As the Festival continues its preparation for its 2025 season, “Music and Storytelling,” they will be offering a special discount on tickets for Memorial Day Weekend.

Running from Friday, May 23 at 12:00am through Monday, May 26 at 11:59pm, the discount offers 20% off to those purchasing individual concert tickets. Just use the code “SUMMERMUSIC20” online or over the phone. 

To learn more about Manchester Music Festival’s season and to purchase tickets, visit mmfvt.org. 

Pitcher Inn 🏩 🍽️

Treat the mother you love to a unique Vermont food and dining experience this Mother’s Day, May 11, 2025. The Pitcher Inn’s Warren Store  will  be offering a Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast from 8-11am and  a Mother’s Day dinner experience featuring fresh and seasonal ingredients on their sophisticated farm-to-table menu. Make a dinner reservation here.. 

The Pitcher Inn Wellness Center also offers massage and red-light therapies with both single and couples treatments which also make for a great Mother’s Day gift. Learn more and book here. 

RunVermont 🏃 

May 25, 2025 marks the big day: RunVermont presents the 36th running of the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay, Vermont’s largest single-day sporting event. 

More than 5,000 runners, 20,000 spectators, and 800 volunteers are set to gather together on Memorial Day weekend for 3 days of personal records, high-fives, and community building. 

If you are interested in participating, it’s not too late to sign up! Run in the marathon, compete in a relay team, or join RunVermont’s volunteer crew—no matter your involvement, it’s an event you don’t want to miss.

Learn more about the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay here. 

Vermont Smoke & Cure 🍖 🔥 

Calling all Costco, Giant, Kroger, and Walmart shoppers—Vermont Smoke & Cure meat sticks are now available in more store locations nationwide. This multi-retailer expansion represents the largest distribution growth in the company's history, bringing its premium meat snacks to millions of new consumers in the second quarter of 2025.

If you’re looking for an easy on-the-go snack that is free from preservatives, antibiotics, artificial colors and flavors, gluten, and allergens, check out store shelves near you for VS&C meat sticks.

To browse Vermont Smoke & Cure products or purchase products online, visit store.vermontsmokeandcure.com.

Vermont Symphony Orchestra 🎻 

More than 80 musicians will take to the Flynn stage on May 10, 2025 in a final celebration of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s  90th anniversary season, concluding with Mahler’s riveting Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”). 

Preceding this grand finale piece, VSO will also perform ‘Fanfare’ by Vermont composer Alexandra du Bois and Jocelyn Morlock’s ‘My Name is Amanda Todd,’ a musical work honoring the Canadian teen whose tragic suicide inspired support for young women around the globe experiencing abuse and mental illness. 

The concert will be nothing short of spectacular, we’re sure! Tickets are available for purchase here.

Winvian 🍝🧖‍♀️

This Mother's Day, join Winvian for a three-course choice menu for either lunch or dinner. Seating is available 12 noon – 3 pm and 5:30 - 7:45 pm. Contact the restaurant to make a reservation: 860.393.3004.

Winvian also offers spa and wellness services including massages, facial treatments, and private yoga sessions. Call 860.567.9600 to reserve a spot.