Honey Gardens Meadery

Honey Gardens has been making mead and honey wine for years now. Because they have had such success with their Blueberry mead, and other wines, HG decided to expand and start making spirits as well. To do this a value added facility was necessary. Whole Farm Services was contracted as the builder for the project. <br><br>

WFS thanks Todd Hardie and the Honey Gardens crew for hiring us and an all local crew of tradesman to do the work. It is projects like this that will bring new jobs and food security to rural and urban areas.<br><br>

This project took us 3.5 months and was finished on schedule despite the necessary addition of a 6" water main and 56 head sprinkler system required for insurance purposes.

Below is a gallery of construction:

 

October 26th 2009- Placing trusses on stick framed walls with a crane- 51 trusses set in 6.5 hours.

The framed and sheathed building awaiting roofing and siding- November 2009. week #3-4

Left: Cedar wainscot protects and dresses up walls of main hallway

Right: Steel Security doors for still room and cooperage.

FRP- Fiberglass reinforced plastic wall covering and cove base for washable food grade surface. All glues are low VOC. Concrete Curbing allows for protection of sill plates on exterior of building, while slab without curb allows for future expansion of the building.

Finished West exterior with 16' overhead door, and person door for fire egress. Gable ridge and soffet vents provide ample airflow to prevent condensation, and keep the roof cold.

Front Entrance to Retail area made from local hemlock timbers, cedar posts, and cedar siding

Simple cedar hatches into attic allow for access to electrical in ceiling and future ventilation details

Left: State of the art super efficient Buderus Oil fire furnace

Right: Radiant Floor manifold and circulating system.

Kricket McKusker- Project Engineer enjoying some warmth inside the kitchen. Great thanks to Kricket for her dilligence and constant attention to detail.

Left: Waterproof electrical outlets allow for easy and safe washdown capabilites

Right: 54 head, 6" main, RPZ sprinkler unit required for insurance for distillery

Left: Closers on doors allow for Distillery doors to lock and close behind, provinding ample security in still and cooperage room.

Right: Window from retail space allows visitors to see into still room.

Custom Tiled shower in bathroom.

Left: Primary Fermentation Tank in super insulated room