Meet The Landgrove: The Historic Vermont Inn Behind VildaHaus

VildaHaus may be a new name, but the place it calls home has been welcoming guests for more than 90 years.

Our restaurant is located inside The Landgrove, a historic Vermont country inn founded in 1935.

And if you’re coming to VildaHaus for dinner, we think it’s worth knowing a little about the place around it.

A Vermont inn on a dirt road

The Landgrove sits on more than 20 acres in Southern Vermont, surrounded by the Green Mountain National Forest and just a few miles from Route 11.

Getting here means leaving the main road behind.

You’ll travel along a classic Vermont dirt road, past woods, fields and old houses before arriving in the tiny village of Landgrove. We’re close to Weston, Londonderry, Peru, Bromley and Stratton, with Manchester and Okemo within easy reach—but Landgrove itself feels pleasantly removed from the busier destinations around us.

That’s part of what makes getting here special.

Nearly two centuries of history before the inn even opened

The Landgrove story begins long before 1935.

At the center of the property is an 1810 farmhouse, now home to guest rooms and the VildaHaus restaurant. Now attached to the main building, an 1840s dairy barn has evolved into one of the inn’s gathering spaces, while a modern-built post-and-beam studio just up the hill welcomes artists from around the country.

Then, in 1935, this collection of old Vermont buildings began its next life as one of Vermont's first Apres-Ski lodges, The Tengbergen Lodge.

More than nine decades later, we’re only the fourth family to own the inn.

That continuity is something we value. We’re not trying to turn The Landgrove into a perfectly polished resort made to look old - it actually is old.

That means uneven floors, quirky doors, additions from different eras and guest rooms with their own personalities. We’re pairing that history and character with the things today’s travelers appreciate: comfortable beds, good Wi-Fi, thoughtful amenities—and really good food downstairs.

A longtime home for artists

Art is woven deeply into The Landgrove - and it hangs everywhere on our walls.

For decades, artists have traveled here for immersive painting workshops. Today, our Studio continues that tradition with workshops led by accomplished artists working in watercolor, oils, pastels and other mediums.

Participants spend their days creating, learning and working alongside other artists. Then everyone comes back together around the table.

That relationship between art, food and hospitality is a big part of what makes The Landgrove unusual—and a big part of what we’re carrying forward into its next chapter.

And then there’s dinner

That’s where VildaHaus comes in.

We wanted the restaurant inside The Landgrove to have an identity of its own: a place people would seek out for dinner whether or not they were spending the night.

VildaHaus gives our kitchen room to experiment and evolve. Our menus change. We host special dinners, culinary events and our Passport Series, exploring food and flavors from different places around the world.

You don’t need to be an inn guest to eat here. In fact, we hope you’ll make the drive just for dinner.

Although staying upstairs has its advantages

There’s something particularly nice about finishing a long dinner and realizing your room is only a staircase away.

A stay at The Landgrove and meals at VildaHaus becomes part of a larger Southern Vermont escape. Spend the day skiing at Stratton or Bromley, hiking through the Green Mountains, exploring Weston and Manchester, taking an art workshop—or doing very little at all.

Then come back for dinner. Have another glass of wine. Stay awhile. You’re not driving anywhere else.

The fourth chapter

Since becoming an inn in 1935, The Landgrove has been owned by just four families.

We’re its newest caretakers.

We’re making changes, certainly. VildaHaus itself is one of them. But we’re also conscious that we’re adding another chapter to a place with a long history rather than starting its story over again.

The Landgrove has been a country inn, restaurant, gathering place, art destination and home away from home for generations of guests. We are fortunate to hear stories of guests that have been coming here for decades, and we are honored to carry on those traditions while starting a few of our own.

We’d like it to remain all of those things—and give a new generation a reason to discover it.

So whether you find us while searching for a historic Vermont inn, a restaurant in Southern Vermont, an art workshop, a weekend near Stratton, or simply somewhere a little different, you’ll eventually arrive at the same place.

On a dirt road in Landgrove.

Come for dinner. Stay for the night. Discover the rest while you’re here.