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ProductsThe Speckled Hen Inn is the perfect place for a romantic retreat, reunions, celebrations, business travelers or families visiting students at the University of Wisconsin. The Inn has 4 spacious guestrooms, each with a private bat. Guests also enjoy the large gathering room with pianp and wood-burning stove, a home theater, library and candle-lit dining room. The 50 acre property features pastures with sheep and llamas, wetland and grassland areas, streams, pine plantations, orchards, walking trails and gardens. Breakfast includes local ingredients, many from the Inn's gardens and orchard. The Inn is committed to sustaining not only the ecosystem of which it is a part, but also the economy, the culture, and the sense of place that guests enjoy in the Madison area. |
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PhilosophyBuying locally is important to us because it gives us not only the opportunity to support local producers financially, enjoy fresher foods, and minimize transportation requirements but it connects us to our community and allows us to showcase that connection to our guests. Many folks who come to stay with us are from the Chicago area. They are in desperate need of reconnecting with a real world so that they can relax and enjoy life for a short while. Serving them a tomato still warm from the summer sunshine or seeing their faces when they return from an afternoon trip to a local orchard proves how important it is to connect with the earth. That connection only occurs on a local level. |
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HistoryWe opened our doors as a B&B in 2000. I needed a change from my work at a local garden center. I started out small with only 2 guest rooms in the house that we had constructed 10 years earlier. Over the years we added the 2 additional guest rooms. Bob retired from his lifelong career in 2005 and became the full-time assistant innkeeper and became heavily involved in gardening. We love what we do and feel that running The Speckled Hen Inn validates our passions. We love to cook, garden, entertain, and share what we have created here with our guests |
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