“Sustainability is huge to this business. Every decision is based around how that decision is going to impact the environment.”
— Ashley Farland
STARKSBORO — Ashley Farland has spent much of her life making things, either curating colorful bouquets at a Brooklyn flower shop or whipping up fine cuisine in a world-renowned kitchen.
More recently, the Starksboro residents has been working with textiles and wood, crafting home and kitchen products and creating her own business, DandyLion. Farland aims to make household goods with an eye for detail and quality, much like the sharply-dressed, 18-century Englishmen after whom her business is named.
“That’s kind of our whole shtick, function and uniqueness. It has to have an artisan touch,” Farland said of her offerings. “We’re not looking for just volume, we’re not looking for this to be pedestrian. I want people who…