A short drive from Route 22, Sweetgrass Botanicals is your closest recreational dispensary near Austerlitz, NY. Whether you're heading out from Osmer Road or wrapping up a walk through Harvey Mountain State Forest, we’re just over the Massachusetts line with high-quality cannabis, friendly service, and a unique, peaceful setting overlooking beautiful Laurel Lake.
We’re a lodge-style escape that blends small-town warmth with top-tier recreational cannabis. Our customers from Austerlitz love our solventless concentrates, mercantile lounge, fair pricing, and staff who take the time to help you explore. One visit and you’ll know why we won the Best Dispensary in Massachusetts in the 2024 NECANN Cup.
Getting to Sweetgrass from Austerlitz couldn’t be easier. In just 23 minutes, a scenic ride down Route 22 and the Mass Pike (I-90) brings you to our cozy dispensary, tucked lakeside on Laurel Street in Lee. Along the way, you’ll pass through open farmland, rolling hills, and quiet corners of Columbia County and the Berkshires.
Coming from Spencertown, Red Rock, or anywhere near Route 203? You’re already halfway here. Trust us, the visit is worth every mile. And yes, New York residents are welcome to purchase recreational marijuana in Massachusetts legally!
As the legal market matures, many dispensaries have become corporate and impersonal, prioritizing speed over service. At Sweetgrass, we take a different approach—offering warm, thoughtful service rooted in care, connection, and genuine hospitality. We’re a woman- and minority-owned dispensary, where our vision was born from a real connection to cannabis culture, not a relentless focus on the bottom line.
Our team includes enthusiasts, educators, hashmakers, and legacy growers. Everything we do is guided by transparency, sustainability, and a passion for top-quality cannabis—whether it’s your first time or your fiftieth. We’re proud to serve Austerlitz residents who appreciate thoughtful service, solventless products (see them pressed live in our solventless extraction viewing window!), and a more relaxed, welcoming environment than any big-box weed store can offer.
We don’t carry everything, but we carry the right things. Our team hand-selects cannabis products that align with our values: quality and clean cultivation. We’ve personally tested everything we carry to ensure it meets our strict quality standards.
Here are just a few things you’ll find in store:
Everything we carry is compliant for the adult-use market, lab-tested, and stocked to help you feel confident in your purchase. Let us help you create the perfect personalized bundle or take advantage of our weekly deals. Stay in the loop with exclusive newsletter updates and enjoy premium products at unbeatable prices. Order ahead online or stop by our conveniently located dispensary to explore at your own pace.
Austerlitz, NY, is in eastern Columbia County, just west of the Massachusetts border. Known for its scenic hills, forests, and historic character, Austerlitz offers a peaceful escape from city life. It’s home to the Harvey Mountain State Forest, the Austerlitz Historical Society, and the legacy of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Steepletop remains a meaningful landmark in the Austerlitz area. Once the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, it's a beautiful spot to reflect on creativity, independence, and the power of plants.
Spend the day exploring neighboring hamlets like Red Rock, Spencertown, and Chatham—all offering small-town charm, good food, and peaceful countryside just a short drive from our dispensary near Austerlitz.
Discover the rich cultural past of this small town at the Austerlitz Historical Society. From antique exhibits to seasonal events and walking tours, this local landmark brings history to life.
A local favorite for hiking, Harvey Mountain offers wooded trails, wild blueberries in the summer, and stunning views across the Hudson Valley. It’s the perfect nature fix just minutes from downtown Austerlitz.
What makes Sweetgrass a true destination is the experience it offers. Housed in a restored Berkshires lodge overlooking Laurel Lake, it’s a place to slow down, explore, and feel welcome. From our on-site solventless lab and educational events to the cozy lakeside setting and compassionate staff, Sweetgrass is a dispensary worth the drive.
Absolutely. While New York continues to roll out its recreational dispensaries, adults from any town—including Albany, Austerlitz, and Red Hook—can legally purchase cannabis in Massachusetts with a valid, government-issued photo ID. No medical card is required.
Bring a valid, unexpired driver’s license, state ID, or passport. Temporary or photocopied IDs aren’t accepted. You must be 21+ to enter and purchase.
Massachusetts allows adults to purchase per day:
These limits can be combined across product types, and we’ll help track them at checkout.
Expect roughly 20% in taxes, including:
All taxes are transparently calculated and shown on your receipt.
We accept cash and debit cards. There's an ATM on site with a $3.50 transaction fee for withdrawals or debit transactions.
Yes! Sweetgrass runs:
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At Sweetgrass, we’re proud to serve Austerlitz, NY, and neighboring Hudson Valley communities with thoughtful service, premium cannabis, and a welcoming, down-to-earth atmosphere. Whether you’re coming from Spencertown, Red Rock, or just crossing the state line, we’re here to make your cannabis experience comfortable, informed, and enjoyable. See why so many New York residents call Sweetgrass their favorite dispensary near Austerlitz.
Our Massage Oil is the result of input from massage therapists and body workers of several modalities, based on an infused organic jojobo oil with a slight deep forest scent.
As for our Organic Lube…no mystery what this is for! Specially-crafted with a non-allergenic organic infused oil designed to increase your pleasure and open your heart.
Another intentional recipe from our herbalists bringing you the restful impact of chamomile, hops, california poppy, valerian and skullcap.
If that sounds like a snooze already, it's even more calming with our curated selection of solventless hash in the mix.
Sweet dreams!
The result of a collaboration with our herbalists to create a powerful balm that was effective before we added our solventless hash.
For deep relief and relaxation this product includes organic wildcrafted arnica, St. John’s wort, comfrey and essential oils of ginger and wintergreen.
Our versatile and delicious pre-prepared smoothies are highly-customizable and ready-to-blend. Just pop in the blender, add your liquid of choice and you’re good to go! All ingredients are 100% vegan, so enjoy with soy, oat, or nut milk for a dairy-free treat!
Hash-infused candied ginger and lemon cream cheese frosting. Good enough to eat (with a carefully gauged measuring spoon!) from the tub, but even better on a baked good like carrot cake.
Organic Fairtrade bittersweet chocolate is melted with organic VT cream and our in-house solventless hash to make the stuff of dreams. If you don't know about the myriad things you can make from ganache, get ready to find out!
What was your first experience making or consuming a cannabis food? Most of you will answer cannabutter, often in a brownie. Butter is a fundamental ingredient, versatile, beloved and familiar. We have a million ideas of what you can do with this, in case you need inspiration!
Olive Oil is another easy to integrate ingredient from our everyday lives, and it's vegan. Our organic extra virgin olive oil is infused with organic chilis and rosemary.
For over a century, 635 Laurel Street has stood as a beloved gathering place for the town of Lee and the wider Berkshires community.
We are keeping this tradition of hospitality alive by hosting a roster of cannabis experts, hash-makers, herbalists - as well as our own in-house experts - to share their knowledge open a dialogue and answer questions about the ever-changing landscape of cannabis science, plant medicine and regenerative practices.
Join our mailing list or check our calendar for our slate of talks, educational seminars, book signings and other events starting in late winter 2024.
Our vast lakeside “mercantile” is stocked with necessities, curiosities and luxuries for the cannabis lifestyle.
We share our passion for functional glass art with a wide range of smokeways, from stock unique pieces created by renowned local artisan, Hickory Glass, to high-tech vaporizers, to simple glass pipes and chillums
We also carry a wide range of cannabis-related books, homewares, apparel, and small items perfect as gifts. Come browse a while to uncover a treasure that you can't live without.
Our network of herbalists, holistic practitioners and cannabis experts have all conferred on the development of our line of topicals and tinctures.
As with all our in-house products, the therapeutic line is exclusively powered by pure and potent solventless hash produced in our own on-site lab. Our hope is to treat your body to a full-spectrum, chemical-free experience
Sweetgrass crafts unique infused, handmade edibles using our in-house solventless hash oil, plus all-natural and organic ingredients.
Operated by our Founder, Cassandra Purdy, a chef and writer/translator with 30+ years’ experience in both the culinary and cannabis communities, her unique, chef-driven approach brings a new expression of quality cannabis comestibles to the Berkshires.
Sweetgrass’ in-house lines of concentrates, cartridges, edibles and topicals are powered by our state-of-the-art solventless extraction workshop, designed and operated by award-winning hashmaker Ben McCabe.
Using using only water, ice, pressure and heat, we produce pure and potent solventless hash varieties representing the natural, unadulterated terpene and cannabinoid profile cultivated by the growers.
Only top-shelf product can be used for solventless - and we work closely with our grow partners across the state to identify and process distinctive cultivars where its plant-forward characteristics will bring you a unique, rewarding experience.
Our dispensary offers a curated line-up of distinctive, quality cannabis for every budget, selling only products we consume and personally enjoy, from cultivators we know and trust.
For our in-house lines, we craft limited drops that are unique and intentional - each handmade with care to identify and savor the highest expression of the trichomes.