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sweetgrass in the news. See how our dedication to quality, mindful approach to cannabis retail and stunning Berkshires dispensary are marking headlines

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Sweetgrass Botanicals Founder Cassandra Purdy Featured in Soft Secrets Magazine (in French)

11/19/2024
An interview with Cassandra of Sweetgrass in the preeminent cannabis magazine in France, Soft Secrets
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Sweetgrass Botanicals Featured in mg Magazine

11/01/2024
Sweetgrass Botanicals featured as standout retail location in November 2024 edition of mg Magazine
Award plaque for the NECANN Cup 2024, showcasing Sweetgrass Botanicals as the Champion of Champions in the Non Solvent Concentrate category for their GMO product. The plaque also lists the top five winners, including Melting Point Extracts and Harbor House Collective, highlighting achievements in Massachusetts.

Sweetgrass Botanicals Wins Top Award at Inaugural NECANN Cup of Champions

10/04/2024
Sweetgrass Botanicals took home three awards, including Best Overall Entry and Best Non-Solvent Concentrate, at the inaugural NECANN Cup of Champions in Boston on September 21.
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Dab-A-Doo Northeast: Meltin’ in Massachusetts

07/07/2024
The 2024 Northeast Dab-A-Doo got underway with a cast of 24 incredible competitors, each competing for a chance to win one of the most enduring and honorable competitions in the world of hashish.
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Just After Opening, Sweetgrass Botanicals Wins Best Dispensary Award

04/06/2024
LEE — Staff from Sweetgrass Botanicals attended NECANN at Hynes Convention Center in Boston for the cannabis trade show in late March, but didn’t bother to stick around for the awards ceremony the next day.
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Sweetgrass Botanicals Wins Dispensary of the Year at NECANN

03/25/2024
As legal cannabis shifts from counterculture to common culture, dispensaries are also evolving. They’ve typically operated like a pharmacy—you wait on line at a counter, ask a question or two, pick your products, then head out.
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Local Cannabis Promotions Mark '420'

04/20/2024
April 20 marks "420," a term created in 1971 by five San Rafael High School students in Marin County, Calif., to denote smoking "cannabis."
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At the First-Ever Berkshires Mushroom Festival, Different Uses of Fungi are Celebrated

04/14/2024
LEE — The inaugural Berkshires Mushroom Festival at Sweetgrass Botanicals showcased many facets of fungi, ranging from medicinal, culinary and even artistic applications.
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After Four Years in the Making Sweetgrass Botanicals is Opening on Laurel Lake in Lee

01/24/2024
Chef Cassandra Purdy and award-winning hash maker Ben McCabe hope the former Cork N° Hearth restaurant they transformed into a cannabis shop will become a destination people from the region will flock to.
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Massage Oils and Lube

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.

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THC and CBD Tinctures

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!

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Full-Spectrum Herbal Salves

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.

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Infused Fruit Smoothies

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!

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Infused Frosting and Ganache

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!

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Cannabutter and Infused Olive Oil

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.

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Events

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.

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Mercantile

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.

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Therapeutics

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 

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Kitchen

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.

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Solventless

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.

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Dispensary

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.