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08/12/2026

Thank you all so much for your support in helping us win 4 seven daysies!

Join us for customer appreciation day this friday, August 14th; a day packed with goodies, prizes, and surprises!

06/26/2026

New merch alert! 🚨

06/24/2026

🌻 Giveaway!

🍻 We’re headed back to Vermont Brewers Festival, and have 2 extra tickets to bring you with us!
Here’s what the winner takes home:
2 Tickets to Vermont Brewers Festival (July 17-18) – your choice of session. An Upstate tee + tote (perfect for hauling home your finds)$100 to spend online at upstateelevator.comTo enter:
Follow @‌upstate_elevator + @‌vermontbrewers Like this post and tag who you’re taking Share to your story bonus entriesNo purchase necessary. Not affiliated with Instagram. Giveaway ends 6/30/2 at 9am. And just a heads up: we’ll never DM you asking for passwords, payments, or sketchy links. Only trust our verified account.

03/08/2026

For the healers, the trailblazers, the everyday women finding calm in chaos, this one’s for you 💛

01/29/2026

SAME OPERATORS, NEW LIFT

Having three brands that all care about quality was fun. But also a bit messy. So we made it official: one name, one roof, one clean, elevated standard. That means better consistency, way more choices, and zero extra email signatures. (And yes, the good stuff stays exactly the same.)

Born in Burlington. Built on creativity, grit, and doing things our own way.

Upstate Elevator

One name. Less noise. Better lift.

01/28/2026

FROM GROW STORE TO D!SPENS@RY

In 2022, Vermont finally legalized 🌿— and everything clicked into place.

We transformed Green State Gardener into a d!spens@ry and cultivation facility and launched Upstate Elevator Operator’s, our 🌿 brand for the rec market. Leveraging years of experience in formulation, effects, and flavor, Upstate Elevator quickly became a statewide staple.

Today, we’re Vermont’s best-selling 🌿edible and beverage brand.

This space is our skunkworks — where we test, taste, break things, fix them, and elevate new ideas before launching them nationwide.

Stay tuned for Part 4: TODAY & TOMORROW: UPSTATE ELEVATOR

01/27/2026

IT ALL STARTED WITH A TO-GO SALAD
When the grow store started struggling, we took a leap and began making h**p-derived CBD capsules. Within weeks, a few feet of counter space was outperforming the entire shop.

To get started, we smuggled CBD-rich h**p clones home from Colorado — hidden inside a to-go salad. (Yes, really.)

Those clones became the foundation for our first feminized h**p seeds, bred inside grow tents right there in the store. We planted those seeds and grew five acres of h**p in Charlotte, Vermont.

That salad sparked a movement: Upstate Elevator Supply Co., and what would become Vermont’s best CBD products.

Stay tuned for Part 3: 2022: FINALLY, FULL LEGALIZATION

01/27/2026

01/26/2026

IT ALL STARTED WITH A GROW SHOP

Back in 2015, we launched Green State Gardener, an online 🌿 grow supply storefront. Competing online was… not easy. So we did what felt natural: we opened a 5,000-square-foot brick-and-mortar shop in Burlington, VT.

Our goal was simple — bring 🌿 to the people, one way or another. We taught classes, sold supplies, and built community while we waited for Vermont to legalize.

We were convinced legalization was right around the corner. Massachusetts went legal. Canada went legal. Vermont politely said, “dream on.”

Still, that early hustle planted the seed for something much bigger.

Stay tuned for Part 2: 2017: WHEN THE ELEVATOR TOOK OFF