Cheapest Flower in Vermont Right Now: $3.74/g at Best Buds (October 2026)

As of October 16, 2026, the cheapest flower among the 89 Vermont dispensaries we track is at Best Buds, averaging $3.74 per gram — nearly two-thirds below the statewide tracked average of $10.22/g, and a four-fold gap to the priciest tracked shop average, Matterhorn Apothecary at about $15/g. Those numbers come from our live menu tracker, which reads 12,573 in-stock listings from 1,297 brands every day. Here's where the floor sits today, and where to watch it move.

The seven tracked shops under $7/g today

Shop-level averages as of October 16, 2026 (advertised menu prices, not point-of-sale):

• Best Buds — $3.74/g
• Lake Effect — $4.59/g
• Silver Therapeutics — $5.60/g
• Notch Nugs — $6.13/g
• Green Leaf Central — $6.17/g
• VT Strong — $6.49/g
• Blue Sage — $6.55/g

That's the snapshot, not the whole board: the full shop-by-shop table across every tracked dispensary — updated daily — lives in the Vermont Flower Price Index, and the cheapest individual listings statewide right now are ranked on Best Prices.

What the gap means in dollars

The spread between the floor and the average is big enough to change the math on an ordinary purchase. At $3.74/g, an eighth (3.5g) works out to about $13; at the $10.22/g statewide average it's about $36; at the $15/g ceiling, about $53. Stretch that to an ounce-equivalent (28g) and the arithmetic says roughly $105 at the floor vs $286 at the average. To be clear about method: those are estimates — simple arithmetic on each shop's advertised per-gram average, not quotes on specific products, and actual shelf prices vary widely by item, weight tier, and deal.

Does a cheap shop average mean worse flower?

Not necessarily — a low shop average mostly reflects assortment and pricing strategy, not a quality verdict. Shops land at the bottom of the table by carrying value-priced house or bulk flower, running deep standing deals, or competing hard on price in their corner of the state. The average also isn't the whole menu: a $4/g-average shop can still carry top-shelf jars, and a $13/g shop can run a loss-leader. That's exactly why we publish the live pages rather than a fixed ranking — shop averages move daily as menus change.

How to actually use this

Two live surfaces sit behind this article, both refreshed daily from the same tracker: Live Deals catches the biggest price drops our tracker detected on Vermont menus today, and Best Prices ranks the cheapest current flower listings statewide. For the durable, every-shop view, the Vermont Flower Price Index is the canonical table, and our data page shows the market-wide charts. If you want the background on why Vermont's cheap shops are cheap, our evergreen guide to the cheapest dispensaries in Vermont covers the how and why.

Method note: burlingtondispensaries.com is a market-intelligence tracker, not a licensed retailer. All figures are advertised menu prices read from public dispensary menus across 89 tracked Vermont shops as of October 16, 2026 — not point-of-sale data. Shop averages are our own calculation across each shop's in-stock flower listings; outlier penny-priced data errors are excluded.