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Asbury Woods Maple Festival

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Asbury Woods Maple Festival will celebrate its 44th year on Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5, 2020. The Maple Festival is two days of maple-infused, family fun from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. both days at the Andrew J. Conner Nature Center at Asbury Woods.

The Asbury Woods Maple Festival is a celebration of a heritage unique to our region. Sugar maple trees are a natural resource found only in the Great Lakes area and Asbury Woods proudly partakes in this tradition each year by tapping trees, collecting and boiling sap into pure maple syrup. The capstone of the tour is a visit to our working Sugar Shack where each year Asbury Woods produces maple syrup from sap collected from trees on our property. The Maple Festival is a chance to pass on those traditions to visitors with tours, demonstrations and living history activities while fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation for how nature has a practical application and impact on our lives. Visitors enjoy a pancake samples topped with nothing other than 100% pure maple syrup.

Asbury Woods Maple Festival program details:

  • Historical Maple Tour: Guided 45-minute tour featuring maple syrup production from Native American times to the present. Tours run every 15 minutes from 11:15 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
  • Maple Highlight Tour: Guided 15-minute maple tour that is fun for all ages. Tours are scheduled for 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
  • Pancake samples with real maple syrup
  • Discovery Zone at Asbury Woods: Where kids explore the science and art behind maple production
  • Explore maple sap being boiled in the sugar shack
  • Live animal shows at 12 p.m. and 2 p.m.
  • Maple products for sale from vendors How Sweet It is and Northwestern High School
  • Forums scheduled each day:
    • Saturday at 1:00 p.m.: Cooking with Maple with Laura Dengler, owner of How Sweet It Is
    • Sunday at 1:00 p.m.: Pure Maple Syrup and Nutrition, with Laura Dengler, owner of How Sweet It Is

Asbury Woods Maple Festival tickets are available at the door. Admission is $5 per person for Asbury Woods members and $7 per person for non-members. Children three years and younger are free.

More details about the Asbury Woods Maple Festival can be found at www.asburywoods.org.

Asbury Woods Maple Festival

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