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March 13 & 14, 2010
9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Lake Metroparks Farmpark
8800 Chardon Rd
Kirtland, OH 44094
(440) 256-2122 · 800-366-3276

Event Information

Find out how maple syrup is made as sap is collected, boiled, and turned into maple syrup and other products.

Did you know???

It takes 40 gallons of sap collected from maple trees to produce one gallon of maple syrup?

Throughout the weekend, watch demonstrations and learn how maple syrup production has improved over the years from the original bucket tap to the intricate tubing system employed by the industry today. Taste the end product of the labor by sampling freshly made maple syrup. 

Maple syrup production at Farmpark promotes conservation by preserving 27 acres of maple woodland. 

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Hands-on activities

• Drill holes to start tapping trees.
• Sample maple syrup.
• Learn how to make maple syrup in your own backyard.
• Make a maple leaf craft.
• Sample freshly made maple candy.
• Maple flavored ice cream making .
• Sugar bush tours.
• Mokuk making (bark bucket).
• Silver dollar pancake samples.
• Horse-drawn sap gathering.
• Hand tree tapping maple leaf craft.
• History of maple sugar exhibit.

Farmpark’s own maple syrup and other maple items will be available for sale.

Also...

• Come see the newborn piglets, calves, and baby lambs at play.
• Discover the beauty of more than 200 quilts on display.

Schedule of Events

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Pancake Breakfast

Several maple sugaring activities and the pancake breakfast will also be offered on March 20 and 21.

• Served in the J & J Cafe.
• 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
• Farmpark admission, which is required to attend the breakfast, is not included.
• Reservations are not required..

Ages 2 - 11, $4
Ages 12 and over, $7

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Admission

• Ages 2 - 11, $4
• Ages 60+, $5
• Ages 12 - 59, $6
• Children younger than 2. Free
• Farmpark members, Free

Not a Farmpark member yet?
Click here for more information.

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Directions:
Take I-90 to the Rt. 306 exit. Head south on Route 306 five miles to Chardon Road (Route 6), turn left on Route 6, and head east one mile. Entrance to Farmpark is on the right.

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Sponsors

Discount Drug Mart

Images from Maple Sugaring Weekend 2009

Drilling tap hole in maple tree
Photo by Michael Blair

Pancake Breakfast at the J & J Cafe

Pancake Breakfast at the J & J Cafe

Drilling holes to tap trees at Lake Metroparks Farmpark's Maple Sugaring Weekend

Drilling holes to tap trees at Lake Metroparks Farmpark's Maple Sugaring Weekend

Drilling holes to tap trees at Lake Metroparks Farmpark's Maple Sugaring Weekend

Drilling holes to tap trees at Lake Metroparks Farmpark's Maple Sugaring Weekend

Horse-drawn wagon ride at Lake Metroparks Farmpark's Maple Sugaring Weekend

Woodland Science Center at Lake Metroparks Farmpark

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