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Discover how real maple syrup is produced when you tap into the fun of Maple Sugaring Weekends at Lake Metroparks Farmpark.
Discover how real maple syrup is produced when you tap into the fun of Maple Sugaring Weekends at Lake Metroparks Farmpark. Take a wagon ride down to the Woodland Center to see how sap, a water-like substance, is collected, boiled and processed into pure maple syrup and candy during the two-weekend event, March 4-5 and 11-12.
Maple sugaring activities:
- Watch a boiling demonstration to see how sap is converted and processed into maple syrup
- Enjoy a sample of some freshly produced maple syrup.
- Whip up a tasty treat with maple stirs, while supplies last (an additional fee applies).
- Kids can try their hand at tapping a tree.
- Learn how you can make maple syrup in your own backyard.
- See how sap is collected commercially using a vacuum tubing system.
Visitors can venture out into the sugarbush on a guided hike to gather sap contained in collection buckets hung on the maple trees in the woods. One by one the guests will pour the sweet substance into a horse-drawn sled carrying a sap container. Activity is offered once daily (see schedule). Also, see how the water-like substance is collected using a vacuum tubing system.
Farmpark’s very own pure maple syrup and maple candy will be available for sale (while supplies last) in both the Woodland Center and gift shop.
Bring the process full circle from tap to table and enjoy a pancake breakfast with fresh maple syrup. A pancake breakfast, served by the Kirtland Kiwanis, will be available in the cafe (an additional fee applies).
Hours for Maple Sugaring Weekend are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., March 4-5 and 11-12. Regular Farmpark admission ($7-9) or membership applies. Farmpark members, children under 2 and active military and their families get in free.
Farmpark is located at 8800 Euclid Chardon Road, Kirtland. Event information and schedule are available at https://goto.lakemetroparks.com/maplesugaring.
