Experience firsthand how pure, delicious maple syrup is made. On Sunday, March 27 (and on the 26th at some locations), you can visit local Maple Syrup producers to enjoy fun, family-friendly activities, see demonstrations on how pure Maine maple syrup is made, taste the freshest syrup and purchase maple products.
Celebrate Spring with Maple Syrup
The Maine Maple Producers Association invites you to join Maine’s Maple Syrup Producers, statewide, as they celebrate Maine Maple Sunday. Maine’s sugarhouses will be open to the public on Sunday, March 27, for this celebration of the coming of spring. Some will be open on Saturday, March 26 as well.
Left to right: Buckets collecting sap, photo by Matt Bernard. Maple Moon Farm’s sugar shack, where the raw sap is boiled down to maple syrup. The wood-fired boiler at Maple Moon Farm is hard at work.
Maple Syrup Fun & Food
Some sugarhouses will have events all weekend. Visit www.mainemapleproducers.com where you will find an interactive map of the participating sugarhouses, their offerings and hours.
While you sample the sweet syrup, you can learn about how it is made, the grades of maple syrup, and sample tasty foods that use. . . maple syrup, of course!
Many participants offer games, activities, treats, sugarbush tours, music, barn animals, horse-drawn wagon rides and more.
Where to Go for the Maple Syrup Experience
102 maple producers in Maine are taking part in this year’s festivities, including these local producers:
207Tappers, 125 Dennett Road, Biddeford
Brookridge Boilers, 2144 Alfred Road, Lyman
Cole Farm Maple, 13 Cole Farm Road, Dayton
Douston Maple & Honey, 251 Old Alfred Road, Arundel
Gile’s Family Farm, 100 Shaker Hill Road, Alfred
Harris Farm, 280 Buzzell Road, Dayton
Maple Moon Farm LLC, 289 Chick Road, Lebanon
Thurston & Peters Sugarhouse LLC, 299 Bond Spring Road, West Newfield
Check Maine Maple Producers for the listings and maps of the maple houses you plan to visit to confirm times and activities. More links below!
Maple Syrup Links
• The Maine Maple Producer’s Association is to promote the maple industry within the state of Maine, nationally and internationally. News, events, products and more.
• Maine Maple Producers share delicious recipes using maple syrup.
• Agricultural attractions and things to do in Maine
• Everything you ever wanted to know about tree-tapping and harvesting your own maple syrup.
Written by Geraldine Aikman, Kennebunk, Maine, who is looking forward to the next Maine Open Farm Day, in July. All photographs, unless otherwise indicated, were taken by Geraldine Aikman.
Love the turquoise stove! I don’t think I ever saw one of those.
I just looked this up. The color is more muted and a bit warmer in photos online. Maybe this one was re-painted? This turquoise color was popular in the 1920s when this stove was likely to have been manufactured.
Nice post.