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Maple Festival 2025

• Sunday, March 2, 2025, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Experience a taste of the sweet world of maple sugaring at CCE’s Agroforestry Resource Center. This event will provide participants with the opportunity to tour our own sugar shack, see a demonstration tree tapping, and taste fresh sap. If you want to dive in deeper, sign up for the educational session offered in the afternoon. Visit with Taste NY staff and local venders to purchase all things maple.

Pancake Breakfast

Our pancake breakfast this year will be made by the Phoenicia Diner! Pancakes are made by diner staff using their *NEW* Buttermilk Pancake Mix! 

Pancake breakfast tickets are available at the door. $15 for adults. $10 for kids under 10.

This is a free event but the optional class below is $20.

Learn more about the history and modern production of maple syrup at Maple Sugaring, From Past to Present, an additional paid class taking place after Maple Festival.

Sunday, March 2, 2025, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Join us at CCE Columbia Greene’s Agroforestry Resource Center to explore the wonderful world of maple. CCE staff will take participants on a journey from the past to the present. Learn about the historical practices of maple sugaring, experience current methods to collect sap, see maple processing equipment in action, taste sap straight from the tree, and take home a tapping kit of your own. This offer includes a short walk up a hill to discuss woodland management for maple production. Please reach out if you have accessibility limitations.

Register in advance, space is limited!

Fee: $20

Register for Maple Sugaring, from past to present.

*** This is the registration for an optional class. Admission to the Maple Festival is free.

Fee

Admission to this event is free. Pancake Breakfast is $15 for adults. $10 for kids under 10. The Maple Sugaring Class after Maple Fest is $20.

Location

Agroforestry Resource Center (Business Office)
6055 Route 23
Acra, New York 12405

Last updated February 19, 2025