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Darke County Parks
Maple
Sugarin’ at the Prairie
The sap is flowing and the fire is roaring in the sugar shack; that
means it’s time to enjoy nature’s sweet treat! Saturday, March 2nd
beginning at 8:00am is Maple Sugarin’ at the Prairie!
The Friends of the Parks will once again be serving up a hearty
breakfast of waffles, sausage, juice, coffee, and of course pure Ohio
maple syrup! Breakfast will be Saturday, March 2nd, from
8:00am-12:00pm, and carryout is available. Tickets are available at the
door on the day of the breakfast for only $6 for adults and $3 for kids
ages 3-12, or pre-sale is available at the Nature Center from 9am-5pm
Monday through Saturday.
This festival at Shawnee Prairie Preserve offers guided tours through
history and science to learn the process of turning sap into syrup.
After the tour through the woods, visit the sugar shack and warm up in
the steam-filled evaporator room as the sap spends countless hours on a
boil to reduce it down to syrup. Then head out to the log house and
blacksmith shop to visit with the pioneers from two-hundred years ago
and learn historical maple sugar uses. Finally, complete the day at the
Nature Center where the gift shop and bake sale will be full of maple
goodies for anyone’s sweet tooth!
If you have any questions about this or any other program offered by
the Darke County Parks, please call the Nature Center at (937) 548-0165
or visit the website at www.darkecountyparks.org
Photo: Volunteers using the evaporator to boil sap into syrup.
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