Date: Saturday, March 18 & Sunday, March 19, 2017
Time: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: Event parking at Houghton’s Pond main lot at 840 Hillside Street in Milton. Free event shuttles aboard the Maple Express Trolley to Brookwood Farm.
It’s sugarin’ time in the Blue Hills! Join us as we make maple syrup in the traditional way at beautiful Brookwood Farm in Milton. Put on your boots and flannel shirt and join in the outdoor fun! Learn how to identify a sugar maple and see the sap drip into buckets from the trees. Travel along the trail of time and witness the changes in maple sugaring methods from Native Americans to Yankee farmers to modern day technology. Smell the wood smoke as you watch clouds of steam rise from the bubbling sap. Savor the taste of real maple syrup.
In addition to maple sugaring, Blue Hills Maple Sugar Festival includes lots of fun things to see and do! Enjoy a trolley ride on the “Maple Express”. Play outdoor games, meet local wildlife with Mass Audubon staff, watch preservation carpenters at work on the farm, sit by the warming fire or enjoy a scenic horse drawn wagon rides for $3 per person (ages 3 and up). Great outdoor fun for all ages!
Maple Sugar Days is a joint program of the DCR and Mass Audubon’s Trailside Museum. A program admission fee is charged as a fundraiser for the Trailside Museum, the interpretive center for the Blue Hills Reservation.
Program Admission:
Adults: $10.00
Children: Ages 3 –12 $5.00
Ages 2 and under free
Directions: Brookwood Farm is located in the Blue Hills Reservation on the Canton/Milton line. All parking is at Houghton’s Pond main parking lot at 840 Hillside Street in Milton. Take Exit 3 (Houghton’s Pond) off Route 93 and follow signs to Maple Sugar Days parking. The Maple Express Trolley will provide free shuttles to the event from the Hillside Street parking lot.
This program is wheelchair accessible. Call for details.
For more information, please call (617) 333-0690
