[SustainableTompkins] Maple Sugaring Family Day this Saturday!

[Steve Gabriel]

Cayuga Nature Center
1420 Taughannock Blvd
Ithaca, NY 14850
607.273.6260
www.cayuganaturecenter.org

Saturday, March 8
1:00 - 4:00 pm
MAPLE SUGARING FAMILY DAY
Fee: General Admission and donations

Families are welcome to join us as we collect and boil sap! Tours and 
stories will be told at 1:00 and 3:00 along our sugarbush trail. Games, 
maple sugar tastings, and sledding will all be part of the fun. We will 
celebrate the turning of the seasons with a traditional Irish Ceili 
Dance led by Kay Cafasso at 2:00pm.


ABOUT MAPLE SUGARING AT CNC

Maple Syrup is a special and unique product- the Finger Lakes is one of 
few places on earth where we can harvest and boil tree sap into a 
delicious food! We've been harvesting maple syrup for many years at CNC 
and will be tapping our trees in late February this year to gather as 
much sap as we can, boiling over six hundred gallons of sap into just 
fifteen gallons of syrup! Our focus for production is in education; we 
want to help the community understand the benefits and wonders of maple 
syrup production.  

This year we are again offering an opportunity to purchase home 
harvested Cayuga Nature Center syrup and participate in the various 
elements of production. We sold out last year, so get your orders in 
early! Syrup will be sold at the following prices:

$12 Pint
$24 Quart
$45 Half Gallon
$15 Pint of Maple-Chipotle

Opportunities to help tap, haul, and boil will be ongoing. In addition 
to the events listed below, we will be busy for many of the days and 
welcome visitors out to the land. Please call us at 273-6260 or email 
steve at fingerlakespermaculture.org to find out if the trees are running 
and how you can get involved.