Maple Syrup Festival

2008 Maple Syrup Festival: March 29 & April 5
1-4 p.m. (Open House)

Registration/Check-in will be near the Saint John's Prep School on the Old Entrance Road

Join us for what has become our most popular event of the year! Sap collecting, syrup cooking, horse-drawn rides, demonstrations, and hot maple syrup sundaes await the whole family during this fun-filled event!  Cost is $3 for adult members, free for child members; $7 for adult nonmembers, $3 for child nonmembers (free for children 3 and under).  Preregistration is preferred but not required.  Receive $1 off each person (up to $10 per family) if you preregister by the Friday before the festival you are attending.

For more information about maple syrup please visit Saint John's Maple Syrup web page at http://www.csbsju.edu/maple/default.htm.

Contact the Saint John's Arboretum Office at 320-363-3163 or e-mail arboretum@csbsju.edu with any questions or to register.

Click here to view photos from past Maple Syrup Festivals

Want to become a Maple Syrup Crew Leader?  Find out how!

Directions

The Sugar Shack is approximately 0.8 miles from the New Science Center at Saint John's University.

• Take the Saint John’s University exit from Interstate I-94 and head towards campus
• Take a left at the 4-way stop and drive past Science Lot 1 and Science Lot 2 towards the Prep school
• The road forks and you can either go right to the Prep School or left down the Old Entrance Road
• Take a left onto the Old Entrance Road
• Take a right onto the logging trail which leads to the Sugar Shack

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