Second annual Maple Weekend coming up

Mar 23, 2016

The Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association will be hosting their second annual Maple Weekend on Saturday & Sunday, April 2 & 3 from 10am-4pm. Many members of the Lanark and District Maple Producers will be hosting various activities at their sugar bushes. Mel & Joyce Conboy & Son, whose state of the art maple syrup operation is located at 2379 Bell Line Road, will be taking part for their second year. Last year’s event drew over 200 visitors to their farm. Clayton Conboy will be giving tours of the family sugar bush and doing numerous demonstrations. Joyce, I hear, has been busy baking up a storm and all of her treats will include maple syrup as one of the ingredients.

Visitors to the Conboy farm will be able to taste samples of the various grades of syrup and also learn about a new syrup grading system, which is aimed at standardizing grading for all maple producers across the United States and Canada.

Other producers who will be taking part include Coutts Country Flavours and Oliver's Mapleworks near Perth; Stead's Maple Syrup and Temple's Sugarbush in Lanark; and Wheeler's Pancake House & Sugarcamp in McDonalds Corners. The participants will be offering up a number of activities including pancake meals, horse-drawn wagon rides, and more.

“The main idea behind the event is to give people information about how local maple syrup is produced,” Mel Conboy said.

For more information, visit www.mapleweekend.ca