Sweet Fun For Maple Weekend, April 6 & 7

Mar 13, 2024

Maple syrup producers in Lanark & District are gearing up for the biggest maple festival in Ontario – Maple Weekend. Held each spring on the first weekend of April (April 6 and 7 in 2024), Maple Weekend is a fun, free, family-friendly event celebrating the harvest of one of Ontario’s sweetest crops, maple syrup.

“Maple Weekend is an invitation for visitors to come out and see a sugarbush in operation, and learn more about how it’s produced,” said Lanark & District Maple Syrup Producers’ Association (LDMSPA) President, Leann Thompson. “This year we have 14 maple syrup producers participating in Lanark & District, so there will be plenty of options for finding a participating producer near you.”

Maple Weekend features two full days of activities and specials at participating maple syrup producers across the province. Running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, more than 15,000 visitors across Ontario will be heading to the sugarbush to celebrate the sweetest time of the year.

Visitors to a participating sugarbush in Lanark & District during Maple Weekend can expect to experience the best of maple syrup season. Traditional maple syrup experiences may differ from farm to farm, but often include taffy on snow, pancake breakfasts, sugarmaking demonstrations, outdoor activities like horse and wagon rides, and chatting one-on-one with the maple syrup producers who make this sweet liquid gold.

“We are looking forward to welcoming visitors to the sugarbush this spring,” said Thompson. “Our producers will be on hand to chat with visitors about how our syrup is produced, from tree to table.”

In 2024, there will be 14 sugar bushes taking part in Maple Weekend in Lanark & District:

• Blair Brothers Maples (Westport)
• Conboy Maple (Sharbot Lake)
• East Slope Maple Products (Fermoy)
• Fortune Farms (Almonte)
• Fulton’s Sugar Bush & Maple Shop (Pakenham)
• Golden Moment Farm (Athens)
• Jameswood Maple (Lanark Highlands)
• McEwen Acres (Portland)
• Oliver’s Mapleworks (Perth)
• Ostler Maple Farm (Mallorytown)
• Temple’s Sugar Bush (Lanark)
• Thompson’s Sweet Retreat (Clayton)
• Thompsontown Maple Products (Clayton)
• Wheelers Pancake House & Sugar Camp (McDonald’s Corners)

Visit the website for more information about what’s being offered at each location: mapleweekend.ca.