MAPLE MAGIC 2025- Multiple sessions offered!
February 23, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
$8
It may sound sappy, but there’s magic in our trees at this time of year! Join Irvine’s naturalists for an outdoor hike-n-learn in great taste. Learn how to identify maple trees and why this is peak season for collecting their sap. Practice using a hand drill to experience how trees are tapped, check buckets for sap and see how the sticky fluid is converted into syrup over fires and an evaporator. You’ll even get a taste of this liquid gold as a reward for all the hard work. This event is great for the entire family.
Multiple sessions offered:
Saturday, February 15th, 10:00-11:30AM
Saturday, February 15th, 1:00-2:30PM
Sunday, February 23rd, 10:30AM-11:30AM
Sunday, February 23rd, 1:00-2:30PM
Saturday, March 1st, 9:00-11:30AM **MEMBERS ONLY Pancake Breakfast**
Cost: $8 (children under 3 are free)
Limited space, pre-registration encouraged. PURCHASE TICKETS
*Member discounts apply (Pacesetter and above)
Gathering sap from maple trees to boil down into syrup is an ancient practice originating with the Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern United Sates and Canada. Maple syrup helped sustain these Native People for thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans to the Americas. Learn more about Irvine’s commitment to the land and its original inhabitants HERE.
