February and March are the peak maple sugaring months in CT because the nights are typically below freezing and the days are a bit warmer and sunny which is needed in order for the sap to flow from the maple trees. You need the correct type of tree (maple), the right size and age (no smaller than 11 inches in diameter and about 40 years old), and the perfect weather in order for the maple sugaring process to begin which means maple sugaring is unique to our part of the country and needs to be demonstrated and celebrated!
During Maple Season there are many opportunities tour sugarhouses, learn about the origins of the maple syrup-making process, participate in tree tapping demonstrations and sample Connecticut-made sweets!
2025 Demonstrations and Open Houses
🍁 Maple Syrup Open House - March 8
🍁 Maple Syrup Open House - March 15
11:00-12:00pm
FREE; No registration required.
Experience a New England tradition: turning sap into syrup! Kids and families will have an opportunity to tap a tree, take the maple syrup taste test, learn about Native American, colonial, and modern methods of making syrup and taste Ambler Farm’s very own maple syrup over vanilla ice cream.
FLANDERS NATURE CENTER, WOODBURY
🍁 Maple Syrup Demonstrations - February 22
🍁 Maple Syrup Demonstrations - February 23
🍁 Maple Syrup Demonstrations - March 1
🍁🥞 Maple Syrup Demonstrations & Pancake Breakfast - March 2
🍁 Maple Syrup Demonstrations - March 8
🍁 Maple Syrup Demonstrations - March 9
Pancake Breakfast - Sunday, March 2 (Snow date is March 9)
8am-12pm, $10 for adults / $8 for children. Children under 2 are free.
Bring the family to the Annual Pancake Breakfast before attending a demonstration! The menu will feature all you can eat pancakes and sausage. All served with Flanders’ very own maple syrup, butter and beverage of choice (coffee, tea and/or orange juice). All proceeds from the breakfast will benefit Flanders’ education programs.
NEW POND FARM, REDDING
Pancake Breakfast (Members Only)
Saturday, March 1st; 8:30am-10:00am (seatings every half hour); $10/person, Under 3 is free, $40 max/family
Celebrate a delicious New England Tradition! Start the morning with a homemade breakfast of bacon and pancakes topped with fresh berries and our very own maple syrup. Then bundle up and head down to our Sugar Shed to watch the farmers as they boil down the next batch of sap from our sugar maple trees.
More info...
TRUMBULL NATURE & ARTS CENTER
🍁 Maple Sugaring Demo & Tasting - Saturday, March 1
11am-11:45am; $20 per family up to 5
The Trumbull Nature & Arts Center’s Lead Environmental Educator will demonstrate the boiling of sap into syrup while telling the story behind maple sugaring in New England and its Native American origins. With photos and natural objects, he’ll explain the amazing science of sap flow, and the differences in syrup grades. We'll take a short walk to the fire pit to observe the evaporation process. All participants will get to taste a sample of real Connecticut maple syrup.
ANSONIA NATURE AND RECREATION CENTER
🍁 Maple Sugaring Demos - Saturday, March 1
11am-12:30pm; $6 per person
Ranger Dawn introduces making maple syrup the old-fashioned way and helps us choose the right tree to tap into nature’s sweet treat! Every participant will receive a sample of “sugar on ice”.
GREAT BROOK SUGAR HOUSE at SULLIVAN FARM, NEW MILFORD
🍁 Maple Fest - March 15 (10am-5pm)
🍁 Maple Fest - March 16 (12pm-5pm)
Free entry and parking; Registration is not required.
Festival highlighting various methods of maple sugaring the last 400 years. The sights include indigenous inhabitants, colonial methods, civil war era sugar house, and a tour through their modern facility. Tours are led by students from the program and take around 25 minutes. Maple products available for purchase.
There are 29 sugar houses in CT, check out ctvisit.com for additional maple sugar houses in other areas of Connecticut.
More Events for the 2025 Season
All Things Maple Party
February 22, 9am - 2pm
Lyman Orchards, Apple Barrel Farm Market, 32 Reeds Gap Rd, Middlefield
Fat Stone Farms will be on site with some delicious samples and we will be sampling some of our popular maple products. Kids crafts available. Bradley Mountain Farm will be onsite with their make & take goat milk soap activity.
Approximately 53 minutes from Danbury, 49 miles
More Info...
Maple Sugar Fest Sundays
March 2, 9 & 16, 10am - 2pm
Stamford Museum & Nature Center
Approximately 42 minutes from Danbury, 24 miles
More info...
Maple Weekend in CT
March 15th & 16th
During the two days, many sugarhouses across the state will be open for tours and will be selling their products.
More info...
Crafts, At-Home Activities, Recipes
Graded Maple Syrup Play Dough
Info here..
Ever Wonder How Maple Syrup Is Made? Video by Highlights Kids
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