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When: Saturday, March 04 2017 @ 08:30 AM EST - 11:30AM
Event Type: Education
Where: Bellbrook Middle School
Bellbrook, OH
Description: Greene County Parks & Trails invites residents to "Rent A (Maple) Sugar Bucket"
Offering fresh, hot pancakes with all the trimmings, Greene County Parks & Trails’ (GCP&T) Annual Maple Sugar Pancake Breakfast will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, March 4, at Bellbrook Middle School, 3600 Feedwire Rd., Bellbrook.
Families will enjoy hot pancakes with maple syrup made at the Narrows Reserve as well as sausage, milk, coffee, tea and juice. Real maple syrup and maple candy will also be available for sale.
Naturalist-led hikes in the Sugar Grove at the Narrows Reserve will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon to demonstrate how sap from maple trees is transformed into syrup. Tours will be available throughout the day with a shuttle provided from the school to the Sugar Grove.
“We generally place about 30 to 40 taps each year in the trees,” says GCP&T Chief Naturalist Cris Barnett says. “This year, the abnormally warm weather has resulted in us tapping fewer trees than usual; it all depends on the weather and the health of the trees. We want to make sure we have a healthy sugar grove for a long time and we do let some trees remain untapped if they appear to be stressed.”
Sugaring season can begin as early as late January but usually begins the second week of February and runs through the second week of March.
“We generally like to see temperatures been 30 and 45 degrees with sunny conditions,” she adds.Cost for the Greene County Parks & Trails Pancake Breakfast is $8 for those seven years and older; $4 for ages three through six; and free for those under three. Tours without the breakfast can be enjoyed for $4 for those four years and older; free for those under three and under.
For more information about the Maple Syrup Pancake Breakfast or visiting the Narrows Reserve Sugar Grove, call Greene County Parks & Trails at 937.562.6440 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.