St. John’s Maple Festival returns for candy enjoyable on March 28

The St. John’s Maple Festival will run from midday to 4 p.m. Saturday on the St. John’s Abbey Arboretum at St. John’s University.

Celebrated for over a decade, St. John’s Abbey and University (SJU) will host its Maple Syrup Festival on March 28. Visitors can benefit from the hands-on actions of sap assortment, syrup cooking and making sizzling maple syrup sundaes.

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The competition takes place open air. Tickets are $10 for adults; $5 for kids ages 4-17; free for kids ages 3 and underneath; and free for CSB+SJU college students. Discounts can be found for Outdoor U Members. Walk-ins are welcome, or you possibly can pre-pay online.

Since 1942, SJU has partnered with the St. John’s Abbey Arboretum to faucet the maple timber each two to a few years and have fun with the Maple Syrup Festival. SJU has immersed this expertise into its curriculum, providing college students hands-on lab experience on campus with over 2,600 acres of land for each Bennies and Johnnies to discover. In the curriculum, college students hike to a constructing within the Abbey Arboretum, generally known as the Sugar Shack, from there they hear from employees who run the ability and get an opportunity to attempt tapping a tree themselves.