Maple Syrup Festival

2010 Maple Syrup Festival: Saturdays, March 27 and April 10
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Open House

Join us for what has become our most popular event of the year! Sap collecting, syrup cooking, horse-drawn rides, demonstrations, and hot maple syrup sundaes await the whole family during this fun-filled event!

Click here to view photos from past Maple Syrup Festivals

2010 Registration

Preregistration is preferred but not required. Receive $1 off each person (up to $10 per family) if you preregister by the Friday before the festival you are attending. Please note that scouts participating in the patch program must preregister but are not eligible for the preregistration discount.

General Registration
Scout Registration

***Families bringing scouts: if your children are interested in receiving the Saint John's Maple Syrup scout patch, please register using the scout registration form.***

$3........Arboretum members; CSB/SJU students
FREE.....Child members (ages 4-17)
$7........Adult nonmembers; Scout chaperones
$3........Child nonmembers (ages 4-17); Scouts
FREE.....Children ages 3 & under

Contact the Saint John's Arboretum Office at 320-363-3163 or e-mail arboretum@csbsju.edu with any questions.

More Information

Regarding the patch program for scouts, please visit our scout web page at
http://www.csbsju.edu/maple/scouts.htm

Regarding maple syrup, please visit Saint John's Maple Syrup web page at http://www.csbsju.edu/maple/default.htm.

Interested in volunteering for our maple syrup operation? Find out how!
Want to become a Maple Syrup Crew Leader?  Find out how!

Saint John's Maple Syrup is in the news! Check out the 2009 Star Tribune tapping video!

Directions

Ckeck-in will be near the Saint John's Prep School on the Old Entrance Road. For the festivals you will be directed to park near the Prep School or in the Science Lots.

The Sugar Shack is approximately 0.8 miles from the New Science Center at Saint John's University.

• Take the Saint John’s University exit from Interstate I-94 and head towards campus
• Take a left at the 4-way stop and drive past Science Lot 1 and Science Lot 2 towards the Prep school
• The road forks and you can either go right to the Prep School or left down the Old Entrance Road
• Take a left onto the Old Entrance Road
• Take a right onto the logging trail which leads to the Sugar Shack

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