Sweet Wind Farm
Sugarhouse & Farmstand
4th Annual Maple Festival
Saturday March 13th, 2010, from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Featuring maple syrup and sugar making demonstrations, narrated slide show, video, storytime for kids, sugarhouse tours, cooking and recipe class, food, free syrup samples, tree tapping demonstration, sugar-on-snow, and more! Learn how maple syrup and sugar is made at our farm. Various maple products will be for sale.A fun and educational day out for you and your family! Free admission. This event is held RAIN or SHINE (most of it is indoors anyways), so please come prepared and dress accordingly. The other name for this time of year is "MUD season" and we mean it! Please park on the grass and don't leave your vehicle parked in the road when you come. Please leave your pets at home, thank you.
Schedule of Events for the Maple Festival
10-4 all day: Pancakes,coffee and more served. Maple products for sale. Observation of Boiling sap in the evaporator.
We will try in earnest to stick to this schedule, but please be aware that things may happen to throw us off kilter.
Maple Sugaring Classes and Tours
Sweet Wind Farm is the perfect place to take your group or family to an educational outing. Our class/tour consists of viewing tapped trees (during syrup season only), a guided tour of the sugarhouse facility and equipment, possibly watching us boil sap and sniff the heavenly smell of syrup steaming, a narrated slide show of the sugaring process, a history of sugaring and other fascinating facts about maple will be discussed. Maple syrup and sugar samples given during class. Sap samples given out when available.Presentation material will be based on age of the participants, great class for ages 3 - 99! For the younger set, a picture book will be read aloud also. The class lasts approximately 1 1/2 hours, and participants will take home a "Maple Facts" sheet, & a sample of maple sugar candy. Children will also receive a coloring page, crossword and word search puzzles. This class may be scheduled at any time of the year, although viewing tapped trees and seeing us boil sap can only be done during syrup season, Feb. - April. Boiling at the time of your visit depends on sap flow and weather. Please wear boots if you wish to view tapped trees!
FEE Ages 5 and up, $5.00 each. For school groups, homeschool groups, and scouts: Teachers, parents, and chaperones are free. Siblings under 5 free. Family max of $10.00. A minimum of $40.00 to schedule a class. Call or email to schedule at (860) 653-2038, sweetwind@sweetwindfarm.net
*Note *Take home materials and maple sugar candy for paid participants only.
Note: We are now taking reservations for your group to visit our farm for the 2010 season. Please call or email with your date and time request. If you book by email, we must have a contact person with phone number. We do not offer scheduled classes on Sunday.
Open House: Boiling at the Sugarhouse Beginning Saturday, February 27th, and every Saturday until the end of sugaring season (when the sap is no longer running). Come on over and visit us, smell the steam and watch us boil, have a taste sample and hang out with us in the sugarhouse. Please feel free to call ahead to find out exact times we are starting and ending the boil, but we will always be around for you to visit and purchase maple products too.
Pumpkin Festival
Usually held on the last Saturday of September, with a raindate of the following Saturday. This event features hay rides, games and contests for kids and adults, crafts and activities for kids, Storytime for kids, cooking demonstration and recipe class, food, live music and more! Find your perfect pumpkin and Fall decorations to take home, our farm stand will be open as well with fresh produce and maple products. Free admission.
Birthday Parties
Our farm is a great place to host a birthday party! You can select from a variety of activities for your group, from pumpkin painting, face painting, bounce house, hayrides, sugarhouse tour and class, gardening class, crafts, farm tour, and more. Price depends on choice of activities. There is a picnic area outside for hosting your birthday cake time, or you can use the inside of our sugarhouse as well. Please call us at 653-2038 if you are interested. Booking a party requires a $20 deposit to reserve the date.
