Celebrate the signs of the season at Shelburne Farms! Visit the production sugarhouse to see what the farm's sugarmakers are up to and taste this year’s syrup. You'll then visit the Shelburne Farms sheep flock and their newborn leaping lambs. For ages 6 and up with...
Join the Birds of Vermont Museum monthly monitoring walk to record birds at the museum’s trails, forest, and meadow. Learn something new, share what you know (or both). All birders—current, experienced, newbie and would-be—are welcome! Most fun for adults and older children. Please bring your own...
Stop by for samples and sugar on snow. Visit the farm’s newly reinvigorated sugarbush. Fresh maple will be on sale in quarts, half gallons and gallon sizes.
Enjoy historic maple displays with a focus on how our ancestors used wood to shape their lives. Learn about onoing research taking place at the farm about the winter firefly. Explore the Sugarwoods trail system and watch the sap collection process as it happens. Enjoy...
Take a tour of a sugarhouse with wood-fired evaporator.
Get creative and make art together at Family Art Saturday. Stop by the BCA Center for a make-and-take art activity inspired by its current exhibitions Co-Created: The Artist in the Age of Intelligent Machines and Sarah Stefana Smith: Willful Matters.
Visit AO Glass for a day of delicious fun that blends Swedish traditions with Vermont maple. Enjoy fresh waffles from the Waffle Wagon food truck, sample Runamok Maple’s syrups, watch live glassblowing, and make your own pressed glass waffle.
Visit this classic Vermont sugar house with a modern twist. The sugarhouse includes a wood-fired arch and updated equipment to increase energy efficiency and cut down on emissions. With only 7,500 taps, the farm is considered a small producer and is a family-run business.
Join the Rutland County Audubon, Outright Vermont, and Come Alive Outside for a walk along the new Whipple Hollow Trail in West Rutland. Approximately 1.4 miles out and back. Free, but space is limited.
Community Concerts @ First is proud to be the Essex Junction venue for David Feurzeig's Play Every Town in Vermont Tour. Come for the concert, stay for free a soup dinner afterward. Donations will support 350Vermont's efforts to build collective power for climate justice.
Learn all about making maple syrup in a rustic wood-fired Vermont sugarhouse. Taste the unique flavors of pure maple syrup from the many small family farms that are part of the Maple Farmers collective. Part of Vermont's Spring Maple Open House.
Enjoy beers and ciders from a variety of breweries and live music, all in the Main Base Area. Gates open at noon, with last call at 4 p.m. and last pour at 4:30 p.m. The adult 21+ ticket includes admission, a souvenir glass, and two...
