Maple Sugaring Activities in Connecticut

Adopt-a-Tree: Maple Syrup Program
New Canaan Nature Center, New Canaan; kicks off on January 24 and runs through March.

Don’t get stuck indoors this winter! Get outside for some quality family time by adopting a tree for maple syrup season! This season-long program begins with the Adopt a Tree Kickoff Event where syrup families/groups come for one time block to learn the process and take part in choosing and tapping a tree for the season.

Tap-a-Tree Maple Sugaring Program
Ambler Farm, Wilton; January 31 through mid-March
Learn the science and history of maple sugaring by being a part of the hands-on process. You can come out to the farm to collect sap from your tree. See the sap get boiled down the sugar shack and then get your own bottle of Ambler Farm Dark Maple Syrup to bring home.

Maple Sugar House Demonstrations
Woodbury Sugar Shed, Woodbury; February and March

Make your appointment to sample syrup that has been made, and have a chance to shop the Pop-Up Shop for more.

Maple Sugar Fest Sundays
Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford - March 1, 8 & 15

In the museum's Sugar House + Cidery, watch demonstrations on historic and modern methods of sugaring, along with fun seasonal offerings, including traditional favorites like maple syrup treats.

Maple Festival, Classes and Tours
Sweet Wind Farm, East Hartland; March -April

This historic farm is holding its 20th annual maple festival on March 14th and its CT Maple Weekend festival on March 21st. On March 22nd, the farm will have an open house featuring tours, free samples and a wide array of maple products to purchase. Schedule your own private tour and class until the first week of April.

Pancake Breakfast and Maple Sugaring Demonstration
Indian Rock Nature Preserve, Bristol; March 7

Not only can you enjoy a pancake breakfast with bacon/sausage and your choice of breakfast beverages, you can enjoy Environmental Learning Centers of Connecticut's own maple syrup and see demonstrations on how it is made, with their syrup and maple candy available for sale. 

Plymouth Maple Festival
Plymouth Green, 10 Park St., Plymouth; March 14

Watch maple syrup boiling on an outdoor fire and learn to do your own backyard sugaring.  Enjoy all things maple, including French toast, baked goods, baked beans, and sugar on snow, while listening to the fiddle music of Down Home Frolic. Maple syrup, maple sugar, and maple confections made in Plymouth will be for sale.

Syrup Saturday: A Pancakes & PJs Party
New Canaan Nature Center, New Canaan; 2026 Date TBD

Annual end of syrup season celebration with fun syrup-related activities including tree tapping demonstrations, a real maple sap “boil down,” and a real versus fake syrup taste test.

Hebron Maple Festival
Town of Hebron; March 21-22

Enjoy the great outdoors while having fun with tasting maple products and learning about the maple sugar houses.

Maple Weekend in Connecticut
Statewide, March 21-22

Visit sugarhouses and taste some great maple products. A great opportunity for visitors to learn how maple sap is collected and turned into delicious, sugary products.