How does a plate of just-off-the-griddle pancakes dripping with real maple syrup sound? If it strikes your fancy, the 47th annual Maple Sugarbush Festival at Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve is for you.
The ticket prices — free for those 3 and under, $10 for 3-12, and $15 for everyone else — help protect the forest and its inhabitants. Come hungry — the cost covers all the fluffy pancakes you can eat, plus two sausage links, and your choice of coffee, orange juice, or milk.
Wesselman sells jarred syrup from its trees at the event, but because the forest’s own syrup production has slowed in recent years, syrup served at breakfast comes from Harris Sugar Bush in Greencastle, Indiana.
After breakfast, guests can learn about maple tapping and see a demonstration.
“Volunteers are essential to pulling this off,” says Kristina Arwood, Wesselman Woods director of marketing and community engagement. Last year, 275 of them served 330 pounds of pancake batter, 14 gallons of syrup, and 4,000 sausage links to more than 1,580 attendees.
2025 MAPLE SUGARBUSH FESTIVAL
March 1-2
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve
551 N. Boeke Road
