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Maple Sugaring Tap-a-Tree Program

Orientation: Saturday, February 1, 2025

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Valentine’s Tea

Saturday, February 8, 2-4pm

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25
JAN
Program

High School Maple Sugaring Program

This unique program provides High School students an opportunity to experience winter farming. Students will help collect sap on the farm and throughout the community,and run the evaporator in Ambler Farm's Sugar Shack, boiling sap to make maple syrup. Advance registration required.
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4
FEB
Program

Middlebrook Maple Sugaring Program

This free program will meet Tuesday afternoons at Middlebrook School from the time school ends until 4:10. Students in grades 6th-8th will have an opportunity to experience winter farming and to learn how maple syrup is made and harvested. We will tap some Sugar Maples in Middlebrook's backyard, and students will help collect sap with Kevin Meehan, Ambler Farm's Director of Programming. This program will run Feb. 4 - March 11.
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20
JAN
Event

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

To recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Ambler Farm will host a day of service in collaboration with the American Red Cross in a blood drive. Ambler Farm supports our community in several ways, from offering nutrition checks for fresh produce during the growing months to donating holiday greens to Social Service families in need. This January 20th, please join us in donating blood for someone else and save a life.
SAT
8
FEB
Event

Valentine’s Tea

*SOLD OUT* Sip, Sip, hooray, let’s celebrate Valentine’s Day! Our annual Valentine’s Tea is the perfect "partea" for extra "qualitea" time with your special Valentine(s), and this year we’re making it extra sweet! Unleash your inner culinary artist by decorating cookies while you sip and socialize with new friends and old. We’ll provide all the fixins’ to make you and your cookies from our partners at SBC Cookies sparkle while you savor the moment and your edible masterpieces. Unfortunately, we can not accommodate walk-ins.
STARTS
3
FEB
Program

Junior Apprentice Program: Winter Session

This 7-week session will focus on maple sugaring, or as we like to call it, winter farming! Designed for children in Grades K-5 interested in learning more about how the natural world and the farm come together through hands-on, engaging activities, games, and crafts. Our Junior Apprentices spend time visiting and caring for our animals every week. The program starts Feb. 3 and runs on Mondays and/or Wednesdays. Register for one or both days!
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1
FEB
PROGRAM

Maple Sugaring Tap a Tree

Learn the science and history of maple sugaring by being a hands-on part of the process. There will be two informal orientation sessions offered; only ONE session is required. On that day, February 1st (11:00am + 1:00pm) we invite your family out to Ambler Farm to choose your maple tree and hang your sap collection bucket. We will send regular updates on the sap progress, so you know when to collect it. Sap is boiled down in our sugar shack and each family receives their very own bottle of Ambler Farm maple syrup.
STARTS
9
JUN
PROGRAM

Summer Camp 2025

Registration for Summer Camp 2025 opens to members only on February 1st and to nonmembers on February 15th. Join us for an amazing summer experiencing farm life through hands-on activities, spending time with our farm animals + getting your hands dirty in our educational gardens. We fill up fast so don't miss out!
STARTS
20
FEB
Program

Homeschool Sugaring Field Trip

Join our Maple Sugaring Program designed for homeschooled families. Children of all ages + their parents will actively participate in this one-of-a-kind educational program. Learn about the history of maple sugaring, the science of sap, sugar maple identification, tree tapping, and how maple syrup is made at Ambler Farm in our outdoor Sugar Shack. Bake corn muffins while sampling maple syrup. It’s sure to be an engaging and delicious experience! Choose one 2-hour session on Thursday, February 20th or Friday, February 21st.
STARTS
4
MAR
Program

My Sprout + Me: Spring Session 1

Caregivers and children ages 1-4 years experience the farm together in a community setting. Ambler Farm Educators, caregivers + their "sprouts" will help feed the animals, enjoy tractor rides, and participate in enriching group activities. We meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and/or Thursdays, 9:30am-11:00am. Sign up for one, two or three days! Spring Session 1 runs from March 4th-April 14th.
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Maple Sugaring Tap-a-Tree

Saturday, February 1, 2025 11:00am or 1:00pm

Learn the science and history of maple sugaring by being a hands-on part of the process. There will be two informal orientation sessions offered; only ONE session is required. On that day, February 1st (11:00am or 1:00pm) we invite your family out to Ambler Farm to choose your maple tree and hang your sap collection bucket. We will send regular updates on the sap progress, so you know when to collect it. Sap is boiled down in our sugar shack and each family receives their very own bottle of Ambler Farm maple syrup.