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This past weekend Camden, Eleanor and I headed out to Reeves-Reed Arboretum in Summit, NJ (it’s only 15 mins from Maplewood) for their Maple Sugar Fest.

I never realized how popular Maple Sugaring was in the NJ area.  It’s something I’m not too familiar with so I was excited to learn that they make a huge day of family fun and education around maple sugar!

When we arrived we went right to the education center, where we learned the history of maple sugar and got to decorate our own maple leaf and learn about the different tools needed.  Eleanor was super fascinated with the compass, which is used to make sure you tap the south side of the maple tree.  Oh, and there are 2 types of trees you can tap, a Red Maple or a Sugar Maple and we learned how to tell the difference between the two.

We stopped at different stations throughout the tour and got to see some maple sugar getting cooked, and we got to take a take a look at a tapped tree, what was super cool was we also got to see where it’s been tapped before and how the tree covers the previous years holes.

Overall it was a beautiful day a great event for a family, and if you have a family membership to Reeves-Reed Arboretum then it’s free, otherwise it’s $20 a family or $5 per person.

The kids favorite part was at the end when we got french toast sticks, and maple syrup tastings with hot cocoa.

It was a great day and event, and I know that next year, if there’s snow on the ground we should all wear snow boots!!

I was not compensated for this post but did receive admission complimentary.  As always all opinions are my own.

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