Join experienced sugarmakers for demonstrations and discussion on all aspects of making maple syrup, the sweetest gift of nature, in your own backyard!
In the morning, learn about identifying and tapping trees, collecting and boiling sap, and more. After a short break, join us at a local sugarhouse to look at their sugarhouse equipment and the systems they have for efficiently processing sap into finished syrup.
Date: January 24, 2026 (Snow date January 31)
Morning Session: 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Location: Androscoggin/Sagadahoc County Extension Office, 24 Main St., Lisbon Falls, Maine 04252 (Directions)
Afternoon Session: 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Location: Dorothy’s Sugarhouse, 561 Poland Range Rd, Pownal, ME 04069 (Directions)
Fee: $18 per person.
Registration is required; click here to register.
Registration includes a copy of Rink Mann’s “Backyard Sugarin’: A Complete How-To Guide.”
This program is sponsored and co-taught by the Southern Maine Maple Sugarmakers Association.
For more information or a reasonable accommodation, please contact Jason Lilley, Assistant Extension Professor and Sustainable Agriculture and Maple Industry Educator, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, at 207.781.6099 or 1.800.287.1471 or jason.lilley@maine.edu.