Drysdale's

Maple Festival


Saturday March 23 and Sunday March, 2024
9am-4pm


Event will run rain or shine!


Admission: $17.50/ Person- includes pancake lunch
Children 2 and under: Free (does not include lunch)


We've partnered with Camphill Communities Ontario to host our third annual outdoor Maple Festival! Making maple syrup at Camphill Communities has been a community tradition for 40 years. Scheduled for March 23 & 24, 2024 at Drysdale's Tree Farm, this Maple Festival will offer a chance for families and the community to experience the Ontario tradition of making maple syrup. 






Visitors will be able to see traditional sugaring demonstrations, tour a sugar bush, ride in a horse drawn wagon, and experience maple taffy making. There will even be a pancake breakfast to taste Camphill's delicious maple syrup. Shop in the Evergreen Store and browse our unique selection of seasonal gifts and décor. Please, join Camphill and the Drysdale's family in sharing this sweet annual tradition together. 



As this is only our third year running this event, please pre-register at the bottom of this page so we can have a rough estimate of attendance. The time slots are for estimated arrival time, there is no time limit on how long you can spend at the farm!






Included in Admission:

Horse Drawn Wagon Rides 
to the sugar bush
Pancake Lunch (includes pancakes,
fresh maple syrup and a beverage)
Sugar Bush-See how maple sap 
is collected and turned into syrup! 
Bonfire + Marshmallow Roasting
Make Maple Taffy on the snow
Lawn Games
Face Painting

...and more!

**Pets are welcome, but must be well behaved and on a leash at all times. Please clean up after your pets**



About our partners:

Camphill Communities Ontario

Camphill is a not for profit organization dedicated to creating unique and inspiring residential, vocational and learning opportunities for people with cognitive and developmental disabilities in both rural and urban settings in Simcoe County. Their Maple Syrup Social Enterprise offers opportunities for adults with disabilities to be involved in maple syrup production and sales in a variety of different roles; be it through forest management, maple syrup collection and production, product development, research, or sales and marketing, Camphill's Maple Syrup Social Enterprise encourages engagement at multiple levels and offers opportunities at every step along the way. Click here to learn more!





Experience Simcoe County Click here to learn more!






*Pre-registration is only to give us a sense of how many people to expect to ensure we don't run out of pancakes. No payment is taken until you arrive at the farm the day of the event. 
Please use your estimated arrival time on the registration. Please note, there is no time limit to spend on the farm.