Honey Harvest at Oregon Ridge Oct. 5 & 6
The Oregon Ridge Honey Harvest will celebrate all
things to do with honey and bees, such as beeswax candle dipping,
honey wine (mead) making, honey harvesting and hive demonstrations, and
honey ice cream. Members
of the Central Maryland Beekeepers Association will explain the
secret lives of bees and apiaries, and will sell their honey and
other wares.
Children
will enjoy face painting, puppet shows, craftmaking corner, and the
farm animal petting zoo. They can make honey ice cream and everyone
can help to press apples for fresh juice and cider.
American
craftsmen will display their skills
at wool spinning and blacksmithing. Live traditional music
will be on stage. Civil War re-enactors will
add to the historical scene with demonstrations and exhibits of 1860s
military life. The Center's rooms of animals and plants will be on
display and the Gift Shop will be selling books and nature items. The
Peter Goff Archaeology Museum will be open for tours, illustrating
the history of this 19th
century iron ore and marble mining complex.
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American
Honey Princess Emily
Campbell from Aitkin, Minnesota, will serve as official hostess for
the 32nd
annual festival.
Children can sample their
homemade honey ice cream, adults can taste this year's vintage of
the center's mead (honey wine), and all can enjoy the freshly pressed
apple juice. Refreshments available
for sale include apple cider, bottled drinks, hot dogs (with honey
mustard), and snacks. A giant gift basket of honey and related items
will be on raffle, with the drawing held Sunday.
