It's Time to Harvest Maple Syrup: This Weekend in Troy

Wondering what to do with yourself this weekend? Don't dismay: check out today's Weekend Spotlight:

Our pick for today: Maple Syrup Time: Past and Present

• When: 9 a.m. Saturday
  
• Where: Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center (6685 Coolidge Hwy., Troy)
  
• Cost: $7 (TNS/THS member price: $6)
  
• Why Go:  Learn how people from Native Americans to 21st Century tech-savvy-sap-tappers have harvested it to make maple syrup and taste fresh syrup over warm mini-waffles. Hike through sugar bush to see how sap is collected and discover how maple trees make sugar. Walk-ins are welcome if space is available. Register at troynaturesociety.org or call (248) 688-9703.
  

Come back to Troy Patch on Tuesday for more weekend things to do in our Weekend Spotlight, or visit our events calendar.