Our 6th Annual HoneyBee Nut Festival is scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 11, from 10 AM to 5 PM. Celebrate the Earth and the seasons with a FREE, fun, outdoors event at HoneyBee U-pick (5700 Scio Church Rd, AA). You can learn about paw paws, native bee pollinators, discover how raptors are a part of a farm’s ecology, process black walnuts, explore the world of foraging on a nature hike, listen to nut experts tell us how nut trees fit into our agroecology, and even carve a pumpkin. Sunday’s Nut Festival’s schedule is below. Come for part or all of it. Hot cider, hot tea, coffee, and snacks will be provided. All ages are welcome to this free, fun, outdoors event. Please feel free to register for this free event to give us an idea of how many people are coming: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/6th-annual-honeybee-nut-festival-tickets-2002965712364?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true
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HoneyBee 6th Annual Nut Festival Agenda Oct. 11, 2026
10:00 AM Tea with the Queen: Enjoy a relaxing tea with Shawn Severance, Washington County Parks naturalist, as we explore the plants that bumblebee queens depend on during their early season foraging. We’ll learn how these same plants can be used medicinally to create gentle, healing teas for people, connecting the resilience of pollinators with our own well‑being.
11 AM A Conversation with Mike Levine from Nature and Nurture Seeds on Perennial Polyculture Agroecology.
12 PM The Reconstitution of the Commons with Professor Peter Linebaugh, a retired historian and professor emeritus of history at the University of Toledo. He is the author of many books and a well known historian from below.
12 PM Networking with new and experienced nut growers, warming by a bonfire, roasting nuts, snacks, and pressing apples for apple cider samples.
1 PM Keylines, Hugel Mounds, and their Contributions to Regenerative Agriculture: Join Mike Appel of Appel Environmental Design for a walking tour of existing ecological structures at HoneyBee. This will be a hands on tour to evaluate and understand the building up and breaking down of organic matter on these mounds of wood debris.
2 PM Black Walnut Processing with walnut enthusiasts, Billy & Zyla Sullivan, who will share a demonstration of methods for dehulling, curing, cracking and shelling black walnuts, one of our finest Midwestern delicacies.
3 PM Michigan Birds of Prey: A special guest this year will be a visit from the Michigan Avian Experience with live raptors and learn how they interact with our farms.
4 PM Nature Discovery Walk with Will Forage for Food founder, Rachel Mifsud. Explore the world of foraging on a nature hike including searching for native nuts.
5 PM – Thanks for coming!
Kid friendly event! This event is best for able-bodies since this is uneven terrain. Please supervise your children at all times. Well-behaved dogs on leashes are welcome. Please keep an eye on the weather to be prepared for how to dress, since many of the activities are outside. Our beautiful timber frame barn will be open for shelter, and a campfire will be available for warming. Please bring snacks, a water bottle, and boots as needed. We will provide some hot cider, hot tea, water, snacks, and Roos Roast coffee! No alcohol or drugs permitted.
Throughout the day we also hope to be roasting chestnuts, cracking and tasting different kinds of nuts and paw paws, pressing apples to make apple cider, carving pumpkins, and many other fun activities. We will have our farm stand open with Tantre Farm produce, local honey, local eggs, pumpkins, and chestnut tree samplings for sale! Bring some friends and have fun helping to learn about nuts, agroecology, and build community!
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