Honey Market · August 13–15, 2027 · Ashland, Oregon
Ashland — home of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and gateway to the Siskiyou Mountains in the Rogue Valley of southern Oregon — sits at the convergence of three distinctly different botanical regions: the Pacific Coast maritime zone, the inland Cascade mountain range, and the dry Klamath Basin high desert, creating an extraordinary diversity of honey flora that makes the Rogue Valley one of Oregon's most interesting artisan honey regions. Lithia Park — Ashland's landmark 100-acre park fed by lithia mineral springs along Ashland Creek — hosts this late-summer market celebrating the rich botanical tapestry of the southern Oregon Cascades and Siskiyou foothills, featuring beekeepers from Jackson and Josephine counties who produce the manzanita, madrone, native wildflower, and orchard blossom honeys unique to this botanically exceptional corridor. The market features a Rogue Valley regional honey tasting comparing high-desert sage and buckwheat honeys with coastal-influenced wildflower honeys of the valley floor; artisan honey and beeswax vendors; educational demonstrations of traditional southern Oregon comb honey production; sessions on managing colonies in Ashland's Mediterranean-influenced climate with dry hot summers and wet cool winters; a special program on the unique bee forage of the Klamath-Siskiyou botanical region recognized as a world biodiversity hotspot; and honey pairings with southern Oregon wines and Applegate Valley farm products.
Type: Honey Market
Date: August 13–15, 2027
Location: Lithia Park, 100 Winburn Way, Ashland, Oregon
Official website: Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Country Honey & Rogue Valley Market 2027
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