Honey Festival · August 13–14, 2032 · Ashland, Oregon
Ashland — Jackson County's premier cultural destination in the Upper Rogue Valley at 1,951 feet elevation near the California border, where the Oregon Shakespeare Festival has drawn theater lovers for nearly a century and where the Rogue Valley's Mediterranean-influenced climate creates an extraordinary honey-producing environment: pear blossom honey from the Medford-Ashland pear orchard country that once made this region America's most celebrated pear district, apple blossom honey from the Bear Creek Valley orchards, star thistle honey from the hillside pastures and the Cascade-Siskiyou transition zone, madrone blossom honey from the tanoak and madrone forests of the Siskiyou Mountains, native wildflower honey from the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument's ecologically unique intersection of three mountain ranges, and alfalfa honey from the Rogue Valley irrigated fields — in a community that combines world-class theater at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, outdoor recreation on the Rogue River, the Ashland Creek culinary scene, and a welcoming arts-and-agriculture community identity rooted in the valley's exceptional agricultural heritage. This August festival at Lithia Park celebrates Rogue Valley honey through beekeepers from Jackson and Josephine Counties, offering competitive honey shows featuring Oregon's unique star thistle and madrone varietals, guided tastings exploring the Cascade-Siskiyou ecological convergence that produces Oregon's most diverse honey landscape, educational programs on mountain apiary management, and tours of the valley's heritage orchards that have shaped this honey landscape for over 150 years.
Type: Honey Festival
Date: August 13–14, 2032
Location: Lithia Park, 340 S Pioneer St, Ashland, Oregon
Official website: Ashland Rogue Valley Honey & Shakespeare Country Heritage Festival 2032
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