Honey Festival · September 12–13, 2032 · Coffeyville, Kansas
Coffeyville — the Montgomery County city in the Verdigris River valley of far southeastern Kansas, where the Cross Timbers woodland and tallgrass prairie transition creates an extraordinarily rich mosaic of sumac, native prairie clover, black locust, sweet clover, persimmon blossom, and diverse Cross Timbers wildflower that makes Montgomery County one of Kansas's most botanically diverse honey-producing regions — in a community renowned for its historic 1892 Dalton Gang bank robbery, its deep oil heritage as home of the Walter Johnson Museum, and its position at the cultural and ecological crossroads where Kansas prairie meets Oklahoma's Cross Timbers woodland — is home to a close-knit beekeeping community whose families have harvested honey from the Verdigris valley's rich Cross Timbers forage for generations. This September festival at Elm Street Park celebrates Montgomery County's honey heritage through producers from across southeastern Kansas's Montgomery, Wilson, Labette, and Cherokee counties, competitive honey shows featuring regional sumac, prairie clover, black locust, and Cross Timbers wildflower honey, guided tastings exploring how the Kansas-Oklahoma Cross Timbers transition zone produces honey flavors found nowhere else in the Great Plains, educational programs on tallgrass prairie restoration and its critical role in supporting Kansas's honey bee populations, and demonstrations connecting Coffeyville's agricultural heritage with the beekeeping traditions of the Verdigris valley.
Type: Honey Festival
Date: September 12–13, 2032
Location: Elm Street Park, 807 Elm Street, Coffeyville, Kansas
Official website: Coffeyville Verdigris Valley Honey & Southeast Kansas Heritage Festival 2032
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