Honey Festival · Oct 18–19, 2033 · Cookeville, Tennessee
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Dates: Tuesday, October 18, 2033 to Wednesday, October 19, 2033 (2 days)
Venue: Cane Creek Park, 1075 Brantley Drive, Cookeville, Tennessee
Type: Honey Festival
Cookeville — county seat of Putnam County and the unofficial capital of the Upper Cumberland — anchors one of Tennessee's most distinctive honey landscapes on the Cumberland Plateau, the massive Appalachian escarpment that dominates the geography of middle Tennessee. Putnam County's honey traditions draw on the remarkable biological richness of the Cumberland Plateau's mixed mesophytic forest and the adjacent Highland Rim agricultural landscape. Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) from the magnificent hardwood forests of the Cumberland Plateau — including the gorges of the Obed Wild and Scenic River just north of Cookeville — provides the region's most prolific spring honey flow: a medium-amber honey with herbal character harvested in late May that Tennessee beekeepers prize for its quality and productivity. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) from the old fields and disturbed areas of the Plateau's margins provides an earlier May premium flow. Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) from the drier ridgetops and rocky slopes of the Plateau's sandstone formations provides the region's most celebrated summer honey. Goldenrod from the Highland Rim meadows closes the season in September. Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville maintains agricultural research programs relevant to the region's beekeeping community. Fall Creek Falls State Park — whose 256-foot plunge waterfall is among the highest east of the Rockies — is a short drive from the festival site. The festival at Cane Creek Park celebrates the Cumberland Plateau's heritage and Cookeville's role as the Upper Cumberland's cultural hub.
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Official page: tnbeekeepers.org
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