Honey Festival · Sep 5–6, 2032 · Green River, Wyoming
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Dates: Sunday, September 5, 2032 to Monday, September 6, 2032 (2 days)
Venue: Expedition Island, 400 Expedition Island Dr, Green River, Wyoming
Type: Honey Festival
Green River — Sweetwater County's river city on the historic Oregon and California Trails, where Expedition Island in the Green River once served as the departure point for John Wesley Powell's legendary 1869 and 1872 Colorado River expeditions and where the Green River Basin's high-desert shrubland, irrigated agricultural valleys, and Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area create one of Wyoming's most distinctive honey-producing landscapes: alfalfa honey from the irrigated alfalfa fields of the Green River and Big Sandy River valleys that produce Wyoming's finest commercial honey crops in the protected basin between the Wyoming and Uinta Mountains, sweet clover honey from the dryland farming zones and roadside corridors of Sweetwater County where Melilotus species bloom prolifically in the high-desert summer, rabbitbrush honey from the vast Chrysothamnus sagebrush-steppe communities of the Green River Basin where late-season blooms in September and October extend Wyoming's honey season well beyond most other states, sagebrush steppe wildflower honey from the diverse native plant communities of the Adobe Town Wilderness Study Area and the Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge where the Green River's migratory bird corridor supports exceptional botanical diversity, and mountain wildflower honey from the high-elevation meadows of the Wyoming Range and the Bridger-Teton National Forest accessible from the Green River gateway. This September festival at Expedition Island celebrates Green River's extraordinary Oregon Trail honey heritage through beekeepers from Sweetwater County and the Upper Green River Basin, offering competitive honey shows, guided tastings of Wyoming high-desert varietals, and tours of Expedition Island where John Wesley Powell launched his legendary river expeditions.
This listing does not state a price. Check wyomingbeekeepers.org for tickets, registration and times.
Official page: wyomingbeekeepers.org
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