Honey Festival · September 13–14, 2030 · Lexington, Virginia
Lexington — the Shenandoah Valley college town in Rockbridge County home to Washington and Lee University and the Virginia Military Institute — sits in a landscape of limestone karst farmland, hardwood forest, and Blue Ridge foothills where beekeepers harvest black locust, tulip poplar, basswood, apple blossom, and wildflower honey from apiaries across the upper Maury and North Rivers that drain into the James River headwaters. This September festival at Natural Bridge State Park celebrates Rockbridge County's deep beekeeping heritage alongside its Civil War and antebellum history, featuring honey from Rockbridge, Augusta, and Bath County producers in the upper Shenandoah Valley, guided interpretive walks through the Natural Bridge limestone karst wildflower gardens, presentations on how Virginia beekeeping shaped the state's pre-Civil War agricultural economy, and honey-and-Virginia wine pairings at the event's artisan marketplace. The festival draws visitors from across the Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge parkway corridor to celebrate the botanical richness of Virginia's upper valley.
Type: Honey Festival
Date: September 13–14, 2030
Location: Natural Bridge State Park, 6477 S Lee Highway, Lexington, Virginia
Official website: Lexington Shenandoah Valley Honey & Rockbridge Heritage Festival 2030
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