Honey Festival · October 2–3, 2027 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Celebrating New Mexico's unique high-desert honey traditions at the Rio Grande Botanic Garden. New Mexico's arid landscape yields distinctive desert willow, Apache plume, desert clover, and chamisa honeys unlike anything found elsewhere in the USA. Festival features New Mexico beekeeper showcases, desert honey varietals tasting bar, native bee garden tours, pollinator photography exhibit, and artisan honey product marketplace.
Type: Honey Festival
Date: October 2–3, 2027
Location: ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden, 2601 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Official website: New Mexico Honey & High Desert Pollinator Festival
Honey festivals feature tastings, vendor booths, educational talks, and family-friendly activities celebrating local honey production and beekeeping traditions.
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