Honey Market · May 15–16, 2027 · Augusta, Georgia
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Dates: Saturday, May 15, 2027 to Sunday, May 16, 2027 (2 days)
Venue: Augusta Common, Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia
Type: Honey Market
Augusta — Georgia's second-largest city on the Savannah River at the Fall Line, home of the Masters Tournament and one of the American South's most historic cities — sits within a diverse honey landscape where the Piedmont uplands meet the Coastal Plain at the geological boundary that creates the Savannah River's historic head of navigation, producing a rich honey flow from tulip poplar, tallow tree, black locust, persimmon, and the mixed hardwood and pine forest wildflowers unique to the central Savannah River valley's ecologically diverse corridor. Augusta Common's historic downtown riverfront hosts this mid-May artisan market celebrating the honey heritage of the Central Savannah River Area, featuring beekeepers from Richmond, Columbia, Burke, and McDuffie counties who produce the distinctive tulip poplar, tallow tree, and mixed Piedmont-Coastal Plain wildflower honeys unique to the Augusta region's Fall Line landscape. Augusta's position precisely at the transition between Georgia's Piedmont and Coastal Plain creates a unique honey geography: beekeepers in the Richmond County uplands harvest the classic Georgia Piedmont tulip poplar and sourwood honeys, while those in the Burke and Screven County lowlands work the native tallow tree, gallberry, and swamp wildflower flows of the Upper Coastal Plain — giving the Augusta region an extraordinary range of honey varietals within a single watershed. The market features Savannah River valley honey tastings comparing Piedmont and Coastal Plain varieties; educational programs from the University of Georgia Extension on Central Savannah River Area beekeeping; demonstrations of colony management adapted to Georgia's humid subtropical summer climate; artisan honey, beeswax, and local craft vendors; food pairings featuring Georgia peaches, pecans, and artisan honey; and presentations on the importance of bee pollination to Augusta's agricultural economy.
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