Archive of posts tagged "farm"

Abbotsford Tulip Festival

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Tulip festivals are amazing. They get you outdoors, show you corners of the region you might rarely visit, and turn our green-and-blue landscape into a rainbow of colours sprouting up from the ground. Until recently, our options have been to cross the border to the Skagit Valley Festival or venture out to Agassiz for the […]

5 Farms for Family Fun This Fall

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Leaves are falling, gumboots are being dusted off, and stores are stocking their shelves with anything that’s pumpkin spiced. Harvest season is here and the best place to be is on the farm! Corn mazes, apple cider, hay rides, and real, live pumpkins. If you’re looking to take the kids out to a local farm […]

Win Tickets to The Faerie Play

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Bring the family to learn about the value of farming food while being entertained with a lively story, done as only Mortal Coil does, with puppets, stilts, music and actors. The Faerie Play takes place on The Sharing Farm in Richmond, that grows food for the Food Bank, and is a unique, fun, and creative […]

Abbotsford Circle Farm Tour Dinner

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It’s not every day that you get to sit down for dinner with the farmer who supplied the ingredients you are about to enjoy. Last week growers and producers who are members of the Abbotsford Circle Farm Tour were invited to a longtable dinner at Tanglebank Gardens to dine with local media. This unique ‘meet […]

Westham Island Herb Farm: A Day at the Farm

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The Westham Island Herb Farm hosts their 9th annual A Day at the Farm event on Saturday, September 6, 2014 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Westham Island Herb Farm bounty. Photo credit: Ann Hung & Eric Flexyourhead on Flickr Organized by the Delta Farm and Wildlife Trust A Day at the Farm is a great way […]