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Special events Below is listing of upcoming agritourism events in
British Columbia, organized by tourist region.
Click here to return to the visitor home page. Cariboo Chilcotin Coast
Sugaring Off Farm Market – April 12, 2008 (Moose
Meadows Farm, Quesnel)
Potential
activities include viewing birch syrup production, pancake breakfast, craft & agricultural
vendors (animal fibre, honey), horse drawn wagon rides and farm tours.
For additional information, contact Heloise Dixon-Warren at info@farmed.ca
(tel 250.249.5329) or www.farmed.ca. Booth space is $10.00 for FARMED
members and $15.00 for non-FARMED members. "Experience Quesnel's Countryside"
Introduction to Birch Syrup Production Workshop
– April 19, 2008 (Quesnel)
Learn about the emerging sector of birch sap tapping
and syrup making. Registration: $100.00. Includes a copy of "The Birch
Syrup Production Manual - Tapping into Syrup Boreal Forest Style" and
tasting some sweets of the sugar bush. 1/2 of the workshop will occur at
an operating, commercial "sugar bush". For information, please
contact Heloise Dixon-Warren (250.249.5329 / mmfarm@goldcity.net) or April
Cheng (250.992.3522 / acheng@quesnelcorp.com).
Quesnel Agriculture Fair & Exhibition – Labour
Day Weekend 2008 (Quesnel)
For additional information, please contact Ted Traer,
President at 250.249.5329 / mmfarm@goldcity.net.
Thompson Okanagan
"Moving Agritourism Forward" conference – March
13/14, Vernon
Do you have a well established
agritourism business, or are you planning to diversify your farm into
agritourism? Either way, this conference is for you! Experienced agritourism
and tourism specialists will provide you with information on all aspects
of agritourism from identifying your products, through understanding
agritourism trends and opportunities, to getting your farm ready for
tourists, to utilizing successful, inexpensive and proven marketing
techniques. Learn from the professionals as they share their amazing
success stories with you! The conferences is being held on March
13 and 14 at the Prestige Hotel & Conference Centre in Vernon".
Visit the BCATA website (www.agritourismbc.org)
for information on the conference.
Shearing Day @ Oyama Lake Alpaca Farm – Wednesday,
April 23
We shear our herd of 30 Alpacas annually which
is our biggest “work & fun” day
of the year. The husband and wife team of professional shearers will
be on hand again this year. It takes less than ten minutes to shear each
animal.
Life & Arts Festival in
Kelowna’s Cultural District – May 9/10/11
The Life & Arts Festival (www.lifeandarts.com)
is a multi-discipline arts festival that invites visitors to experience
all that life and the arts have to offer. A highly successful juried
Art market place that features a diverse group of artists, artisans and
crafters participating from across B.C. under two giant 40’ x 100’ marquee
tents. Look for the "Oyama
Lake Alpaca Farm” banner and drop in for a visit.
> Friday, May 9 from 5:00 – 9:30 p.m. > Saturday, May 10 from 11:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. > Sunday, May 11 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. |