It's time to visit Secrest Organics U-Pick at Coverts Farms because the strawberries are ripe and ready for picking! These organic strawberries cost $2.75 a pound when u-picked. The are pails for picking but bring your own containers to take the berries home. I get...
UPDATE! The Mount Kobau Testalinden Trail no longer exists. The trail was re-routed and is now the Chopaka Lookout Trail. Click the link below for more information about this beautiful trail: Hiking Mount Kobau: The (New) Chopaka Lookout Trail. UPDATE! The Mount Kobau...
The Meadowlark Nature Festival is a five day event (May 19th to 23rd) that showcases the amazing diversity in the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys. The festival offers a variety of tours and workshops so that people of all ages can learn more about conversation...
Our learning community had the opportunity to take part in a ceremonial release of ten thousand Okanagan Sockeye salmon fry into the Okanagan River. The event took place along the banks of the river channel in Penticton, BC and when we arrived early I was surprised by...
1. Naramata Creek Park (Naramata) moderate This 2.4 km hike, round trip, takes between 30 minutes to 1 hour to complete with children. It's an easy hike with interesting geological features and a gorgeous waterfall at the end. The hike is not stroller friendly and...
Let's go fly a kite!
UPDATE 2023: It has come to my attention that the Covert Farm access to this hike has been closed. There is a second access at another location but this entrance crosses private property and is also closed to the public. Unfortunately this means that the McIntyre...
The Kettle Valley Railway (KVR) trail follows abandoned railbeds that wind throughout south-interior of British Columbia. The trail starts in Midway and ends in Hope, and is divided into five sections. A significant portion of the KVR trail meanders through the...
In front of our home we had this patch of grass. Actually, it was mostly weeds and dead grass because I neither watered nor fertilized it. To make matters worse the area is surrounded by concrete walls on all sides making it a pain to mow. Eventually the...
For the past couple years I have started my tomato and pepper seeds indoors mid-March; it is usually this time of year that the gardening itch begins. But by the beginning of May the seedlings are too huge! So this year I delayed starting the seeds until the end of...
NOTICE - September 2017: Due to people taking their ATVs on this trail and destroying the area, the landowners have built a new fence at the trailhead. There is still a narrow walk-through gate for...
There is a red maple tree in our yard that is strong, beautiful and life-giving. In the spring it is covered in an explosion of blossoms and filled with the gentle humming of bees and constant flutter of birds. A couple years ago I hung a bird-feeder on one of its...
Over the last month we have been exploring hikes and nature parks in the central and south areas of the Okanagan. Some of these hikes are new to us, like Giant's Head Mountain Park and Knox Mountain, while others, like Naramata Creek Park, are favourites that we...
Spring has truly arrived in the South Okanagan of British Columbia. Over the past weekend we had deliciously warm and sunny weather with temperatures soaring to 23°C, a record in these parts for this time of year. Yet, spring is a fickle season and it likes to tease...
Sometimes you don't need to travel far to discover a unique ecosystem. For those who live in Kelowna, Munson Pond Park is one such place. After making several stops in Kelowna, my children were in need of a nature break so we looked for the closest park and stumbled...
Despite a drizzly March afternoon we took our energy filled children to explore Knox Mountain (map), a 310 hectare park located north of downtown Kelowna. It was our first time hiking here and there are so many trails we did not know where to begin. We parked at the...