Farms and Orchards

Take the kids out for a fresh air day at one of our farms or orchards. Pet the animals, pick your own fruit or taste handcrafted cheeses. There's a bounty of goodness at Vernon farms and orchards.

Davison Orchards

Kids and adults just love Davison Orchards in Vernon. Spend the day exploring the Davison Orchards Country Village. Get up close and personal with the orchards and the gardens. Pet a farm animal or two or take a farm tours on a train made from apple boxes. When the kids get hungry take them over to the Deep Dish Café and the bakery. After a bite to eat, wash it down with pure and fresh apple juice and then let them loose in the Crazy Cow Kids' Corral with a huge sandpit, tractors, and a tree house.

Planet Bee

Planet Bee, located next door to Davison Orchards, is a farm of a different kind. Kids will love watching the working hive and then tasting the different flavours of honey. Planet Bee is open all year with extended summer hours. Visit their website for more details.

U-Pick

Grab the kids, some bags and boxes, and head out to one of our local orchards or gardens for picking some of the freshest produce ever!

• Peter's UPick has 2,000 trees to pick from as well as blueberries, garlic and fresh garden berries. Located at 6244 Rimer Road.
• Bright Angel Farm has u-pick raspberries and cherries. Located at 6896 Herry Rd.
• Davison Orchards has u-pick tomatoes, peppers and apple. Located at 3111 Davison Rd.
• Ringo-En Orchards has u-pick peaches, tomatoes, sweet corn, sweet and hot peppers, onions, garlic, and apples. They are located at 6831 Bella Vista Rd.

Blossom and Harvest Times

Cherries: blossom in late April and harvested in early July through early August.

Apples: blossom in mid May and harvested from September through late October.

Pears: blossom in late April to early May and harvested from mid August to mid September.

Peaches: blossom in late April and are harvested late July and August.

Apricots: blossom in mid April and harvested late July and early August.

Cheese Farm

The Triple Island Farms, outside of Cherryville at 1519 Highway 6, is known for its world class Gouda and Maasdammer cheeses. The farm produces 10 types of Goudse kaas using milk from their own cows. The ochre wheels of Gouda come in all kinds of great flavours including: tomato and garlic, peppercorn and cumin.