What can we learn from the effort behind the Pemberton Skate Park? If you want something done, then you can do it, as long as you don't give up... Check out an extract from a recent interview with Annika Snow and Jeff Clarke, the driving energy behind the Park. What did you know about a. … Continue reading Q+A: Pemberton Skate Park founders Annikka Snow and Jeff Clarke
The Winds of Change Committee is featured in this week's edition of the Pemberton Page. Pick up a copy of the Question to check it out for yourself or or read a more detailed interview with Winds of Change Steering Committee Chair, Sheldon Tetreault at Choose Pemberton.
Farmers Market night tonight! 4pm to 7pm in downtown Pemberton, outside the pharmacy. Local organic potato growers, Across the Creek Organics, harvested their first potatoes last week - starting with the beautiful cascade white Nuggets. Look for them in local stores and restaurants. This year, Across the Creek Organics are growing Cascades nuggets, German Butter Potatoes, … Continue reading In Season: New Potatoes
Governments, as a general rule, are more likely to win awards for obfuscation and jargonisation than good communication, which is why it's nice to see the Village of Pemberton being recognised for Dave Meslin's "Dazzling Notice Award" - an effort to design the mandatory public hearing and public notices to actually be useful, penetrable, English. … Continue reading Shout Out: Village of Pemberton
The thimbleberry, or Snow Bramble (Rubus parviflorus) is now bearing fruit. A member of the Rosaceae (Rose Family), the thimbleberry is a perennial flowering plant, native to North America. The fruits or berries of these shrubs are edible and are sweet in taste. The berries can't be stored for more than a day. That means - EAT AT … Continue reading Seasonal Observations: Thimbleberries
I haven't ever put in a hummingbird feeder - I don't want to give the bears any more reason to come check out my garden, and there's a little part of me that feels like I'm feeding junk food to them by filling up feeders with sugar syrup... So I've been stoked this week to … Continue reading Sighted: Hummingbirds
If you've noticed a different sort of intense action going on at One Mile Lake lately, that would be the Pemberton Canoe Outrigger Training Camp. After a busy weekend dominating at the BC Summer Games, local paddlers are now heading to the Worlds this August, as part of the Junior National Outrigger Sprint crew. On Friday, … Continue reading Event: Pemberton Canoe Association Legion Dinner Fundraiser
It's Wednesday. That means Market Day, at the Pemberton Farmers Market, on Frontier Street, from 4pm to 7pm. Now in season? Blueberries, including fresh berries from Pemberton's newest growers, Hare's Organica Blueberry Farm, celebrating their first crop. (The photos above are from their facebook page... Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hares-Farm-Pemberton-Organic-Blueberries/466691550010693) If you've got blueberry recipes to … Continue reading Event: Blueberries in at the Pemberton Farmers Market!
The Pemberton Valley Utility Service, along with the SLRD, are hosting an open house to further discussion and receive input on the recreational facilify at Gates Lake. The open house is from 6:00 - 7:00 pm, public consultation 7:00 - 8:00 followed by a regular scheduled meeting of the Pemberton and Area C Recreation Advisory … Continue reading Event: Gates Lake Community Centre presentation
