If you stopped by at the Pemberton Farmers Market yesterday, you might now be enjoying locally grown eggplant, cucumbers, cabbage, carrots and zucchini, as well as organic blueberries. Local blueberry growers, JD and Sharon Hare, are profiled this week at Choose Pemberton. Find out more about their adventures here. If you were to write a … Continue reading In season: Blueberries
Today is the day! Voting is underway for Pemberton's BMX track in the Kraft Celebration Tour. Throw your support behind this awesome community initiative.
Here is the full text of Pemberton poet, Trish Belsham's award-winning poem, Let Birds Fly. LET BIRDS FLY Skirt hem scraping dips and folds into The rough wooden floorboards Open spacious barn, I circle palm In hand to his velvet touch Starlings swoop and scream high in the hole To sky, where the roof peaks, … Continue reading Inspiration: “Let Birds Fly”
Here's to courage, honesty, and speaking your truth. 16 year old Pemberton student, Dawn Archer, has shared her battle with depression, online, in a story recently featured in The Question. Take a few minutes to watch My Recovery Story. “I’m not ashamed of having mental illness and I’m going to talk about it. I want other … Continue reading Shout Out: Dawn Archer
Our Wellness Almanac contributors, Gary and Zoé Martin, have been supporters of the Pemberton BMX track with Gary wielding both rake and design skills to help, and Zoé nominating the track for the Kraft Celebration Tour. On 30th June, the good news came down! The nomination was successful and we were in the Top 20 … Continue reading $25,000 up for grabs! Pemberton BMX Needs Your Vote on July 11!
Heather Baines, retired physician and Pemberton's regional coordinator of the BC Breeding Birds Atlas survey, recently took a remarkable picture near Carpenter Lake, just west of Lillooet, that our birding correspondent John Tschopp has shared. It shows a colony of Cliff Swallows that lives up to its name. The birds built their nests against a cliff … Continue reading Sighted: Cliff Swallow Colony
Wondering what to do with your kids this summer and need a hand while you go to work? Learning about nature, in nature, is an invaluable part of childhood and early adolescent development. Taking the time to enjoy and learn about the outdoors is a great way to connect all ages to the life sustaining … Continue reading Sign Up for Grow With Nature Summer Camps
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