Sunday Talk Series at the Grist Mill & Gardens

Event Dates:
  • Sun • June 29, 2025 • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Sun • July 6, 2025 • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Sun • July 6, 2025 • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Sun • July 20, 2025 • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
  • Sun • July 27, 2025 • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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  • Event Cost: Free with Admission to the Site
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Each Sunday from May through October, we welcome a new guest presenter into our Apple House to share fascinating stories and insights into the natural, cultural, and historical landscape of our region. Topics range widely—from Indigenous history and pioneer technologies to Victorian gardening, food traditions, conservation efforts, and beyond. Presentations are informal, engaging, and typically run about 45–60 minutes.

Summer Talk Schedule:

June 29th – Trumpets and Stars: Unearthing Early Keremeos Through the Press (1:30pm-2:30pm)
July 6th – Becoming a Naturalist: Nature in Your back Yard (1:30pm-2:30pm)
July 6th – Settler Stories: Essays from the Edge of Ecology and Memory (3pm-4pm)
July 20th – Ancient Echoes: Eocene Fossils of the Princeton Region (1:30pm-2:30pm)
July 27th – Unwelcome Guests: Invasive Plants and Insects in the Similkameen (1:30pm-2:30pm)
August 3rd – Fruitleggers and BC’s Black Market in Orchard Fruit 1940s-1970s (3pm-4pm)
August 10th – Sharing the Landscape: Species at Risk and Stewardship in the Okanagan Similkameen (1:30pm-2:30pm)
August 17th – Desert in Bloom: The Osoyoos Desert Centre and the Ecosystem it Protects (1:30pm-2:30pm)
September 14th – From the Ground Up: Bringing Back the Burrowing Owl to BC (1:30pm-2:30pm)