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Geenhouse/Garden Tour

$50.00

Experience length: 75–90 minutes
Price: $50 per adult, $20 per youth (Sliding scale/group rates optional)

Step inside the growing heart of nsisúlaʔxʷ with a guided Greenhouse & Garden Tour. This small-group experience takes you through our greenhouse and key garden zones, sharing how we’re weaving Indigenous food plants, medicines, and permaculture-inspired design into an evolving food forest on Syilx territory.

You’ll see what’s currently in season, learn how we start and care for plants, and hear stories about the land, the weather, and the many hands that keep this place alive.

Experience length: 75–90 minutes
Price: $50 per adult, $20 per youth (Sliding scale/group rates optional)

Step inside the growing heart of nsisúlaʔxʷ with a guided Greenhouse & Garden Tour. This small-group experience takes you through our greenhouse and key garden zones, sharing how we’re weaving Indigenous food plants, medicines, and permaculture-inspired design into an evolving food forest on Syilx territory.

You’ll see what’s currently in season, learn how we start and care for plants, and hear stories about the land, the weather, and the many hands that keep this place alive.

What’s Included

Welcome & Orientation

  • Arrival at nsisúlaʔxʷ Food Forest (11745 Westside Road)

  • Land acknowledgement and brief introduction to Studio sísp̓l̓k̓ and the food forest vision

  • Safety notes and what to expect on the walk

Greenhouse Visit

  • Tour of the greenhouse: seed starts, propagation, and seasonal rotations

  • Talk about Indigenous food and medicine plants

  • Q&A about soil, watering, and how we plan for Okanagan heat and drought

Garden Walk

  • Guided walk through key garden beds and developing zones in the food forest

  • Discussion of companion planting, pollinators, and how we’re expanding plant diversity across ~10 acres

  • Stories about specific plants, their uses, and how they connect to Syilx ways of knowing and being on the land

Closing Circle & Questions

  • Time for final questions, photos, and notes

  • Invitation to future events (Planting Blitz, Weed Party Wednesdays, etc.)

  • Optional farmstand/merch browse

Total time: 75–90 minutes, depending on group size and the number of questions.

What to Bring

  • Comfortable walking shoes (uneven terrain)

  • Weather-appropriate layers (hat, sun protection, or rain gear as needed)

  • Personal water bottle

  • Notebook/phone if you like to take notes or photos

Who This Is For

  • Visitors curious about Indigenous food forests, gardening, and greenhouse growing

  • Local folks wanting to see what’s possible on dry Okanagan land with care and intention

  • Educators, families, and small groups looking for a gentle, educational land-based outing

You’ll leave with a better sense of how nsisúlaʔxʷ is growing, practical insight into greenhouse and garden care in this climate, and a deeper connection to the plants that are slowly filling this place with life.