• Drop-in 11am-2pm:
  -Connect with Kwantlen First Nation elder Karen Gabriel to learn about Indigenous tools used from past to present.
  -Practice making rope with Marcy Lui, a living history re-enactor and enthusiast. She’ll showcase how to weave with various plant fibres and talk about their importance to people and ecologically.
  -Apple games and crafts at the park association table and apple peeling station. 
  -Heritage apple tastings and sampling.
  -Apple information from the BC Fruit Tester's Association.
  -Learn about the beaver with Ted Lightfoot. Find out all about this “keystone species” who creates wetland habitat for other animals like fish, birds and otters. 
  -Check in with community groups such as the Langley Field Naturalists, Langley Environmental Partners Society, Fraser River Discovery Centre, Langley Rotary, Metro Vancouver Regional Parks, MVRP Foundation, and more!

• 11:15am and 12:00pm: Tour & Talk: The unique apple history of the lower mainland, with artist and historian Sylvia Grace Borda 
• 12:15pm and 1:00pm: Tour & Talk: Heritage orchard and history, with field naturalist Jeremy Smith
• 12:45pm and 1:30pm: Enjoy a musical showcase from the Langley Fiddlers  

We hope you can make it and invite a friend to come along, too! It will be a wonderful day out in nature with our community members, surrounded by trees and crisp fall air along the river at Derby Reach. Find us at the Heritage Area, 10748 Allard Crescent. 

Don't forget to also check out the 1st annual Kwantlen First Nation Salmon & Cranberry Harvest Celebration, happening 10am-3pm on October 1st at McMillan Island Park in Fort Langley. Just about 10 minutes away from us at Derby Reach.