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OUTSIDE & NATURE
Friday, October 7
Peak of the Draconids Meteor Shower
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Best viewing in the early evening.
Saturday, October 8
Pumpkin Patch Farm Tour
9 to 5 pm, Family Farm B&B, 2590 Oxford Road. Find tickets at familyfarmbnb.com. Activities will include petting animals, apple cider press demonstration, pumpkin picking, and access to the playground.
Sunday, October 9
Full moon
Hunter’s moon
October 14 & 15
Blueberry Commons Annual Pumpkin Patch and Squash Festival
Friday October 14, 3 to 5 pm and Saturday October 15, 10 to 5 pm. Beautiful locally grown pumpkins for Halloween in our pumpkin patch. Pumpkin chai lattes, pumpkin ice cream and squash delicacies. Squash doggie treats! Learn all you need to know about growing beautiful and diverse squash and pumpkins in our climate. Family friendly. Partial proceeds to support the James Thompson School PAC. Check out our FB event for full details.
Saturday, October 15
Fall Farm Tour
9 to 5 pm, Family Farm B&B, 2590 Oxford Road. Find tickets at familyfarmbnb.com. Activities will include petting animals, apple cider press demonstration, pumpkin picking, and access to the playground.
October 17 to 20
Salmon Education Expo
Alex Dobler Salmon Centre, Lang Creek
Thursday, October 20
Human-bear conflict in the qathet region
Doors 7 pm, speaker 7:30 pm, Legion. Malaspina Naturalists Society (you must have a membership to attend: register at malanat.ca). With Lauren Eckert, a conservation scientist, adventure enthusiast, and PhD candidate at the University of Victoria.
Friday, October 21
Creating Pollinator Patches
4 pm at the Library. Local author Elena Martin and volunteers from the Butterflyway Rangers will share stories and experiences about the benefits of creating local pollinator patches in our gardens. For info mmerlino@prpl.ca
Peak of the Orionids Meteor Shower
Best viewing just after midnight.
October 22
Salmon Education Expo Open House
Alex Dobler Salmon Centre, Lang Creek. Time TBA.
October 26 & 27, 2022
Memento Mori – Lost and Endangered species exhibitions artwork drop-off
A qathet region wide exhibition from November – January 2023 at qathet Art Centre. Drop-off at qathet Art Centre 12-6 pm.
October 27
Haunted Hayrides
5 to 7 pm, Three Chicken Farm. $8 per person (non-walking babies free)
Friday, October 28
Haunted Forest at James Thomson School
Starting at 5 pm, this multi-activity fundraiser features WondLa! A story coming from the future of our planet takes place in this incredible science fiction novel from Tony DiTerlizzy – as told through a guided, theatrical forest walk. Meet Eva Nine as she escapes her sanctuary where she was raised by Muthr, her robot guardian. She had to flee in emergency to discover that the world she thought she would meet at the surface changed drastically...
October 29 & 30
Halloween Train
6 to 8 pm, Paradise Valley Exhibition Park. Train rides by donation for railroad equipment maintenance and upgrades; a bonfire; and food service by Kiwanis. By the volunteers at the Powell River Forestry Heritage Society.
November 1
Pumpkin Collection for Farm Feed
9 to 4 pm, Town Centre Recycling depot. Drop off your pumpkin! With Let’s Talk Trash.
