2025 BLOOM HASKAP FESTIVAL

Saturday, May 31, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Come experience the sheer beauty of haskaps in full flower. The first of its kind, a haskap spring celebration: come out and get lost in the blooms, dance with the bees, bring a picnic.

We have an all day stellar line up of crafts and activities:

  • Build and take home your own pollination hotel.

  • Native bee/ pollinator, birds photo scavenger hunts.

  • Scavenger hunts for all ages, 5 i n total- from find the picture to all out orienteering.

  • Learn how to craft dandelion crows, and make fescue braids.

  • Experience all things haskap from ice cream and jam to tasting the berries in our sparkling drinks and an opportunity to bring home a plant of your own.

  • & a whole lot more

Bring a picnic or pre-order charcuterie for two from Lakeside Farmstead. Can be purchased with your ticket - Must pre-order before event.

Reserve Your Tickets to
See the Farm in Bloom!

Limited spots Available

SCHEDULE

10:00 – 10:30 AM
Land Acknowledgement

10:30 – 11:30 AM
Pollination Tour: Andrew

11:30 – 12:00 AM
Guided Seated Meditation

12:00 – 3:00 PM
Live Music

12:00 – 1:00 PM
Wetland Tour: Kirsten Anderson

1:00 – 2:00 PM
Regenerative Farm Tour: Andrew

2:00 – 2:30 PM
Cake Celebration

2:30 – 3:00 PM
Guided Walking Meditation

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Yoga in the Field

ABOUT THE TOURS

Andrew Rosychuk
Pollinator tour, and Regenerative farming tour

Andrew Rosychuk is a Canadian horticulturist, entrepreneur, and advocate for sustainable farming practices. He is the founder of Rosy Farms, an organic haskap berry orchard in Alberta, known for promoting regenerative agriculture and biodiversity. With a background in environmental stewardship and community engagement, Andrew has become a leading voice in the local food movement. Through educational outreach and innovative growing techniques, he inspires others to reconnect with the land and support resilient food systems.

HOLD THE FREQUENCY
Guided meditation sessions

Take a mindful pause with Hold the Frequency, offering guided seated and walking meditation sessions designed to ground your body and calm your mind. Whether you're new to meditation or deepening an existing practice, these sessions create space to reconnect with nature, breath, and inner stillness. Move at a gentle pace, tune in to the present moment, and leave feeling refreshed, centered, and more in tune with yourself and the world around you. Great for all ages!

Kristen Andersen
Wetlands Tour

Meet Kristen Andersen, your expert guide on our wetland tour and a passionate professor at the University of Alberta, who specializes in conservation. Kristen brings years of experience teaching and leading hands-on wetland restoration and assessment programs, helping students and professionals understand how these vital ecosystems support clean water, flood protection, and rich biodiversity. On this tour, she’ll share real-world insights from the field, showing how wetlands function and why they matter. Whether you're a nature enthusiast or just curious, you'll gain a deeper appreciation for the role wetlands play in a healthy environment—and how we can protect them.

SUPPORTING LOCAL TALENT

Note: We are 45 minutes north/ west of Edmonton or 30 km south of Westlock, 1 km off highway 44.