Farms & Zoos

Davison Orchards is a fun family destination with farm-fresh produce, a bakery, and plenty to do. Kids can play at the Crazy Cow Kids Corral, feed friendly farm animals, and explore vintage tractors. The Farmhouse Café serves homemade meals and fresh apple juice, while The Old Brick Press offers real fruit ice cream. Visitors can shop for local treats at the Country Village gift shop or take a tractor-pulled Johnny Popper Farm Tour through the orchards.

DeMille's Farm Market in Salmon Arm is a must-visit for families, featuring fresh local produce, baked goods, and unique treats. Kids will have a blast feeding the farm animals—including goats, sheep, llamas, alpacas, emus, pigs, and chickens—with feed bags available for just $1 each!

Visit Planet Bee Honey Farm and Meadery where visitors can enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities. The farm features live bee displays, allowing guests to observe bees busily working behind glass, performing their amazing bee dance and producing numerous products.

Sagebrush Stables provides an animal farm experience suitable for all ages. Their one-hour pony and farm tours offer families the opportunity to interact with a variety of farm animals, including horses, ponies, chickens, ducks, and goats. Guests are provided with a large bucket of mash to safely feed the horses using strainers. They also offer Spring Break and Summer Camps.

GottaGoat Farm, located near Apex Mountain Resort, is home to Miniature Goats and other farm animals. Visitors can observe the animals, brush the goats, and learn about their unique characteristics. The farm is open year-round for visits, both by appointment and for drop-in visits on specific days, with seasonal Goat Yoga in a scenic mountain setting. It also hosts school trips, group visits, and private birthday parties, with options to reserve tables and use the barbecue.

Don-O-Ray Farm Adventure is a lively destination for family fun, offering a petting zoo with friendly animals like ducks, Silkie chickens, goats, and even a beautiful peacock. Visitors can navigate a 7,000 sq. ft. hedge maze filled with twists, turns, and surprises, or enjoy hands-on activities like bouncy horses, archery, and a rickshaw horse carriage ride. Don-O-Ray Farm Adventure also hosts memorable birthday parties with reserved seating for up to 30 guests at no extra charge—just pay regular admission per person!

Linden Gardens and the Frog City Cafe are located on 9 acres of garden for the kids to wander through and explore. A fantastic addition to the Gardens is a few farm animals for the children to visit. They have pigs, goats, chickens, and bunnies! Before you explore the gardens, pick up a Kids' Scavenger Hunt which is a checklist of pictures for kids to find along your walk.

Book an educational honey farm tour (by appointment only) or stop at their shop to purchase honey, beeswax, and other related products! Your tour will take you through their Bee Educated Centre with one of their guides.

Gold Fox Acres is a working family-run hobby farm that decided to share its love for animals with others through its weekend petting zoo. Open from Easter to Halloween, by appointment only. Weather permitting.

Folie Flower Farm offers alpaca experiences by appointment only, where families (up to 5 people) can feed and take a short walk with two alpacas around the pastures for $75 per family for a 45-minute visit.