Similkameen Valley Farm Trail: Farm Stands, Farm Stays & Farm-to-Table Dining Along Highway 3
There is a stretch of Highway 3 in British Columbia where the valley comes alive with harvest. Hand-lettered signs line the roadside, and the air carries the scent of sun-warmed fruit and just-pulled vegetables from nearby fields. This is the Similkameen Valley, home to Keremeos, the Fruit Stand Capital of Canada, and Cawston, the Organic Farming Capital of Canada—and one of BC’s most rewarding self-guided farm routes.
Running west to east from Keremeos to Cawston, the Similkameen Valley Farm Trail is a living, seasonal network of growers, chefs, and storytellers. Roadside stands overflow with orchard fruit and field-grown vegetables, while cideries, farm stays, and restaurants add flavour and a sense of place to the journey. Whether you’re picking up a basket of peaches, tomatoes, and peppers, touring farm stands, or staying overnight on a working farm, the experience unfolds at your own pace.
What is the Similkameen Valley Farm Trail?
A self-guided driving route along Highway 3 in British Columbia connecting Keremeos and Cawston, the Farm Trail links roadside stands, organic orchards and farms, farm stays, and farm-to-table restaurants. It is best experienced between June and October, when the valley is in full harvest.
Expand your experience beyond farm stands and fresh produce, the Sip the Similkameen Trail offers a complementary route through the valley’s wineries, cideries, and distillery stops, pairing perfectly with the Farm Trail for a full taste of the Similkameen.
To learn more about agriculture in the Similkameen Valley, check out our blog.
Farm Stands: Keremeos to Cawston, BC
Keremeos has earned its name as the “Fruit Stand Capital of Canada,” and nowhere is that more apparent than along 7th Avenue, the Highway 3 corridor. Be sure to check out the stands up by the bypass on onward at Tree to Me Organics and the Grist Mill, then come back around before heading to Cawston. Many family farms have been working this land for generations. Farm stands line both sides of the road, so be sure to explore in both directions.
Keremeos Farm Stands: Starting from the West, moving East – Bypass Area
Bears Fruit Stand – 991 Keremeos Bypass Road, Keremeos
A classic roadside stop along the Keremeos bypass, this long-running fruit stand is known for its wide selection of fresh, seasonal produce—from juicy summer cherries and peaches to crisp apples and late-season vegetables. Family-run and open daily through the growing season, it’s a reliable place to stock up for a picnic or road trip. Enjoy one of the biggest pumpkin displays.
Peach King Fruit Stand – 990 Keremeos Bypass Road, Keremeos
A roadside favourite that blends fresh-picked farm produce with house-made baked goods and local honey. True to its name, this is a go-to stop for sun-ripened Similkameen peaches in season, along with a colourful lineup of whatever else is coming off nearby orchards. Vast display of pumpkins in the fall and wide selection of gourds.
SS Produce – 960 Keremeos Bypass Road, Keremeos
SS Produce is a bypass stop offering a wide range of fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables—from peaches and cherries to corn, squash, and tomatoes—alongside extras like honey, ice cream, and occasional hot snacks.
Grist Mill & Gardens – 2691 Upper Bench Road, Keremeos
Grist Mill & Gardens is a BC Heritage Site on Upper Bench Road that blends living history with a working orchard, heritage gardens, and a seasonal café serving farm-inspired fare alongside artisan preserves made on site.
It’s a full destination experience—part historic site, part working farm, and part gathering place—offering events like the popular Sunday night farm-to-table dinners and the annual Heritage Fall Fair, plus camping and RV hook-ups for visitors who want to stay and soak in the creekside setting a little longer.
Tree-To-Me Organics – 1217 Hwy 3A, Keremeos
Tree-To-Me is a true multi-experience stop in the Similkameen Valley, blending a farm store, bistro, and guest inn into one organic, sustainability-focused destination. Everything here is rooted in organic principles, from the seasonal produce available in the shop to the ingredients featured on the bistro menu, creating a seamless connection between field and plate. Visitors can shop, dine, and stay on a working organic farm where the entire experience reflects a commitment to local, regenerative growing practices.
Keremeos, Hwy 3
Byzantium Farm U-Pick – 501 Boundary Road, Keremeos
Byzantium Farm U-Pick offers a hands-on orchard experience just off Highway 3, in Keremeos, where visitors can wander the rows and harvest their own cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, pears, and apples straight from the tree as the season unfolds. Pick a wide variety of fruits in one place while enjoying a slower, more immersive farm experience—tasting fruit at peak ripeness right where it’s grown.
Parsons Fruit Stand – 110 7th Ave, Keremeos
Parsons Fruit Stand is one of Keremeos’ landmark farm markets and part of a family farming legacy that dates back to 1908, making it widely recognized as one of the oldest continuously operating farm stands in Canada. Still run by the Parsons family on their historic Similkameen Valley farm, it’s known for its deep roots in the valley’s agricultural history and for carrying forward generations of growing knowledge. Visitors can expect a well-stocked seasonal selection of fresh fruit, vegetables, preserves, and small-batch farm products in a classic roadside stand setting that reflects over a century of local farming tradition.
Mom & Pops Farm Market – 230 7th Avenue, Keremeos
Mom & Pops Farm Market is a friendly, family-run stop offering a relaxed, no-fuss browsing experience with a full seasonal selection of local fruits and vegetables, along with preserves and other farm-made goods. Also, a long-running farm stand with a small-town feel—an easygoing place where visitors are welcomed like neighbours and can pick up fresh valley produce in a simple, down-to-earth setting.
Gerry’s Fruit & Veg – 3045 Highway 3, Keremeos
Gerry’s Fruit & Veg is a classic Highway 3 farm stand in Keremeos offering a dependable seasonal selection of Similkameen-grown fruits and vegetables, from orchard stone fruit in summer to field vegetables and late-season produce through the harvest months. This no-frills roadside stop has fresh local goods and a steady rotation of whatever is in season right from nearby farms.
Dave’s Farm Fresh Fruits & Veggies – 204 Crowsnest Hwy, Keremeos,
Dave’s Farm Fresh Fruits & Veggies sits right in the heart of Keremeos’ fruit-stand row and offers a classic Similkameen roadside experience with fresh-picked, seasonal produce straight from nearby orchards and fields, with a steady selection that reflects what’s currently in season across the region.
Lasser Produce / Lass Chance Beverage Co. Hwy 3, Keremeos
Lasser Produce / Lass Chance Beverage Co. on Highway 3 in Keremeos offers a two-part experience: a roadside stand with fresh, seasonal Similkameen produce on one side, and across the highway, Lass Chance Beverage Co., where surplus and imperfect fruit is transformed into craft sodas and ciders. What makes it unique is that it closes the loop between farm and flavour—letting visitors both take home fresh fruit and taste creative beverages made from the valley’s excess harvest, reducing waste while showcasing local innovation.
Sanderson Farms & Smosa Gardens – 3059 Hwy 3, Keremeos
Sanderson Farms & Smosa Gardens on Highway 3 in Keremeos is a multi-stop destination that combines a family farm market with Smosa Gardens’ East Indian restaurant and the Orchard View Motel, all set within reach of a nearby walking and biking trail. The mix of experiences in one place, from picking up seasonal produce, enjoying a full meal, and even staying overnight, all while having easy access to a 5-kilometre trail that connects the whole setting into a relaxed, stay-and-explore spot.
Wild at Heart Organic Orchards – 3105 Hwy 3, Keremeos
Wild at Heart Organic Orchards is an organic farm stop offering seasonal fruit and produce grown with a focus on sustainable, chemical-free practices in the Similkameen Valley’s rich orchard landscape. It’s certified organic with emphasis on flavour-driven, naturally grown crops, giving visitors a chance to experience fruit and vegetables that reflect the valley’s warm days, cool nights, and clean growing conditions at their peak.
Farm Stands in Cawston
Klippers Organic Acres — Marketplace & Café & Row Fourteen Restaurant – 625 MacKenzie Road, Cawston
Klippers Organic Acres is a certified organic, full-scale farm destination that brings together a farm store, café, Row Fourteen Restaurant, cidery, guest suites, and event spaces all rooted in one working orchard. What makes it stand out is the way it functions almost like a small farm village, where everything—from casual café stops to refined, seasonal dining at Row Fourteen—is built around produce grown on site and from neighbouring organic farms, with the added experience of cidery tastings and a strong reputation for weddings and special events in a scenic orchard setting.
Go Go’s Fruit Market – 640 Kurtz Road, Cawston
Go Go’s Fruit Market is a cheerful roadside stand offering a seasonal selection of fresh fruit and vegetables grown in the surrounding orchards and fields of the Similkameen Valley.
Lidders Produce Market – 2136 BC Hwy 3, Cawston
Lidders Produce Market is a family-run farm stand offering a seasonal selection of fresh fruit and vegetables grown on the fertile Cawston bench. Its no-frills approach makes it an easy, trusted stop for fresh-picked produce that reflects the rhythm of the Similkameen growing season.
Mariposa Fruit Market – 3125 BC Hwy 3, Cawston
Mariposa Fruit Market offers a seasonal selection of fresh fruit and vegetables grown in the surrounding orchards and benches. Its name ‘sake inspiration—the “mariposa” butterflies are often seen drifting through the valley’s orchards in summer.
Jack’s Cherry Orchard / Farm Store & AirBnB – 2516 Hwy 3, Cawston
Jack’s Cherry Orchard / Farm Store & AirBnB is a cherry-focused orchard offering seasonal fruit through its farm store alongside a unique on-site accommodation experience. Stay right in the heart of the orchard, surrounded by rows of cherry trees and the sights and sounds of active farming.
FARM STAYS IN THE SIMILKAMEEN VALLEY
The Similkameen is far more than a day trip, and staying on a working farm or in a heritage orchard transforms the experience entirely—think morning light spilling over the mountains, the scent of ripening fruit in the air, and slow evenings spent on a porch watching the sky shift. Accommodation options across the valley range from riverfront B&Bs and organic cabin retreats to convenient motel-style stays and full inn experiences connected to cideries, wineries, and restaurants, each offering a different way to settle into the rhythm of the land and the season.
Keremeos
Riverbank Acres B&B – 110 Bridge Street, Keremeos
A riverfront orchard stay on an active peach farm in Keremeos. Wake up to the Similkameen River and the rhythm of a working orchard — this is the kind of farm stay people return to year after year.
Tree-To-Me Organics — Inn – 1217 Hwy 3A, Keremeos
The Inn at Tree-To-Me Organics offers an immersive farm stay paired with access to their bistro and farm store. Organic values, local food, and genuine farm hospitality.
Grist Mill & Gardens — Creekside Camping & RV- 2691 Upper Bench Road, Keremeos
Camping and RV hook-ups at a BC Heritage Site — fall asleep to the sound of the creek at the Grist Mill and wake up to heritage gardens and orchard views. Ideal for families and those exploring at a leisurely pace. Cafe on site.
Orchard View Motel at Sanderson Farms & Samosa Gardens – 3059 Hwy 3, Keremeos
Convenient motel-style stays right at Sanderson Farms, with the farm store, restaurant, and 5-kilometre trail all at your doorstep. Great value for those who want to explore without complicated logistics.
Cawston
Farmersdotter Organics — VRBO Cabins – 2036 Osprey Lane, Cawston
Farmersdotter Organics offers VRBO cabin stays on a certified organic garlic farm in a quiet corner of Cawston, surrounded by open fields and the slower rhythm of the Similkameen agricultural landscape. What makes it stand out is its deeply immersive, off-the-beaten-path setting—guests stay right on a working organic farm, where the experience is all about unplugging, slowing down, and connecting with the land in a simple, restorative way. If you are there in August, it’s harvest time on the farm.
Jack’s Cherry Orchard — AirBnB – 2516 Hwy 3, Cawston
Jack’s Cherry Orchard AirBnB on Highway 3 in Cawston combines a seasonal farm store with on-site accommodation set right among the cherry trees. The experience is defined by its simplicity and immersion—guests stay directly in the orchard, waking up surrounded by rows of fruit trees and stepping straight into the rhythms of harvest season.
Klippers Organic Acres — Guest Suites – 625 MacKenzie Road, Cawston
Klippers Organic Acres Guest Suites on MacKenzie Road in Cawston offer a stay right in the heart of one of the Similkameen Valley’s most well-known organic farms, with the cidery, Row Fourteen Restaurant, and farm store all within walking distance. Guests are surrounded by orchards and working farmland, with easy access to on-site dining and tastings, making it a natural fit for a romantic getaway or a deeper, food-focused stay rooted in the valley’s organic growing culture.
Sharpe Distillery — Accommodation – 253 Beecroft River Road, Cawston
Sharpe Distillery on Beecroft River Road in Cawston is an Indigenous-owned craft distillery offering small-batch spirits and on-site accommodation set across a spacious, highly picturesque rural property. Visitors can experience locally inspired distilling and stay on the grounds in a quiet, natural setting where orchards, open landscapes, and valley views create a relaxed, immersive Similkameen experience rooted in place.
FARM EXPERIENCES & EVENTS
Ntamtqen Community Garden & Food Hub – 1425 Hwy 3, Cawston
Ntamtqun Community Garden & Food Hub, located on Lower Similkameen Indian Band Lands in Cawston, is a community-rooted space focused on regenerative growing, food education, and local food systems, with gardens that support learning, shared harvests, and community connection. The site brings together farming practices, cultural learning, and seasonal gathering in a living demonstration of how land and people can work together in a more sustainable, connected way within the Similkameen Valley. You can buy produce throughout the growing season.
The annual Similkameen Sizzle Pepper Festival held this year on Sept 20, 2026 in Keremeos heats up the valley with a celebration of local peppers, food, and seasonal harvest flavours and who doesn’t love a pepper-eating contest. It’s joined by the Grist Mill’s Heritage Fall Fair and other community events that highlight the region’s agricultural bounty, bringing together growers, makers, and visitors to mark the close of the growing season in true Similkameen style.
FARM TO TABLE DINING IN THE SIMILKAMEEN VALLEY
The Similkameen Valley has quietly become one of BC’s most compelling slow-food destinations, where dining is deeply tied to place, season, and the surrounding agricultural landscape. From Sunday night heritage dinners at a working mill to craft cideries using recovered fruit, and vineyard restaurants sourcing ingredients locally—including even their sourdough—meals here reflect a strong connection between growers, makers, and the land. Listed west to east, these stops are arranged to help you plan your journey meal by meal as you travel through the valley.
Keremeos
Tree-To-Me Organics — Bistro – 1217 Hwy 3A, Keremeos
The bistro at Tree-To-Me puts organic farm produce at the centre of a thoughtfully prepared menu. Expect seasonal dishes that change with the harvest — this is food that tastes of where it comes from.
Lass Chance Beverage Co. – 3041 Hwy 3, Keremeos
A refreshingly innovative cidery and beverage producer crafting fruit sodas and ciders from recovered Similkameen fruit — turning what might otherwise go to waste into something genuinely delicious. Food is also served on site.
Grist Mill & Gardens — Farm to Table Dinners – 3041 Hwy 3, Keremeos
The Grist Mill’s Sunday Night Dinners are among the most atmospheric dining experiences in the Similkameen — a farm-to-table feast held at a BC Heritage Site, with the mill, the gardens, and the orchard as your backdrop. Reserve early; these evenings book up fast.
Sanderson Farms & Samosa Gardens — Restaurant – 3059 Hwy 3, Keremeos
The East Indian restaurant at Samosa Gardens brings a deliciously distinct flavour to the valley’s farm-to-table scene. Orchard-fresh produce meets aromatic South Asian cooking — a genuinely unique dining stop on the route.
The Farm Store at Honest Food Farm — Café – 2305 Ferko Road, Cawston
Honest Food Farm lives up to its name — a farm store and café rooted in straightforward, real food. Vegetables, flowers, and café fare sourced directly from their own growing operation.
Cawston
Klippers Organic Acres — Café & Row Fourteen Restaurant – 625 MacKenzie Road, Cawston
Row Fourteen is the restaurant heart of Klippers — a farm-forward dining experience built around organic produce grown on site and sourced from neighbouring Cawston farms. The café is perfect for a casual stop; the restaurant is worthy of a dedicated evening. Add a cidery tasting to your visit.
Crowsnest Vineyards – 2035 Surprise Rd, Cawston – 2035 Surprise Rd, Cawston
Crowsnest Vineyards anchors the eastern end of the farm route with a full destination experience: locally sourced foods, house-made sourdough bread, a working vineyard, an inn, and a restaurant. Come for a glass of wine, Friday night live music and pizza. Stay for the weekend.
Practical Tips for Driving the Similkameen Valley Farm Trail
- Drive west to east on Highway 3 — from Keremeos toward Cawston. This puts the morning sun behind you and gives you the best light on the orchards.
- Bring a cooler. You will buy more produce than you expect. A good cooler is the single best piece of equipment for a Similkameen road trip.
- Plan around cherry, peach, and apple seasons. The Similkameen Valley fruit season runs roughly from June through October along Highway 3, BC. Cherry season peaks in late June; peaches and apricots run from July through August; apples carry through to October.
- Call ahead for dining. Farm-to-table restaurants like Row Fourteen at Klippers and Crowsnest Vineyards can fill up quickly, especially on weekends. Reservations are recommended.
- Allow a full day minimum — or better yet, book a farm stay and give yourself two. The valley rewards those who linger.
- Check event dates early. The Similkameen Sizzle and the Heritage Fall Fair both draw regional visitors. Book accommodation well in advance if your trip coincides with either event.
The Valley Awaits
The Similkameen Valley Farm Route isn’t a checklist to be completed in a day, but an ongoing connection to a place and its seasons. It invites return visits—cherry season in early summer, pepper season in late summer, and autumn when apples hang heavy on the trees, and the light turns golden across the valley. Each time, the farm stands, orchards, and growers are here, shifting with the harvest but grounded in the same landscape.
Whether driven as a full route from Keremeos to Cawston in a single afternoon or experienced slowly over a weekend of orchard stays and heritage dinners, the valley offers something increasingly rare: food with a clear sense of origin, grown by people deeply connected to this specific piece of land.
More than any single peach or glass of cider, that sense of place is what lingers.
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