Garden of Eden
Additional Activities

Invite someone from the BC Fruit Growers Association to speak to your class about the apple industry in the Okanagan Valley. The BC Fruit Growers has been in existence since 1889. Kelowna phone number is (250) 762-5226.

Invite someone from the Sterile Insect Release Program to speak to your class about the problems caused by the codling moth, and what the SIR program involves. Kelowna phone number is (250) 491-3016.

Visit the Kelowna Land and Orchard farm in Kelowna. For information about the farm, including tours, visit their website:
http://www.k-l-o.com/homepage.htm.

Visit the BC Orchard Industry Museum
1304 Ellis St
Kelowna, BC V1Y 1Z8
Phone: (250)763-0433

The BC Fruit Packers Cooperative in Kelowna no longer offers tours of its plant. Students in other areas may want to look in a phone book to see if there are fruit packing plants in their communities, and then phone to see if tours are offered.

Instructors: have an apple taste-testing session. Buy several different kinds of BC apples. Bring them to class and cut up into small pieces. Have students taste the different types of apples, and then have them write a description of the various types. Have students choose the one variety they like the best, and the one they like the least.