"If These Walls Could Talk" Laurel Packinghouse Reopening Scrapbook
Thank-you to everyone who came out and celebrated the Reopening of the Laurel Packinghouse!
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You're invited!
Join us in celebrating the 'If These Walls Could Talk' Laurel Packinghouse Grand Reopening!
Come out and and be the first to see the new face of one of Kelowna's oldest heritage buildings. "If These Walls Could Talk" is all about sharing stories of our community's founding history. Come and share your family's history with us, you will be surprised how much you have in common!
"If These Walls Could Talk" is a two day event:
Wine and Food Pairing
Date: Friday, November 5th
Time: 6 pm to 9 pm
Price: 60.00 per person (a 30.00 tax receipt will be issued to tickets purchased in advance)
Highlights: Wine tasting, canapés, live and silent auctions, live entertainment, and much, MUCH more!
Family Day
Date: Saturday, November 6th
Time: 10 am to 2 pm
Price: Admission is by donation
Highlights: Kids activities (Cake walk, fish pond, bean bag toss, and more), wine tastings, silent auction,
LIVE BEE HIVE, entertainment by Wentworth Music Education Centre, square dancing, and much,
MUCH more!
For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact:
- Okanagan Heritage Museum (250) 763-2417; events@kelownamuseums.ca
- Gayle Voyer, Event Coordinator, totalevents@shaw.ca
22nd Annual Apple Fair
Sample over 2 dozen varieties of locally grown apples. Taste some old gems and discover some new favourites!
The Apple Fair is traditionally held at the Laurel Packinghouse. This year, due to the restoration, the Apple Fair will be held in the Sky Court at Orchard Park Mall (where Santa Claus visits)!
Support the BC Orchard Industry Museum and learn more about the tree fruit industry in the Okanagan. Also, learn more about the restoration of the Laurel Packinghouse at the Laurel Info table. See you there!
Admission by donation.
Thank you to Our Supporters!
Thanks to the generous support of our donors, we are that much closer to our goal of raising $250,000 for the Laurel Packinghouse. But we still have a ways to go and need your help! Your support will help us to offer the many exhibits, programs, and special events for which the BC Orchard Industry Museum and the BC Wine Museum are so well-known.
Donate online or call 250-763-2417 and add your name to the growing list of Laurel Packinghouse donors!
Call-out for Lamp Fixtures
dog dish lamps from the Laurel Packinghouse
The Laurel Packinghouse restoration project is well under way and on schedule and budget. Some items we are looking for to add more authenticity to the interior look and feel of the building are the light fixtures that reflect this early industrial setting. These photos here are those lamps that we were able to track down. We now have 6 of these fixtures and need about 15 additional lamps. These have been re-wired to code and they look wonderful in the building.
So, if your heritage site has some of these kicking around and you’re looking for a great home to donate them to – then please consider us and call 250-763-2417.
CHBC News Feature
CHBC News recently aired a feature on the Laurel Packinghouse restoration. Please click on this link to watch the news video on CHBC.
Inside the Laurel Restoration
Some interesting new photos taken from inside the Laurel Packinghouse today- it's a huge difference from what the Laurel looked like only a month ago. The Laurel is still a working construction site and as such is off limits to the public for the time being, so these photos provide a rare peek at what's going on behind the scenes!
Kelowna: Now and When
Central Elementary School
Photo courtesy of Hal Bottomley (© Hal Bottomley)
Kelowna Courier Building, now home to The Keg
Photo courtesy of Hal Bottomley (© Hal Bottomley)
Laurel Packinghouse before restoration began
Photo courtesy of Hal Bottomley (© Hal Bottomley)
The Laurel Packinghouse belongs to all of us as part of our collective history and community identity. Built over the winter of 1917/1918, the Laurel has been the home of many stories, events, and memories and continues to be a cultural landmark.
The Laurel Packinghouse is just one of many heritage landmarks in Kelowna. Hal Bottomley, a Kelowna resident for over twenty five years, documents Kelowna's heritage buildings on his photo blog Kelowna: Now and When. Some of the heritage buildings he has photo documented are St Michael's Anglican Cathedral, the Brigadier Angle Armoury, Central Elementary School, Knowles House, the BNA Tobacco Company cigar plant, the Kelowna Courier building, the Laurel, and more. Click here for all of Hal's heritage posts.
To see recent photos of the Laurel Packinghouse and for updates on the restoration progress, view our Flickr photo sets.
The Challenge Has Been Made
Laurel Packinghouse. Photo taken March 30, 2010.
Thank you to Kelowna City Councillor Michele Rule for issuing a challenge to her Facebook friends to contribute to the Laurel Packinghouse Heritage Fund. We've had a great response so far and invite you to be part of the story. You can donate easily online through Canada Helps, or call for more information, 250-763-2417.Click here to see Michele's Facebook challenge!
For more photos of the Laurel Packinghouse restoration progress, view our Flickr photostream.
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