Harvest Festival
Discover fall activities in the Cowichan Valley at Merridale. Celebrate harvest with the Cider Harvest Festival, orchard experiences, family-friendly events, dog-friendly weekends, and handcrafted cider from late September through October
Harvest Festival
Discover fall activities in the Cowichan Valley at Merridale. Celebrate harvest with the Cider Harvest Festival, orchard experiences, family-friendly events, dog-friendly weekends, and handcrafted cider from late September through October.
– Your Harvest Traditions –
Every autumn, the orchard comes alive with experiences that have become part of Harvest Season at Merridale. Whether you’re visiting for the first time or returning to continue a family tradition, these annual events celebrate the people, dogs, flavours, and community that make harvest on Vancouver Island so special.
– Your Harvest Traditions –
Every autumn, the orchard comes alive with experiences that have become part of Harvest Season at Merridale. Whether you’re visiting for the first time or returning to continue a family tradition, these annual events celebrate the people, dogs, flavours, and community that make harvest on Vancouver Island so special.
– Harvest In Every Visit –
No matter when you visit during harvest season, you’ll discover something special. From late September through October, the orchard comes alive with autumn colours and unforgettable experiences in the Cowichan Valley.
– Harvest In Every Visit –
No matter when you visit during harvest season, you’ll discover something special. From late September through October, the orchard comes alive with autumn colours and unforgettable experiences in the Cowichan Valley.
October 3 & 4
Join us for our annual Harvest for Hounds celebration and experience harvest season with your four-legged companion in the heart of the Cowichan Valley. Browse a harvest market featuring local dog-focused businesses, capture beautiful autumn memories with a professional photographer, explore the orchard, enjoy Hot Apple Cider, and connect with fellow dog lovers while supporting a local animal charity. It’s the perfect fall outing for dogs and the people who love them.
Discover everything happening at Harvest for Hounds →
– Halloween at Merridale –
As the last apples are gathered and another harvest comes to an end, the story doesn’t. As the orchard prepares for winter, the cider crafted from this year’s apples begins its transformation into next year’s vintage. Join us for Pint & Paint Night and Halloween Music Bingo as we celebrate the final days of autumn together before the orchard settles in for the season ahead.
– Halloween at Merridale –
As the last apples are gathered and another harvest comes to an end, the story doesn’t. As the orchard prepares for winter, the cider crafted from this year’s apples begins its transformation into next year’s vintage. Join us for Pint & Paint Night and Halloween Music Bingo as we celebrate the final days of autumn together before the orchard settles in for the season ahead.
October 3 & 4
Join us for our annual Harvest for Hounds celebration and experience harvest season with your four-legged companion in the heart of the Cowichan Valley. Browse a harvest market featuring local dog-focused businesses, capture beautiful autumn memories with a professional photographer, explore the orchard, enjoy Hot Apple Cider, and connect with fellow dog lovers while supporting a local animal charity. It’s the perfect fall outing for dogs and the people who love them.
Discover everything happening at Harvest for Hounds →
– Supporting Harvest in the Cowichan Valley –
We Are Proudly Supporting The BC SPCA
This Harvest Season, Merridale is proud to support the BC SPCA and help raise awareness for the work they do to protect vulnerable animals and help animals and people thrive together.
Through our Harvest for Hounds weekend and special moments throughout the season, we’re bringing our community together to celebrate our four-legged orchard visitors while supporting an organization that assisted more than 135,000 animals across British Columbia in 2025.
The BC SPCA’s work goes far beyond sheltering and adoption. Their programs include animal protection, veterinary care, pet food banks and outreach, emergency boarding for families facing crisis, wildlife rehabilitation, humane education and advocacy.
Because harvest is about more than what we grow. It’s about the community we share it with, paws included.
Learn more about the BC SPCA and the work they do for animals across British Columbia →
Dogs have always been part of Merridale.
They come with their families, explore the farm, lounge on the deck and courtyard, and enjoy the occasional Barkuterie Bowl and house-made dog treat.
This year, we’re taking our love of dogs one step further.
This cause became especially personal to us recently. After bringing home an eight-month-old Golden Retriever through the BC SPCA, we had the chance to see their work from a whole new perspective. And our own Mika is a daily reminder of what a second chance can mean.
So, bring your dog to harvest.
Enjoy a Barkuterie Bowl or dog treats, bring food or pet supplies for our donation drive, or have your dog’s harvest portrait taken – each one of these purchases will be donating to the SPCA to help them continue their good work.
Come celebrate harvest. Bring your hound. And help us give more dogs a second chance.
– Supporting Harvest in the Cowichan Valley –
We Are Proudly Supporting The BC SPCA This Harvest Season
This Harvest Season, Merridale is proud to support the BC SPCA and help raise awareness for animals in need across our communities.
From our Harvest for Hounds weekend to special moments throughout the season, we’re using one of our favourite times of year to bring people together, celebrate our four-legged orchard visitors, and shine a little extra light on the important work the BC SPCA does for animals across British Columbia.
Because harvest is about more than what we grow. It’s about the community we share it with, paws included.
Learn more about the BC SPCA and the work they do for animals across British Columbia →