Harrison Sunflower Festival on hiatus this year
AGASSIZ — British Columbia’s first sunflower festival is taking a break this year, but promises to be back for future agritourism events.
According to a news release Wednesday (July 3), the Harrison Sunflower Festival says festival founder Kate Onos-Gilbert and her family will be making improvements and infrastructure investments at the Agassiz farm they acquired last year, meaning the festival won’t be held this year, often scheduled for late August and September.
The festival says a summer of building and cultivating new attractions will allow for better, more spectacular festivals in the future, including the 2025 Harrison Tulip Festival planned for next spring.
“Enhancements that are in the works include expanding the Secret Garden area adjacent to the Farm Store, creating compelling new visual photo-opportunity stations, and developing additional agritourism farm experiences for visitors,” Harrison Sunflower Festival wrote in a statement.