Langley Circle Farm Tour

12.60 km - about 0 hours 19 min

Vista D’Oro Farms & Winery (20856 – 4th Ave) is culinary agritourism bliss. Look for hand-crafted walnut wine, uniquely shaped and coloured heirloom tomatoes, and seasonal artisanal preserves – Turkish Fig with Walnut Wine is a favourite.

Nearby Domaine de Chaberton Winery (1064 – 216th St) offers daily winemaking tours and has a delightful French bistro that pairs house wines with local Fraser Valley ingredients, or sample the vintages over at Township 7 Vineyards & Winery (21152 16th Ave).

Kensington Prairie Farm (1736 248 St) is home to 50 alpacas and carries everything from alpaca yarn and rovings to alpaca toques, mitts, scarves and shawls. They also carry artisan honey, eggs and house wares.

14.71 km - about 0 hours 25 min

Stop by Erikson’s Daylily Gardens (24642 – 51 Ave) to see more than 3,000 varieties of daylilies on display. For all things turkey, head to J.D. Farms (24726 – 52 Ave). They raise turkeys that are free of antibiotics and animal by products, and offer a turkey-themed bistro menu.

Make an appointment to have a guided tour of Aldor Acres Dairy Centre (8301-252 St), and learn about a day on the farm. Milk a cow, feed a calf, and find out about local dairy products. Nearby, Krause Berry Farm (6179 – 248 St) brims with strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries – along with berry baked goods, fudge, ice cream and milkshakes. Farm animals are popular with kids.

27.63 km - about 0 hours 46 min

Langley bills itself as BC’s Horse Capital. Find out why at Thunderbird Show Park (24550 – 72nd Ave), one of the best places to see top horses and riders in action. Show jumping is a big draw – check their schedule for event dates.

Eleven wines await visitors to the Fort Wine Co. (26151 – 84 Ave), which specializes in fruit vintages made from local cranberries, blueberries, strawberries and blackberries. In summer, Driediger Farms (23823 – 72 Ave) offers up succulent berries whole, in jams, pieces, and honey (open June - August).

Fort Langley National Historic Site (23433 Mavis Ave) was a former fur trading post – and 809hac/2000ac working farm. Stop by to see what farming life was like in the 1800s, and explore the heritage garden and farm animals.

3.58 km - about 0 hours 7 min

Milner Valley Cheese (21479 Smith Crescent) is a goat dairy that makes handcrafted, specialty goat cheeses. Bring home samples, along with goat soaps and other products at the farmgate shop.

And from late May to early October, vendors sell colourful produce, artisanal foods and crafts at the Wednesday night Langley Community Farmers' Market (Kwantlen University: Langley Bypass Parking Lot). Year-round, A Bread Affair (5568 – 206 St) sells loaves of naturally leavened, hearth-baked bread, including a loaf that uses BC cranberries.