The Historic O’Keefe Ranch has completed its exciting new Rain Garden Construction Project with help from the Okanagan Basin Water Board. The OBWB provided the Ranch with a $20,000 grant to design and construct this project, which was completed using Cabin Forestry Services Ltd.
The Rain Garden Construction Project is an innovative way to not only help protect the integrity of the water resources which flow through the O’Keefe Ranch, but it is a project which helps with water conservation and sustaining the local ecosystem. Adding rain gardens helps protect the valuable water resource, the integrity of the Heritage buildings and enhance the natural beauty of the site by providing natural and drought-tolerant pollinator plants which attract bees, butterflies, and other insects.
The O’Keefe Ranch recognizes that it must play a role in the protection of the Okanagan water resource. A clean and abundant water source is the central building block for the stunning landscape of the Okanagan Valley. A clean water source is an integral part of the overall well-being of its citizens, animals, and guests. The O’Keefe Ranch is doing everything it can to ensure that this valuable resource is protected for current and future generations to enjoy.
This project is an innovative way to show how the protection of a valuable resource can be done in a sustainable and innovative way while enhancing the beauty of the natural setting of the O’Keefe Ranch that has occupied the site since 1867.
The O’Keefe Ranch will be producing educational material about the project and visitors can enjoy the new rain gardens this season from Wednesday to Sunday from 10 am - 4 pm. The Ranch would like to thank the OBWB for their generous grant in order to fund this important project.
Want to go check it out?
Hours of Operation:
Wednesday - Sunday | 10AM - 4PM
Admission by donation.