Who said a pandemic is a bad time to open a business? There are so many new and creative businesses cropping up around the Valley and we cannot contain our excitement! • Wolfville Wedding Chapel – The Valley is home to Nova Scotia’s first full-service wedding chapel! Want a no-fuss wedding but with ALL the charm and whimsy? This place on 360 Main Street is perfect for tying the knot or renewing vows with up to 20 of your favorite people! wolfvilleweddingchapel.com • Petite Patrie – The award-winning chocolate maker has found a new home in Kentville! The retail shop…
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Ron Lightburn Harbourville Moonlight. thelightburns.com Ron Lightburn’s art cards are now available at locations throughout the Annapolis Valley: Tides Art Gallery, R.D. Chisholm and the Kings County Museum in Kentville; The Port Pub and Sea Level Brewing in Port Williams; Bent Ridge Winery in Windsor; Saunders Tartans & Gifts in New Minas, and Endless Shores Books in Bridgetown.

Margot Bishop On route 221, there is a tiny little hidden gem that is free for one and all. Silver Lake in Lakeville, NS, can be reached by several different roads, but the address of Silver Lake Beach is 585-569 Lakewood Rd. Silver Lake is a glacial “kettle” lake, formed when a pocket of ice broke off a glacier and stayed embedded in the sediment. When the ice melted, it formed a “kettle,” which either fills with ground water or is fed from a stream. It is shallow around the edges, but is 14-19 metres deep in the centre, according…
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Genevieve Allen Hearn *I know it as Canning’s princess house. You may know it as Borden Estate or The Old Place. Whatever the name, the 1864 Gothic Revival style home in Canning is awe-inspiring, and it has now been transformed into a retreat space. Jessica Bergevin leads the Borden Place Wellness retreats, which include physical, horticultural, and historical elements. Bergevin also operates Jessica Bergevin Physiotherapy, and shared her story with *The Grapevine. The Grapevine (GV): Tell us about your niche in physiotherapy.Jessica Bergevin (JB): I am a women’s health/pelvic health physiotherapist. Although I treat a broad range of pelvic health…
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Melanie Priesnitz, Conservation Horticulturist Lots of great things have been happening behind the closed gates this year at the Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens. While we dearly miss having members of the community in the garden, we have been very happy to be able to offer a safe outdoor space for Acadia students, faculty, and staff to enjoy. Students are spending more time than ever in front of screens in their dorm rooms and apartments so having an outdoor space to call their own has been greatly appreciated. Two Acadia students organized a 4-week Mindfulness Walking Series using the Gardens and…
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Anna Horsnell Performing artists perform. Whether through song, dance, or acting, performing artists can move us to tears, or move us to the beat, and at the heart of it all lies a story. Live performance can be very sensual. We see and hear and even feel the performers as they carry us into their world. Maybe we let go and for the moment lose ourselves in their story. We’ve been sharing our stories for a very long time, from ancient legend to more modern documentaries and drama. We recognize these things and they connect us. Visual artists, well, visualize….
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