Bradner Flower Show in Abbotsford features A Fairy Garden

Published 10:00 am Sunday, March 29, 2026

The Bradner Flower Show returns to Abbotsford from April 10 to 12.

The 96th event takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at Bradner Community Hall, 5305 Bradner Rd. Admission is $2.50.

This year’s theme is A Fairy Garden. The opening ceremony takes place Friday at 2 p.m. with special guest Alexis MacLeod, owner of Simply Perfect Flowers and decorating coordinator for the Bradner Flower Show.

Scruffles the Clown and his balloon creations will be on hand on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Hundreds of daffodils will be on display, most of them unusual and grown in the Bradner area.

There will also be plants and shrubs for sale at wholesale prices from vendors who do not normally sell to the public, as well as well as crafts from local artisans.

The tea room will also be open to purchase homemade soups, sandwiches and fresh-baked goods.

As always, Bradner Community Club will donate all proceeds from cut-flower sales to Abbotsford Regional Hospital.

Fenwick Fatkin started the Bradner Flower Show in 1928, holding it in his living room – or parlour, as it was then called.

It was modelled after the popular parlour shows that were held in his native England. When the show was in its beginnings, there were only 10 types of daffodils on display. Today, there are more than 400.

When Fenwick and Charlotte Fatkin moved to the Bradner area from England via Vancouver, he recognized right away that the area’s climate and soil would be perfect for growing daffodils.

Members of the Fatkin family still farm daffodils in Bradner, and the show is coordinated by Fenwick’s granddaughter, Pauline.

Visit facebook.com/bradnerhall or bradnerhall.ca for more information.