Lavender Season, from Vancouver
Long purple rows running toward the Coast Mountains, the smell of lavender in the late-June sun, and an ice cream stop on the way home. We handle the highway and the parking. You handle the photos.
Long purple rows running toward the Coast Mountains, the smell of lavender in the late-June sun, and an ice cream stop on the way home. We handle the highway and the parking. You handle the photos.
This is the one and only 2026 lavender run. One coach, limited seats, no second date. Once it sells out, that's it until next year. Round-trip from downtown Vancouver, with admission to Lakeland Flowers built right in.
Dates not open yet
We put seats on sale one season at a time, and this one is not up yet. Nothing is hidden and there is no list to pay to join. Leave your email and you hear the day the dates open.
Leaving Vancouver in the meantime
Cancel 14 or more days before you go and you get 90% back.
Nobody leads the day. The bus drops you off, you do what you like with the time, and you meet it again where it left you.
Flat and short, on even ground, with no climbing and no rush. This is a walk rather than a hike, and you set the pace.
Lakeland is a third-generation flower farm on Semá:th First Nation territory, and the Warmerdam family plants the rows like a living canvas. There are canoes set into the lavender for photos, swings, viewing platforms, and yellow-brick paths winding between the blooms.
By the third week of May the fields turn over to lavender, and by June 20 they're in full swing, with twenty more acres of wildflowers (golden brassica, white buckwheat, purple phacelia) going at the same time. Pianos play in the open air on Thursday and Friday evenings. Food trucks roll in on weekends. It sounds twee on paper and turns out to be deeply lovely in person, especially in the late-afternoon light when the lavender catches the sun.
Come for the photo. Stay for the whole afternoon.
We pick you up
1025 Dunsmuir Street, in front of the Bentall Centre courtyard (look for TD Bank), near Burrard SkyTrain.
Meet at 1025 Dunsmuir Street, in front of the Bentall Centre courtyard. Settle in. Reclining seats, AC, big windows, onboard washroom, and let someone else take Highway 1 for once. Roughly 60 to 75 minutes out to Abbotsford.
Almost three hours to wander every row, find the canoes and swings, and shoot the photos you came for. Redeem your free stem at the flower stand, browse the bouquets and dried-lavender bundles, and grab something from the food trucks. Late-morning light is soft and the crowds are still thin.
A working dairy on 220 acres that's been making ice cream since 1963. Fifty-plus flavours, all churned on site. There's a calf barn, a small petting area, squeaky cheddar curds at the counter, and the Coast Mountains rising behind the fields. The milking observation room runs 3:30 to 5:00 PM, so you've got a decent shot at watching the cows your cone came from.
Bouquet on your lap, ice cream long gone, phone full. We roll back into downtown Vancouver in the late afternoon. Same spot we left from, with the whole evening still ahead of you.
We drop you back
The bus returns to the same place it left from, so you go home the way you came.
This is our estimated return time, not a guarantee. Traffic can change it and some trips do run late, so please leave yourself some room afterwards rather than booking something tight against it.
A late-June day in the fields, then ice cream. Pack light, pack for sun.
Placeholder dates · the real ones come from our booking system
Lavender season is short and the fields are an hour past the city. We make it the easiest day out you'll plan all summer, no rental car, no Highway 1 crawl, no hunting for parking in Abbotsford.
Your Lakeland ticket is included, plus one free stem to cut yourself (or a $5 credit at the flower shop).
Skip the highway out to Abbotsford. Ride out with the windows down, nap on the way home.
Flowers first, then ice cream at a working dairy fifteen minutes down the road. Both in one easy loop.
Full coach with reclining seats, AC, a washroom, and storage for every dried-lavender bundle you talk yourself into.
★★★★★ 4.6/5.0 on Google
This is a great service if you don't have a vehicle or just don't want to drive. I'm so happy to have discovered this. There will definitely be more Parkbus trips in my future!James Taylor Wilson · Happy Parkbus customer
This is the 1st time I used Parkbus but it won't be the last.Brenda H. · Google
All stops enable guests ample time to explore the destination. This is a highly a good idea trip for those that appreciate spending time in nature minus distractions.OnAir48444 · Tripadvisor · Oct 2025
Factor in the cost of gas, parking and renting a car, it's a lot cheaper than taking a personal vehicle.Toronto Star
Parkbus is a great option for nature lovers, whether it's a day trip or overnight camping getaway.The Globe and Mail
Cancel more than 14 days before departure and you get a 90% refund, with 10% withheld for payment processing. Inside 14 days refunds are not available, except for a medical emergency in the 48 hours before departure, which needs a signed doctor’s note within 14 days of the missed trip and returns 50%. Tickets are transferable: you can change the passenger name up to 48 hours before departure.
If Parkbus cancels a trip, you get a full refund. We decide no later than 48 hours before departure and only on confirmed conditions: the park closed or the park authority asking us to stand down, an evacuation order or alert, an area restriction order, the highway closed, or the trip judged unsafe to run. A forecast is not one of those things, and trips run rain or shine.
Grab a seat, charge your phone, and leave the driving, the parking, and the timing to us. Lavender season is short. This is the year you finally go.
Not quite the right fit? These all leave from the same spot downtown.
