Event Details

December 6th and 7th 2025

10am - 4pm

Please make sure your vehicle is able to transport your tree home with you!

New Bears on The Block

New Bears on the Block was established in 2023 by three friends who share a love for nature and the peacefulness it offers. To bring this feeling from the forest to our daily lives, we began creating items from wood. The unique grain patterns, diverse textures, and novel knots enhance our creativity. One of us uses his imagination to design items that reflect nature (mountains, trees, wildlife); he is also the master woodcutter. Another friend wears many hats - planning original projects, sanding, staining, expressing creativity through images, giving us a presence on social media, organizing markets, and designing systems to keep us efficient. The other friend expresses her creativity through words, paper products, vinyl, and splashes of colour. We enjoy creating products that are connected to nature and the act of working with wood is meditative in itself. Creating takes us away from the noise of the world and we hope our items bring a speck of tranquility to others. Each of us approaches crafting from a different perspective and that's what makes our team work! Every item has been touched by each one of us.

We hope our products bring a smile to your face!

Belanger Honey & Sweets 

Belanger Family Honey began in 2016 with a single nuc of bees lovingly kept in our backyard. What started as one hive quickly grew into three, and before long we found ourselves expanding to a friend's acreage outside of Cochrane, Alberta. Over the years, our small passion project has blossomed into sixteen thriving hives - still modest in size, but full of heart; and the most delicious honey! Dean (aka Beekeeper #1), has deepened his passion and knowlege by earning his Apprentice Beekeeping certification from the University of Montana and through the years has shared that passion and knowledge about our journey blogging online. We're not a large-scale honey producer by any means; we're hobby beekeepers who simply love the process and the reward: pure, raw, golden honey infused with the essence of Alberta Wildroses and Fireweed. It's so rich and fragrant, you can truly taste the flowers. We're proud to share our honey with you - a little taste of Alberta's wild beauty in every jar.

Otter & Strange

Beautifully hand-made ceramics. 

If you have wax free, unbleached and unpainted pumpkins we'd love to accept them. 

We'll be taking donations daily from 9am-4pm. Simply drive through to Happy Tails Kennel, around the island of trees, and drop off your donations in the blue bins provided! 

If you have any questions or need assistance with your pumpkin load feel free to give us a call on +1 (403) 932-5632. 

Join us at Mitford Park on Sunday 17th August for a wildlife education event!

Join the Cochrane Ecological Institute and the Alberta Wilderness Association for an exciting and interactive day of learning about the wildlife that lives in and travels through our unique wildlife corridor.

This free, family-friendly event is designed to educate and inspire people of all ages about coexisting with wildlife and protecting the ecosystems we all depend on.

Youth Acoustic Open Mic

Our youth acoustic open mic took place on July 19th on site at the CEI.

It was a successful event with some wonderful performances and a great turn out!