In the 1970’s, property previously part of the LeBlanc estate was purchased by horticulturists Lea and George Feddes. They would operate Sweetberry Farms, just north of JW Inglis school until the late 1980’s when interest rates soared to 23 percent and the farm was shut down.
At one time, Sweetberry Farms employed over 40 part time workers – many from Lumby’s local sawmills. Strawberries and bedding plants grown on the farm were sold to retail chains throughout the Okanagan and over 20 acres of the property were planted in pickling cukes! The Feddes, now retired, moved to Aldergrove and opened Pepindale Nursery in 1997.
