Photo Gallery:
Bremner's Blueberry Farm in the Spring

This selection of photos was taken at Wellbrook Winery's blueberry demonstration garden, sponsored by Bremner Foods.

Blueberry bushes in full bloom.

The flower buds of a blueberry plant start out as tight clusters of light pink flowers. As the flowers mature, they separate and expand.

At full bloom, the flowers are white, completely expanded and open, as seen in these photos.

At this stage blueberries can tolerate a light frost (-2ºC), but once the petals start falling off, revealing small green fruit, the blueberry plant will be vulnerable to frost damage.

Blueberry bushes in late spring — with green fruit.

Blueberries grow in clusters. As they ripen, the berries will change in color from green to pink to blue. Blueberries are harvested as they ripen — with the same plants harvested several times throughout the season. The first crop of blueberries is ready for harvest when about a quarter of the fruit in the cluster is ripe.

Blueberries & Bees

Naturally occurring insects, as seen here, are not enough to pollinate commercial acreages of blueberries, so often extra bees are brought in for pollination.