Riverbank Acres
and B&B

Home and Vineyard next to river
sausage and eggs

Bed & Breakfast

At Riverbank Acres we offer a special place to stay in the heart of B.C.’s wine country where travellers to the Similkameen are welcomed as guests in our home and treated to homemade, seasonal breakfasts each morning.

We have an organic orchard where we grow Coral Star freestone peaches and Black Amber plums and several gardens where we grow medicinal plants, herbs, fruits and vegetables. Not to mention the ever growing flocks of ducks and chickens.

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seasonal fruit in British Columbia

Living with the Seasons

A love letter to the landscape and its people.

I write about life in our rugged part of British Columbia, seasonal food and medicine that grows here and how I prepare and preserve it with particular attention to the old ways.

In a world that sometimes feels like it’s moving too fast, slow living and slow food are good therapy.

Seasonal writing
violets and grass

Spring

As seeds, plants and animals cheerfully awaken from their winter slumber they are ravenous with rapture. Here’s how you can celebrate spring alongside them.

spring foods

Summer

Drowning in light and swelling with life. Summer celebrates PLENTY. Here’s how you can savour and preserve summer’s fleeting bounty.

haws apples and rosehips

Autumn

Golden days and cooler evenings. The frenzy of summer has passed and a slow ripening unfolds. Here’s how you can make the most of autumn’s harvest.

frozen Similkameen River

Winter

Darkness takes its rightful place and it’s time to cozy up, light those candles and stoke the home fires. Here’s how you can indulge in winter’s slumber.

Jessica Johnson and family Riverbank Vineyard

Hi, I’m Jess.

I left a good job in a big city in 2021 and set off for the country. My husband and I started by growing grapes for making wine but ultimately decided our hearts were in food growing. So, in 2025 we pulled up our vineyard and planted an organic orchard instead. Now we’ve got chickens, ducks, medicinal gardens and ever expanding food gardens. Things have certainly escalated quickly! Now, I’m a proud B&B maven and learner of the old ways in British Columbia’s rugged and rustic Similkameen Valley.

I’ve learned a lot since the safety wheels of my life came off and am enjoying every minute of it… even the punishing, wild, uncomfortable ones.

About Me