Lono’s Garden Paradise
WINLAW · BC KOOTENAYS · EST. 2008
WINLAW, BC · KOOTENAY VALLEY · LICENSED ORGANIC GROWER SINCE 2008
Where Lono
comes to rest
Award-winning regeneratively grown cannabis on a living farm — and one of Canada’s most extraordinary event venues, nestled in the mountains of the Slocan Valley.
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CERTIFIED ORGANIC
DEM PURE CERTIFIED SINCE 2017
REGENERATIVE FARMING
LICENSED MEDICAL GROWER SINCE 2008
WEDDINGS · ART RETREATS · WELLNESS EVENTS
CANNABIS-FRIENDLY VENUE
SLOCAN VALLEY · BC KOOTENAYS
HEAVEN ON EARTH FARMHOUSE
CERTIFIED ORGANIC
DEM PURE CERTIFIED SINCE 2017
REGENERATIVE FARMING
LICENSED MEDICAL GROWER SINCE 2008
WEDDINGS · ART RETREATS · WELLNESS EVENTS
CANNABIS-FRIENDLY VENUE
SLOCAN VALLEY · BC KOOTENAYS
HEAVEN ON EARTH FARMHOUSE
THE ORIGIN
A god of fertility,
music & peace
In Hawaiian religion, Lono is the god of agriculture, rainfall, and renewal — descending to Earth on a rainbow to bring abundance and healing. Lono’s Garden Paradise was created as a place where that spirit may rest.
It is a farm where the soil is sacred, the plants are medicine, and every season brings a new cycle of life.
“He descended to Earth on a rainbow to marry Laka — the goddess of beauty and the hula. In his honour, war was kapu. Only music, feasting, and the harvest remained.”
HAWAIIAN TRADITION · THE STORY OF LONO
IN THE FIELD · HARVEST SEASON
RESERVE PURPLE · KOOTENAY TERROIR
FULL SPECTRUM · TRICHOME RICH
DAILY INSPECTION · LIVING SOIL
01
THE FARM
Regenerative
Cannabis
Award-winning outdoor cannabis grown in no-till living soil using the closed-loop regenerative methods. DEM Pure certified since 2017. Available across BC, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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02
THE VENUE
Heaven
on Earth
A 5-bedroom farmhouse on Cedar Creek Farm — for intimate weddings, art retreats, wellness weekends and cannabis-friendly gatherings. Exclusively yours.
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03
THE EXPERIENCE
Harvest
Party
Join us at Cedar Creek for the annual harvest — a rare hands-on cannabis farm experience in Canada’s Humboldt, surrounded by plants taller than you.
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THE GROWER
A 30-year devotion
to the plant
Gary Krempl’s journey began at 21 — awakened on multidimensional levels, he devoted himself to cannabis and its healing way. His first crop grew on a rooftop in New York City.
In 1993, he moved to rural Hawaii and immersed himself in cutting-edge organic farming. That journey arrived in the BC Kootenays over twenty years ago — and never left.
Gary holds a BFA in Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and a Business for Horticulture Certificate from the University of Guelph. He has grown for multiple cancer patients, including his wife — and was the first client to work with Nelson Community Futures on micro-cultivation licensing.
2008
LICENSED MEDICAL GROWER
2017
DEM PURE CERTIFIED
30+
YEARS GROWING
3
PROVINCES SERVED
GARY KREMPL · FOUNDER & LICENSED GROWER SINCE 2008
1993 — Hawaii
Organic Farming Roots
Moved to rural Hawaii to learn cutting-edge organic practices from the source — a foundation that shapes every plant grown at Lono’s Paradise today.
2000s — Kootenays
BC’s Mountain Terroir
The Slocan Valley became home — one of Canada’s most celebrated growing regions, nicknamed “the Humboldt of Canada” for its legendary cannabis legacy.
2008 — Licensed
Medical Cultivation
Became a licensed medical grower and began producing the highest-grade cannabis possible for patients — including family members battling cancer.
2020 — Micro Cultivation
First Nelson Futures Client
The first entrepreneur to work with Nelson Community Futures on micro-cultivation licensing — a pioneer in BC’s legal cannabis landscape.
Heaven on Earth
HEAVEN ON EARTH · WINLAW BC
Where do you want
to gather?
A 5-bedroom farmhouse on a certified organic cannabis farm in the heart of the Kootenay Valley. The entire property — exclusively yours — for the most meaningful events of your life.
💍
Intimate Weddings
Say your vows under open Kootenay skies on a living organic farm. Our house accommodates your wedding party; the surrounding land sets a backdrop no venue can manufacture.
UP TO ~30 GUESTS
🎨
Art Retreats
The Slocan Valley has drawn artists for generations. Bring your cohort to a place where inspiration lives in the landscape — rivers, forest, mountain light and organic gardens.
5–15 GUESTS · IMMERSIVE
🌿
Wellness Weekends
Yoga retreats, sound healing circles, plant medicine gatherings, digital detox — in a truly restorative setting that supports deep rest and intentional community.
FLEXIBLE LAYOUT
✦
Private Gatherings
Milestone birthdays, family reunions, creative workshops, personal ceremonies. If it matters deeply to you, this land will hold it beautifully.
YEAR-ROUND
Canada’s only cannabis-friendly event farmhouse
As a licensed organic grower since 2008, Lono’s Paradise is one of the very few venues in Canada where adults can openly enjoy cannabis as part of their retreat or celebration — surrounded by the very plants that grow here.
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2008
LICENSED GROWER
Organic
DEM PURE CERTIFIED
19+
ADULTS ONLY
5 BDR
SLEEPS 8
HARVEST SEASON
Come meet the plants
that made us
Have you ever thought of helping harvest on a cannabis farm? Immerse yourself in the intoxicating terpene experience of being surrounded by 7-foot plants, living soil, and the legendary Kootenay landscape.
The KOOTENAY Region is known as “the Humboldt of Canada” — a legacy reputation for Canada’s finest cannabis grown in conditions you have to experience to believe.
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THC
18 – 22%
Terpenes
2.6 – 2.7%
Terpene Profile
Sweet Blueberry · Exotic Diesel · Chem Dog
Hash Return
4% Fresh Frozen
Live Rosin
3% Wet Weight
Certification
DEM Pure · Organic · Regenerative
Soil Method
No-Till Living Soil
Region
Kootenays · “Canada’s Humboldt”
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Cedar Creek Farm
Winlaw, British Columbia
Deep in the Slocan Valley — where the mountains, the river and the community have nurtured a unique culture of artists, healers and growers for generations.
3
MIN DRIVE
Slocan Valley Rail Trail
~45
MIN DRIVE
Nelson, BC — Arts, dining & culture
~46
MIN DRIVE
Castlegar Airport (YCG)
~50
MIN DRIVE
Baldface Lodge — World-class skiing
Near
BY
Slocan River · Hot Springs · Hiking
Deep
IN THE
Kootenay Mountains — Canada’s Humboldt
THE FARMHOUSE
Heaven on Earth
Cedar Creek Farm
5 bedrooms · Stone fireplace · Wraparound deck · Heritage barn · Apple orchard · Kootenay mountains on the horizon. Yours exclusively for weddings, retreats and cannabis-friendly gatherings.
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Your paradise
is waiting
Whether you’re booking the farmhouse for a wedding, joining the harvest, or finding our products — Lono’s Paradise is here for you.
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Lono’s Garden Paradise
CEDAR CREEK FARM · WINLAW, BC
Award-winning certified organic cannabis and hemp. A cannabis-friendly event venue for weddings, art retreats and wellness events. Licensed since 2008.
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Designed to honour the plant, the land, and the people who gather here.
We gratefully acknowledge we live, work and grow on the unceded
traditional territories of the Sinixt (Lakes) People. They are not extinct.
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