鈥淭here are no peaches in a town called Peachland.鈥�

That鈥檚 what Kelowna resident Connor Smith said, so he launched a petition asking people to support the planting of a few peach saplings in the area.

Smith, who often goes to or passes by Peachland when he travels around the Okanagan, said it鈥檚 about time the fruit came back to the town.

鈥淭he aim is to have five to seven saplings planted. It wouldn鈥檛 be too much, it would be pretty minimal upkeep,鈥� Smith said.

He added planting peaches in the area will help with the town鈥檚 tourism.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 one of their main sources of income. Along with that, we were also hoping to get a small plaque that tells the town鈥檚 history from 1909 to the present.鈥�

Smith said there was also a lot of positive feedback when he first put out the petition.

鈥淧eople from Peachland and the Okanagan called the idea brilliant or just 鈥榩eachy,鈥欌�� he said.

Smith said he鈥檚 still waiting for more signatures on the petition before he takes it to the town鈥檚 council.

鈥淲e鈥檝e actually achieved our goal of 100 signatures and completely bypassed it. We鈥檙e sitting at 165 now.

鈥淲e can send it off right now as it is because this is already an overwhelming amount of support towards the idea, but we鈥檙e hoping to get as many signatures as we can and once we get there.

鈥淲e鈥檒l get it to the council and see where it goes from there.鈥�

He added he鈥檚 extremely confident peaches will come back to Peachland.

鈥淚 think the town will recognize that a lot of people would love to see the attributes to their namesake.鈥�

鈥淥riginally, there were a bunch of peach orchards over there that were mowed down in the 鈥�60s to make way for the housing projects that came in.

鈥淲e鈥檙e also hoping some of the local greeneries will take interest and donate a sapling.鈥�

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