Where is Bradner you ask?

        Bradner is located in the North West corner of
        Abbotsford. Originally, like the other Abbotsford
        communities, Bradner was established based on
        elementary school districts.

        Bradner is bounded to the north by Jubilee, to
        the east by Mt. Lehman, to the south by Ross &
        Aberdeen, and to the south east by Dunach. The
        map to the right shows some interesting twists
        and turns in the boundaries of these various
        communities.

   The town of Bradner, is made up of:

an elementary school

a general store & post office

a community hall

a local police office

a rail crossing

a park with a baseball diamond and tennis courts

and that's about it.

        The community hall is also the host venue for
          the annual Bradner Daffodil Show that has run
        continually since 1928.

        Bradner is best known as the daffodil center of
        the Fraser Valley.

    Some Local History:
        The village of Bradner dates back to about 1910.
        Prior to this there were individual farms and a log
        school house in the area, but no real townsite.  In
        1910 the BC Railway began running through the
        area and it's line divided the property of Thomas
        Bradner on both sides of the track.  The rail line decided to make a stop here and
        named the stop Bradner after Mr. Bradner who had settled here in 1887.

        The village started to grow between 1911 and 1913.   The first general store was built
        in 1911 with a post office.  A mill, and an Anglican Church soon followed, along with
        a real estate office.  In 1913 a new school house was built, replacing the former log
        cabin school house.

        Shortly after arriving in Bradner in 1911, Tom Baker started an apiary (bee keeping)
        business.   He won many medals for the excellent quality of his honey, and sold all
        the honey he could produce to the Spencer Stores in Vancouver and New West.

        In 1914 Mr. & Mrs. Fenwick Fatkin moved to Bradner from Vancouver and started to
        grow daffodils. Mr. Fatkin was attracted to the area because of the rich brown soil, and
        perfect climate conditions for growing bulbs. In 1928 he encouraged other local growers
        to exhibit their daffodils, and that was the start of the Bradner Flower Show. Originally
        only ten varieties were shown, but today there are over 400 varieties of daffodils.
        Hundreds of thousands of bulbs are planted and millions of flowers are sold each year.

        The other notable Bradner event is the annual May Day Celebration. The first known May
        Day celebration was held in Mt. Lehman in 1910.  The event usually included a picnic,
        races and games for all ages, May pole dancing, and the crowning of a May Day Queen.
        With the construction of the Bradner Community Hall in 1924, Bradner became the
        permanent home for this celebration for all the surrounding areas.

        Also in 1924, the Bradner Presbyterian Church had its start when a group of twelve
        families met for worship at the Bradner community hall.  In 1928 they built their
        church adjacent to the hall and school, and the church is still located at its original
        site to this day.

    Other notable Bradner Residents & Pioneers:
        Mr. R. K. Nicholl, the first of the "old timers" to arrive in the area in 1887.
        Mr W. Dingle and brothers, and Mr. Miles in the late 1880's.
        Mr. Thomas Bradner and family in 1887.
        Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Baker, moved to Bradner in 1911, and began beekeeping.
        Mr. & Mrs. Robert Donaldson, moved to Bradner in 1912, and participated in the first and
            subsequent flower shows.

        This is by no means a complete list, but these are some of the early pioneers who settled
        the Bradner area.
 

  (From Ourtown, printed in 1977, the Bradner Flower Show Booklet, and The Place Between, Aldergrove & Communities)