Fall Rural Romp

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5811 Sixth Line, Rockwood
T 519.212.1695  |  www.allinalpacas.com

Alpacas are popular for good reason. These social animals are curious and quirky and will eat right out of your hand!  They're also incredibly photogenic and enjoy taking selfies, so don't forget your camera when you visit All In Alpacas. Personality and looks aside, they're raised for their luxurious fiber that is custom milled in Canada. Make sure you check out the farm store for a selection of premium alpaca products, including socks, scarves, hats, shawls and more!

Unique Item: Bird nesters

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9319 Erin-East Garafraxa Townline, Orton
T 519.820.1337  |  www.calehillfarms.ca

Welcome to Calehill Farms! Learn about how meat chickens, laying hens and beef calves are raised. Stop into the farm store to browse freezers full of farm-fresh chicken and beef (don’t forget your cooler bag!). You are invited to bring your questions and curiosity when you visit.

Must Have Item: Gluten free chicken burgers or sausages

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7687 Wellington Road 22, Guelph
T 519.767.3253  |  www.coxcreekcellars.com

Visit Cox Creek Cellars for a delightful day of family-friendly fun and flavours! Sip a variety of wines and ciders, as well as non-alcoholic options while enjoying charcuterie and cheese boards or chocolate pairings. Stroll through the scenic trails and enjoy yard games amidst the vibrant autumn landscape. Families are welcome, and the property is pet-friendly.

Must Taste Item: McQuade's Hard Cider / McQuade's Black Currant Infused Hard Cider

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355 Elmira Road North - Unit 106, Guelph
T 519.362.3358  |  www.dixonsdistilledspirits.com

Dixon's Distilled Spirits is an award-winning craft distillery located in Guelph, Ontario. Inspired by the rich heritage of Ontario's agricultural heartland, they use the finest locally-grown ingredients to produce our premium lineup of wicked smooth, small-batch spirits. Enjoy samples, cocktails, and a first-hand look at the distilling process. Plus, talk to the distillers on how it's made!

*Please note: they are open from 11:30 am - 6:00 pm

Must Taste Item: Hand-crafted WICKED Spirits

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127 East Mill Street, Elora (Bissell Park)
T 226.821.5536  |  www.elorafarmersmarket.ca

Join Elora Farmers' Market for fun, fabulous, farm-fresh local food in beautiful Bissell Park, located on the banks of the Grand River. You can indulge in great breakfast fare while experiencing live music, food demos, delicious tastings, horse and buggy rides through old Elora, and kids' games. Come and meet Esmeralda the cow–she loves posing for photos! The market is open from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm.

Must Taste Items: Breakfast Sandwiches, and Sheep Milk Gelato

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5837 Third Line, Hillsburgh
T 519.806.7273  |  erinhillacres.farm

Fast becoming one of the province’s favourite farm experiences, Erin Hill Acres is a 90-acre lavender and agri-tourism family farm. Walk picturesque trails, visit the furry highland cows and other fun farm animals, grab a pumpkin, go on a wagon ride, and explore the many photo set-ups. Shop the renovated 1800’s barn retail space for a curated mix of products including farm fresh honey, lavender products, décor and gifts. The barn kitchen dishes out delicious baked goods, sandwiches, fresh lemonade and more! Enjoy wood-fired pizzas straight from the oven, and lavender lemonade during Romp day. Listen to live music from 1:00 - 3:00 pm. Come discover all that Erin Hill Acres has to offer!

Must Taste Items: Spicy salami, arugula and farm fresh honey wood fired Pizza, paired with Lavender Lemonade

*Please note: the farm is open 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. Admission fee for harvest fun activities; pre-booking available online.

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0069 Sideroad 18, Fergus
T 519.787.7643  |  www.facebook.com/eversmilesgardens

Explore this two-acre urban farm! Visit rabbits, laying hens, and a bee yard; roast marshmallows over a campfire, and enjoy a cup of refreshing herbal infused water made with herbs grown organically on the farm. Sample farm-fresh raw honey and buy a jar to take home. Wander the many gardens and greenhouses, and see what is grown! Be sure to stop by the potting shed pop-up store for handcrafted cold process soap, bath bombs, soy candles, bath soaks, lip balms and more.

Must Taste Item: Raw Honey

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5812 Sixth Line, Erin
T 519.855.4859  |  www.everdale.org/

Know your food, know your farmer. Visit Everdale to see, taste and harvest their famous carrots (a Wellington County designated ‘Must Taste’). When you visit on Romp day you can join the farm team to help with their annual carrot harvest for local food banks – 5 carrots or 50 carrots - all ages, amounts and abilities welcome! If you’re shy to harvest, come explore the trails, see the production fields and the bounty of what the farm has to offer.

Everdale’s a registered charity that uses food as a platform to build healthy local communities, growing approximately 30,000lbs of food annually for food banks.

Everdale is also a Water Cycles partner location and route starting point!

Must Taste Item: Carrots

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7450 Middlebrook Road, Elora
T 416.892.6775  |  www.thefieldstonebarn.com

Fall is a wonderful time to visit this historic stone barn and flower farm! The Fieldstone Barn is known for the many varieties of sunflowers grown in season, as well as overnight glamping stays. Enjoy tasting freshly bottled sunflower honey–it is a must-try!  The farm store will be open, and pumpkins may be ready for harvesting–over ten varieties were planted! While visiting, challenge yourself in the corn mazes and say hello to three resident alpacas.

Must Taste Item: Sunflower Honey

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6714 Wellington Road 34, Puslinch
T 519.400.3040  |  www.greenlegacy.ca

Visit the County of Wellington Green Legacy tree nursery and pick up a free tree! Stop by for refreshments, explore the nursery, tour the greenhouses, go on a nature hike and try your hand at transplanting a tree. Learn how we work with students and volunteers to help increase forest cover locally. Green Legacy nurseries provide 170,000 trees annually to residents and landowners in Wellington County.

Must Taste Item: Tea made from local native trees

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2 Gordon Street, Guelph
E market@10carden.ca  |  www.guelphfarmersmarket.ca

Discover the rich bounty of the harvest at one of Guelph's oldest and most well-loved community spaces featuring a wide range of vendors, including local farmers and prepared food vendors who use fresh, local ingredients. The market is open from 8:00 am - 1:00 pm.

Must Taste Item: Nelson & Sons Deli Sausage Rolls

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6185 6th Line, Belwood
T 519.827.0939  |  www.harmonymeadowsalpaca.ca

Here's your opportunity to visit with the alpacas and free-range chickens at Harmony Meadows. Learn all about alpacas and their amazing warm fibre. Be sure to check out the farm store full of warm and cozy alpaca socks, clothing, duvets, and cute toys too!

Must Do: Feed the alpacas

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5438 2nd Line, Acton
T 226.979.7860 |  www.heartwoodfarm.ca

Visit this diverse 42-acre ecosystem of mixed pasture, fruit and nut orchards, and woods and wetlands, to reconnect to the simple wonders. Taste some ciders on a woodland patio, meet livestock in the pasture, and learn how their farming practices help to regenerate the landscape creating a vibrant ecosystem. Watch a cider press in action turning apples into juice, and take-home products from the farm store.

Must Taste Item: Non-alcoholic, farm-crafted cider

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6866 Wellington Road 16, Belwood
T 416.562.4170 | www.joeshomefarm.com

Don’t miss this family farm just north of Belwood Lake. See how a small-scale, all-natural farm operates. Shop the farm store for pasture-raised chicken, produce, gifts, and more! Explore the kids play zone, animals, picturesque scenery, an apple orchard, friendly service, and real, local, natural food. Stock up on fall produce and decorations. Dogs and cats on premises. Turkeys available for order.

Must Have Item: Farm fresh chicken, GMO free grain fed, hormone and antibiotic free

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6003 First Line, Orton
T 519.994.0853  |  www.majesticfarm.ca/

Yep, this farm raises water buffalo! These unique animals originally from Asia will be pleased to greet you. Visit to learn about these animals raised around the world for milk, meat and draft power. Bring your cooler to shop at the Farm Store. Also onsite will be neighbouring farms, collaborating as ForkStead, an online order and delivery initiative for small farms in the hamlet of Mimosa. Be sure to visit for something a little out of the ordinary!

Must Taste Items: Water Buffalo Meat, Cheese and Milk

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6079 First Line, Orton
T 519.830.5530 |  newhopeapiary.square.site

Come by to meet the beekeeper, sample honey, and learn all about honeybees and pollinators. Enjoy music, crafts, and face painting, and take part in decorating part of a hive (empty honey super)! Be sure to pack a bag and stock up on locally harvested honey, candles, and an assortment of other cute gift items!

Must Have Items: Honey and beeswax products

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5835 Wellington Road 26, Erin
T 905.327.7019  |  www.redrabbitgardens.com/

Come check out a little bit of everything at this small, diversified farm! Create a beautiful arrangement from your stroll in the vibrant, cut-your-own dahlia patch (fee). Then, enjoy the cattle grazing, chickens scratching, and veggies in the gardens while sampling some of what is grown right on the farm. Be sure to shop the farm stand for seasonal produce and meat and enter their draw to win a Farm Stay at the bunkie!

Must Have Item: U-Cut Flowers

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6838 Wellington Road 124, Guelph
T 519.824.4998  |  www.royalcitynursery.com

Discover the joy of local gardening at Royal City Nursery with fall bulbs, tropical plants and fall decor. Attract pollinators with trees, shrubs and perennials, and ask expert growers how to create your own food garden with exclusive Grow-Your-Own seed kits. During the Romp, savour the sensory delights of Hereward Farms' local lavender-made products, and enjoy hyper-local Guelph honey and creamed infused honeys from Tri-City Bee Rescue, as well as a kids' colouring station and scavenger hunt. Embrace a season of growth, creativity, and inspiration at Royal City Nursery. Open until 5:00 pm

Must Taste Items: Locally created Lavender Chocolate, Hyper local / cream infused honey
Must Have Item: Grow Your Own Garden Kits

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5089 Wellington Road 32, Guelph
T 519.822.1070  |  www.strom.ca

Get ready for fall as you wander through 6,000+ pumpkins. Hungry? Step inside the market and bakery for Strom's famous butter tarts made without corn syrup, pumpkin pie and seasonal goodies. Looking for more adventure? Experience the Harvest Fun Area (admission fee) with a six acre McMaster Children’s Hospital themed corn maze, tile, rope, cedar and straw mazes, wagon rides, pedal carts, puppet shows, sand pile, pumpkin chuckin', human foosball, and fire pits! Harvest Fun Starts Here!

*Please note: the farm is open 9:30 am - 6:00 pm

Must Taste Item: Haskap Butter Tart

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950 Woodlawn Road W, Guelph
T 519.837.2337  |  www.wellingtonbrewery.ca

Wellington Brewery is one of Canada's original craft breweries known for producing award-winning beers with a focus on quality, sustainability, and creativity. Founded in 1985 in Guelph, they are creatively transforming Ontario's brewing culture to stand for people and planet. Pop by the Wellington Taproom and enjoy some award-winning craft beer and tasty snacks. Enjoy a brewery tour every Saturday at 3:00 pm ($10.00 per person, or $16.00 with a 20oz pint). Cheers!

Must Taste Item: Award-winning Special Pale Ale (SPA)

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8755 Wellington Road 18, Belwood
T 226.820.1413  |  www.wickedwelly.ca

Small but mighty! Wicked Welly Farm and Apiary is a family-run farm in Belwood. This 25-acre farm raises a variety of livestock on a small scale, has a six-hive honey bee apiary and does homemade preserves, maple syrup and freeze-dried products. Come visit their on-farm store and join them for a tour of the property!

Must Taste Item: Lemon Meringue Creamed Honey

• Visit a Fall Rural Romp location on Saturday, September 28
• Find our Taste Real sign and QR code to find the trivia question (you may need to explore in order to answer correctly!)
• Use your phone's camera to hover over the QR code, or fill out a ballot provided to submit your answer to the trivia question
• Repeat! Every location has a different question, so each location is another chance to win one of three $100.00 gift certificates to a Taste Real partner business.
• Agree to the Contest Terms and Conditions (found below)

This Fall Rural Romp Treasure Hunt Contest (“the Contest”) is administered by The Corporation of the County of Wellington (the “Sponsor” or “the County”). Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Contest should be directed to the Sponsor at our email. By participating in this Contest, each contestant agrees to be legally bound by these Official Rules and Regulations (the “Rules”).

The contest will begin Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 12:00am until Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 11:59pm. The winners will be notified by October 25, 2024.

ELIGIBILITY

The Contest is open to all legal residents of Canada who:

(i) are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of entering the Contest;

(ii) are not employees, representatives and agents of the County of Wellington. Members of the immediate family, representatives and agents (parents, children, siblings and spouse, regardless of where they live in Canada) and household of such employees may participate but are not eligible to win.

(iii) have agreed to comply with applicable federal, provincial, municipal and local laws (including, but not limited to, laws relating to libel and obscenity), assume responsibility for their activities, and not to harass, disrupt, abuse, or invade the privacy rights of others; and

(iv) have read and accepted and agreed to comply with these Rules.

1. There is no limit of entries per person allowed for the contest.
2. No purchase is necessary to enter the contest or win.

PRIZE

One of three $100.00 gift certificates to Taste Real partner businesses.

On or about October 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm ET, in the County of Wellington, in the Province of Ontario, the three winning entries will be selected from all entries received. The contestants who owns the selected entries, and who are otherwise eligible to win, will be the selected contestants who is eligible to win the prizes subject to compliance with these Rules.

In order to be declared a winner and be able to claim a prize, each person who is selected as a winner will have to:

a. Be reached by the email and/or phone number by the contest sponsors within ten (10) days following the selection of winners on October 25, 2024.

b. Meet all Contest eligibility criteria and otherwise complying with these Rules.

c. Correctly answer, without assistance of any kind, whether mechanical or otherwise, a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by the County of Wellington.

d. Complete a Contest Declaration and Release Form and return it to the County of Wellington, to the specified address, within ten (10) days of being contacted as a winner on October 25, 2024.

e. Upon receipt of the Contest Declaration and Release Form duly filled and signed by the winner, the County of Wellington will contact the winner with instructions on how to claim the prize.

f. In the event that any one of the conditions mentioned herein is not respected, the winner’s entry will be voided and a new selection will be made following the official contest rules until a new winner is selected.

GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS 

1. The odds of winning the Prize is dependent on the number of eligible entries received by the Sponsor during the Contest Period in accordance with these Rules.
2. The County of Wellington, and its members, trustees, agents, officers, contractors, volunteers, and employees will not be held responsible for any claims, demands, actions, complaints, suits, or other forms of liability that shall arise out of, by reason of, or be caused by the submission of a contest entry.
3. The County of Wellington reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify any individual from the Contest and to ban the individual from any future County of Wellington contest if it believes the participant is in violation of the official rules, acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person.
4. The prize must be accepted as awarded. No substitution of the prize is permitted except by the County of Wellington in its sole discretion. The County of Wellington reserves the right to substitute any prize with another prize of equal or greater value, if a prize cannot be awarded as described for any reason.
5. The prize is transferable; however, it is not redeemable for cash or credit, in whole or in part.  The prize cannot be combined with any other offer.
6. Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and by all decisions of the County of Wellington, which are final in all matters pertaining to the Contest. By entering, participants release and hold harmless the County of Wellington, its members, trustees, agents, officers, contractors, volunteers, and employees from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the Contest or any prize won.
7. By entering, you consent to the County of Wellington’s use, should you become a winner, of your name, place of residence, and your testimony without further compensation or notice, for publicity, advertising, or informational purposes in any media or format (including the Internet) in connection with this Contest, the County of Wellington, or future similar contests. By entering, you declare that you have complied with the Contest Rules.
8. A selected entrant may be required to provide the County of Wellington with proof that the selected entrant is the authorized account holder of the email address associated with the selected entry. In the event of a dispute regarding who submitted an entry, it will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the email address submitted at the time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is defined as the person who is assigned an email address by an internet provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g. business, educational institute, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.
9. The Sponsor reserves the right to void any entry and/or withdraw, suspend, amend or terminate this Contest in whole or in part (or to amend these Rules) in any way at any time without prior notice (but subject to applicable law), in the event of an error, technical problem, computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failure or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Sponsor that, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion determines, interferes with the proper conduct of this Contest as contemplated by these Rules, or in the event of any accident, printing, administrative, or other error or any kind, or for any other reason.
10. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, and without prior notice, to adjust any of the dates and/or time frames stipulated in these Rules, to the extent necessary, for purposes of verifying compliance by any contestant or entry, with these Rules, or as a result of technical problems, or in light of any other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Sponsor, in its sole and absolute discretion, affect the proper administration of the Contest as contemplated in these Rules.
11. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of these Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Contest-related materials, these Rules shall prevail, govern and control.
12. This Contest is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, municipal and local laws and regulations. The decisions of the Sponsor with respect to all aspects of this Contest are final and binding on all contestants without right of appeal, including, without limitation, any decisions regarding the eligibility/disqualification of contestants, entries, and votes.

PRIVACY

By entering the Contest, each contestant expressly consents to the Sponsor, its agents and/or representatives, storing, sharing and using the personal information submitted with his/her entry only for the purpose of administering the Contest and in accordance with Sponsor’s privacy policy, unless the contestant otherwise specifies by giving Sponsor notice in writing.

No further informational or marketing communications will be received by the entrant unless the entrant provides the County of Wellington with explicit permission to do so. Please see the County of Wellington's Privacy Policy for additional details.