Taste Real's Spring Rural Romp
Saturday, May 30, 2026 · 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Northern Wellington County
Thank you to all who joined us for the 2025 Spring #RuralRomp in Mapleton, Minto and Wellington North. Be sure to mark your calendar for next year, and for the Fall Rural Romp scheduled for September 27, 2025 in southern Wellington County.
Plants and Seedlings · Farm Fresh Foods · Tours · Kids Activities · Farm Animals · Sips and Spirits · Prizes · and more!
The Spring Rural Romp is a self-guided tour to farms, nurseries, and local food and beverage businesses in Mapleton, Minto, and Wellington North.
Be sure to participate in the Treasure Hunt Contest along the way. The more locations you visit, the more chances you have to WIN!
Tips to get the most out of your #RuralRomp
2025 Spring Rural Romp Destinations and Map
Printed maps are available for pick up at each participating location two weeks prior to the event.
12 Wellington Street N., Drayton
GPS 43.755311, -80.671289
T 226.818.3233 | www.alamodecafe.ca
Visit Drayton’s premier café and ice cream shop offering great coffee, made-from-scratch cooking and everything local. Come try our homemade watermelon lemonade, made with real watermelon puree on Romp day! We'll be featuring our mustard chicken wrap with locally made maple mustard from Kellsons. See for yourself our cozy vibes and quality service. The café is open 7:00 am – 9:00 pm.
Must Taste: Homemade Waffle Cones
5509 Highway 9, RR4, Harriston
GPS 43.950937, -80.945016
T 519.327.4566 | www.alpacatime.ca
Visit our unique fibre mill where we provide premium, locally crafted alpaca products. Browse the store for socks, insoles, mitts, headbands, felted products and yarn, as well as high-end imported alpaca items, and a selection of local foods. Stop by to view the alpacas in our yard, and feel the luxury, warmth, and softness of alpaca.
Unique Item: Locally Made Alpaca Socks
6275 Highway 89, Clifford
GPS 43.9634625, -80.8639877
T 613.243.3761 | The Barrel House Facebook
Come see what's new at our barrel-themed destination and learn about barrels–inside and outside. A new kitchen, reception, and studio space are available to visit. Try our mouth-watering baked goods such as butter tarts and cinnamon buns, made with barrel aged ingredients. Pete’s Pickles are sure to tickle your pallet - all are local favourites! Follow the barrel house on Facebook to stay updated.
Must Taste: Infamous Butter Tarts
8554 Line 6, Kenilworth (Damascus)
GPS 43.920893, -80.454748
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 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.
Unique Item: Tree Seedlings
7352 16 Line, Arthur
GPS 43.77439, -80.51255
T 226.220.0838 | www.mapletonacres.com
Come explore our farm and learn how we plant our two-acre flower field. Browse our farm-grown flower bouquets and ready-to-plant seedlings from our farm shop while you take in the view of our beautiful pond. Discover the beauty of fresh local flowers and learn how you can grow your own flowers, too!
Unique Item: Farm Grown Tulip Bouquets
8548 Wellington Road 7, Moorefield
GPS 43.824402, -80.737839
T 519.638.1115 | www.mapletonsorganic.ca
Meet the animals in our pet barn, see how our cows milk themselves with our voluntary milking system, or find your way through our cedar maze. Stop by our café for a light lunch and to try our "legendairy" ice cream, produced right on the farm. Mapleton's now has MILK ON TAP! Bring your own jug or purchase a jug at Mapleton's and fill up with our fresh, organic milk. It's not often you can say that you've pet the very cows that made your milk and ice cream!
Must Taste: Cappuccino Ice Cream in a Waffle Cone
39 Elora Street South, Unit 3 Harriston
GPS 43.91259, -80.86992
T 519.510.2475 | www.theoldpost.ca/cafe
Located in a historic post office, our café offers a vibrant culinary experience by infusing African cuisine with local ingredients. Stop in for breakfast or lunch and grab a seat on our charming outdoor patio or take something to go! Offering gluten free, plant-based, and meat free options. On Romp day enjoy fresh cold-pressed juice samples, made in house. The café is open 8:00 am – 5:00 pm.
Must Taste: Jerk Chicken Wrap
8591 Concession 8, Moorefield
GPS 43.7750127, -80.785318
T 519.496.1619 | www.northwindbison.com
Welcome to Northwind Bison, Mapleton's original bison farm! We invite you to come see what raising bison is all about. Our farm store will be stocked with a variety of frozen bison meat cuts, dry meat goods, and ready-to-reheat bison. Stop in for samples and refreshments, take a walk down our fence line path for viewing of the animals, and if we are lucky there may be some bison calves born in time for your visit!
Must Taste: Frozen Prepared Bison Meals
5642 11th Line, Harriston
GPS 43.919972, -80.9170419
email | www.theowlsnestschool.com
Come see a real on-farm and forest school. Visit our Kids' Market, where young entrepreneurs are showcasing and selling handmade crafts, homegrown produce and seedlings. Let your little farmer dig into some fun and educational activities including interactive workshops, games, and artistic endeavours. Don’t forget to stay for a BBQ lunch featuring local products!
Must Taste: BBQ Lunch
9455 Road 146, Palmerston
GPS 43.802661, -80.817539
T 519.343.3745 | www.pootcorners.com
Pootcorners will be humming along with the completion of the shearing season during your visit to our farm. Watch the fibre fly as our annual harvest is collected and begins its journey to the fine products available in our farm store. Stick around for hourly shearing demonstrations, relax at the picnic tables and view our new crias (baby alpacas)!
Must Taste: Alpaca Pepperettes
7999 Wellington Road 109, Arthur
GPS 43.82688, -80.5342542
T 519.848.3235 | www.silverfoxdistillery.ca
Our distillery, winner of the 2022 and 2023 US Open Spirits’ Grand National Champion, is a must-visit destination in Wellington County. Tour the distillery, sample our selection of spirits, or cool down with a non-alcoholic slushie. Explore our ‘Geek Museum’ and take pictures with different Dr. Who and Sci-Fi props. Visit and see why our distillery has won over 30 awards since we opened five years ago. The distillery is open from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Must Taste: Spirited Butter Beer
7595 Wellington Road 109, Arthur
GPS 43.83326, -80.60187
T 519.803.3793 | www.tullamorelavender.ca
Get a sneak peek of this picturesque farm before lavender bloom season in June! Our farm shop and lavender concession/snack stand will be open. High quality lavender plants will be available, plus lavender farmers, Stephanie and Steve, will be happy to answer your lavender growing questions.
Must Taste: Lavender Coffee
Treasure Hunt Contest
Dig deeper into local food!
Find our sign and QR code at each participating rural romp destination to answer a trivia question and you could win a Local Food Treasure! There's a different question at every location, so the more Rural Romp destinations you visit, the more chances you have to win! Learn more below.
- Visit a Spring Rural Romp location on Saturday, May 31
- Search for 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 to submit your answer to the trivia question online, or fill out a paper ballot supplied.
- 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.
This Spring 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 by 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, May 31, 2025 at 10:00 a.m ET until Saturday, May 25, 2025 at 4:00 p.m ET. The winners will be notified by Friday, June 27, 2025.
Eligibility
- reside in the province of Ontario;
- are eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of entering the Contest;
- are not employees, representatives or 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 County employees may participate but are not eligible to win.
- 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
- have read and accepted and agreed to comply with these Rules.
- have completed the County of Wellington’s Contest Declaration form.
- have read, accepted, and agreed to comply with these Rules:
- There is a limit of one entry per person per location allowed for the contest.
- No purchase is necessary to enter the contest or win.
Prize
Each winner will receive a $100.00 gift certificate to a Taste Real partner business. A total of three prizes ($100.00 gift certificate) will be awarded.
On or about Friday, June 27, 2025 at 12:00 p.m ET, in the County of Wellington, in the Province of Ontario, the winners will be selected from all entries received. The contestants who own the selected entry, and who are otherwise eligible to win, will be the selected contestants who are 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 email and/or phone number by the contest sponsors within ten (10) days following the selection of winners on Friday, June 27, 2025.
b. Meet all Contest eligibility criteria and otherwise comply 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 Friday, June 27, 2025.
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
The odds of winning the Prize are dependent on the number of eligible entries received by the Sponsor during the Contest Period in accordance with these Rules.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A selected entrant may be required to provide the County of Wellington with proof that they are the Authorized Account Holder of the winning 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.
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.
The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, and without prior notice, to adjust any of the dates and/or timeframes 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.
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.
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
Personal information (PI) is collected in this Contest under the authority of the Municipal Act, s.11. The purpose of this collection is to encourage interaction with the County of Wellington’s Spring Rural Romp webpage. The PI provided in this contest entry is protected in accordance with Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the collection of personal information (PI), please contact the Manager of Privacy and Information, County of Wellington, Office of the CAO, T 519.837.2600 x2528.
By entering the Contest associated with this campaign, 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.
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