Welland Rose Festival
30A East Main St L3B 3W3 Welland, ON, Canada

The Welland Rose Festival hopes all of those celebrating Mother’s Day yesterday had a wonderful day Once again The CIty of Welland Rose Bushes are for sale 25$ per bush Max 2 per person ... Visit www.wellandrosefestival.com to fill out the application When the bushes come in we’ll contact you and arrange for social distancing pick ups Limit of 40 bushes available for sale

Welland Rose Festival, Country 89.1 and Giant FM honour the front line workers during Covid 19 NHS And Long Term Care Facilities

The Welland Rose Festival was spreading a little Rosebud love with some help from our friends at The Mill Greenhouses and Garden Centre and 91.7 Giant FM to local frontline workers at NHS sites, Welland General Hospital , St. Catharines General Hospital ~Walker Family Cancer Centre and The Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre. Thank you for all you do as frontline staff, We appreciate you

Regretfully, we are cancelling the Purse Bingo Event in order to keep everyone’s safety in mind during the extension of the Covid-19 quarantine. We are looking forward to next year in which we will be celebrating Welland’s 60th Anniversary lets make it BIGGER and BETTER!!! Renee has refunded 80% of the seating purchased, if you have yet to hear from her or receive yours please reach out to her. Please contact Renee Plentai at +1 (905) 323-5820 if you have any further questions. Thank you all so much for your interest and sharing our excitement for this Annual event!

As per Jeff Ward Welland Rose Festival cancelled The 59th annual Rose Festival has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic say organizers. ... Welland's signature event that drew thousands of people to the Rose City from across Niagara and beyond for the past 58 years has been cancelled. "The decision was made by conference call to board members two days ago," said Rose Festival board president Jeff Ward late Friday. This year's festival was to run June 4 to June 21, mainly downtown. "I am sure a lot of residents enjoy the festival as a signature event for all ages to attend in June, and it will surely be missed," he said, adding the city had been notified of the decision. With large crowds and participants from across Ontario, Ward said the board felt it was too risky to hold the event during the global COVID-19 pandemic. "If we were to hold it later, it would conflict with other festivals," said Ward, who has been president eight times and parade chair seven times. Ward 5 Coun. Claudette Richard, the city's council representative on the board, said it's disappointing the festival had to be cancelled but it was understandable. "It was not an easy decision to make very heartbreaking for the whole committee and volunteers," said Richard. She said the event had a substantial economic impact on the city that will be missed this year. Ward and Richard's mother, Yvette Ward, played a key role in establishing the event. Ward said almost all the events were booked, including the coronation ball, with 10 applicants, a fireworks show and Days in the Park at Merritt Park. Planning for the parade, a festival favourite of Richard, was well underway, too. "Last year, when it started off with the enormous bagpipe bands all grouped at the start of the parade it was phenomenal," she said. Ward said the board is already planning next year's festival. He said if things change before June 4, the board may try to complete some of the planned events.