Want to Visit the Orchard?
Everyone is welcome to explore this unique public treasure!
Located just off the Galloping Goose at 1215 Stancil Lane, the orchard is open to the public to explore and easily accessed by bike. There are two bus routes that drop you within walking distance. There is also a small parking lot at the end of Stancil Lane.
Can I Pick the Fruit?
Absolutely! Visitors to the Orchard are welcome to snack on some fruit when they visit. To ensure that there is fruit for everyone to enjoy, please follow our fruit harvesting guidelines.
Think of Your Community
This is a community orchard. Take only what you can eat in the Orchard so that everyone has a chance to enjoy the fruit. Please come to an organized harvest or volunteer day if you’d like to take fruit home.
Think of the Trees
Harvest from the ground. Climbing trees or pulling branches will damage the trees. Their protection is needed for future fruit, this park, and oxygen for us to breathe.
Think of the Fruit
Harvest season is from mid-July to the end of October. To ensure that you get the best-tasting fruit, we use a coloured flagging tape system to let the community know what is ready to harvest. Please look for the colour on our garden shed.
Accessibility Info
Access from the parking area off Stancil Lane is through a latching unlocked gate. There is a gravel/dirt path sloping downward from the gate that leads to a wide flat grassy area with picnic table seating.
If you are coming from the Galloping Goose entrance, which also has a latching unlocked gate, you will find a gravel/dirt path that slopes upward to the wide flat seating area. This section of path has one small area with uneven exposed bedrock. The steepness of the path varies throughout the Orchard and is steepest at the top of the Orchard closer to the Stancil Lane entrance, and at the bottom between the Galloping Goose trail and the Orchard entrance. The pathway from the Galloping Goose to the entrance to the Orchard has several sharp turns.
The Orchard has a single-stall gender-neutral composting toilet facility on site with ramp access transfer bars which is open while orchard staff are on site. The composting toilet is located below the flat area and toward the Galloping Goose entrance. There is a hand-washing station on site (without soap) but the water is not potable. Hand sanitizer is available inside the toilet.
If you require further information regarding site accessibility, please contact the Orchard Coordinator at [email protected]
Orchard Map and Brochure
Check out our new map and information brochure for the Welland Community Orchard.
Book a Private Tour or Workshop
We offer private tours of Welland Community Orchard for school groups, youth camps, workplaces, and other organizations. We can also provide private workshops on a variety of topics. Email us at [email protected]
