Celebrate the glory of springtime in Rideau Lakes, a perfect time to witness emerging blooms, bouncing baby animals, explore spring markets and find inspiration in this season of renewal and creativity.
Spring into Rideau Spring Market
Daffodil Days at Stone Manor Studios
Inspiration can be found among the blooms at Stone Manor Studios in Newboro. Daffodil Days at Stone Manor Studios offers a setting for exploring passions and discovery with new workshops, exhibitions and creative gatherings. Spring holds creativity and new artistic beginnings during Daffodil Days at Stone Manor Studios. The studio is located in a renovated carriage house which has been repurposed as an exclusive art space – all on the grounds of an 1860s stone manor house in the picturesque village of Newboro. Look here for a daffodil-themed workshops in early spring!
Daffodil Days Celebration Bloom '26 Classes
▪ April 11-12: Spring Fluid Acrylics with Linda Banfalvi
▪ April 18: Watercolour Daisies with Alice Melo
▪ April 19: Private: Daffodil Scavenger Hunt
▪ April 23: Felted Poppy Painting with Catherine Johnson
▪ April 25: Watercolour Poppies with Alice Melo
▪ April 26: Flowers in a Vase Acrylic Paint Day with Caitlin Doyle
▪ May 17 am: Jewelry Making: A Felted Brooch with Catherine Johnson
▪ May 17 pm: Felted Sheep Painting with Catherine Johnson
▪ May 19: Zentangle basics (to be added to the website a bit later)
▪ May 23: Pen and Ink Drawing Basics with Nancy Barnard
▪ May 24: Spring Landscape Woven Art with Tara Morris
▪ May 29-31: Rug Hooking Retreat (one spot left)
Special Wellness Experience: March 21: Equinox adjacent Meditation and Clay with Joanne Bulsara of Raven's Eye Studio
Delta Maple Syrup Festival
Get ready to celebrate the sweetness of spring! The Delta Maple Syrup Festival is set for April 19 and 20, 2025 in the village of Delta. This family-friendly festival has been bringing together maple lovers of all ages for 58 years to enjoy pancake breakfasts, fun competitions, children’s activities, a giant book sale, milling and blacksmith demonstrations, vendors selling all things maple and much more!
Delta Maple Syrup Festival Photo: Delta Agricultural Society
Daffodil Days: View over 40,000 Blooms
Blooming Season from mid-April to mid-may
Spring means yellow flowers bursting forth in Rideau Lakes: a beacon of winter’s end and a promise of brighter days ahead.
Daffodil Days in the township runs from mid April to mid May, 2025 – an idea that has blossomed into something people look forward to each spring. Every fall for the last two decades, residents of Rideau Lakes plant daffodil bulbs and come spring, tens of thousands of bright, yellow flowers adorn local roadsides, fences, public spaces, and private gardens. Learn more by downloading the Daffodil Days Brochure.
The roots of this springtime feast for the eyes go back to 1999 when a Portland family planted daffodils to celebrate the new millennium. Each year, they continued to plant different varieties and locals latched onto the idea. So many people followed their example that in 2010 Rideau Lakes launched the Daffodil Project with the ultimate goal of being the must-see location for daffodils in Ontario.
By 2015, Rideau Lakes was proclaimed the Daffodil Capital of Ontario! Rumour has it that more than 40,000 daffodils have now been planted within the township. Once planted, daffodils multiply and bloom annually making for some lovely viewing opportunities every spring.
There are some prime daffodil spots throughout the Township of Rideau Lakes. See the gorgeous spring florals adorning communities at:
- California: 421 Jones Falls Road
- Chaffeys Lock: 1648 Chaffeys Lock Road
- Chantry: 1439 County Road 8
- Delta: 77 King (St. Paul’s Community Centre)
- Jones Falls: 718 Jones Falls Road
- Newboro: 11 New Street
- Portland: 3909 Freeland Road
