Business Harvest Display Contest

Calling All Petawawa Businesses!
Get Involved in the 2025 Ramble! 

There are so many exciting ways for your business to be part of the Petawawa Ramble festivities this fall!

• Participate in the Ramble:
  • Register to take part in various elements of the Ramble—from hosting workshops or tastings to setting up displays or joining in the fun with your very own Pumpkin Folk.
• Earn Bragging Rights (and Prizes!):
  • Show off your creativity and community spirit! Businesses will be entered into friendly competitions with peer and public voting for categories like Best Display, Most Creative Experience, and more.
• Why Join?
  • Boost your business visibility
  • Connect with the community
  • Celebrate local pride
  • Be part of a dynamic and growing fall tradition
  • Business event created by businesses to support businesses and local shopping in Petawawa

Let’s show everyone what makes Petawawa businesses so vibrant, creative, and community-minded.

Registration

Click here to register to participate in the 2025 Petawawa Ramble. Deadline to apply is August 1st.

Options for business or community group participation

Build a Harvest Display featuring Pumpkin Folks at your business 

• This will get your business on the print and online map and enter into the public contest to select the best displays in a variety of categories.
• Cost for businesses: FREE

Purchase a Display Ad  (limited quantities)

• Ads, which we will create, will be on the NEW FALL for Petawawa Shopping Guide.  
• Cost for business: limited ad spaces in various price points. 
• Book your Ad in our Fall for Petawawa Shopping Guide

Sponsor a Business Award!  (NEW FOR 2025 - only 10 available)

• Businesses can choose to sponsor an award in one of the following categories:
  • Overall Best Harvest Display 
  • Great Canadian
  • New Participant Award 
  • Community Display Award
  • Trail Champion Award 
  • School Spirit Award 
  • Public Choice 
  • Judges Choice
  • Most Interactive Harvest Display 
  • Most Creative Harvest Display
• Cost for business: $250 Sponsorship 

Create a Community Display

• This is the perfect option for community groups, not-for-profit organizations, and industry partners.  We have some spaces selected, but share with us your thoughts, and we will see how we can work together!
• Cost for businesses or groups with commercial locations not in Petawawa: $250 + HST (In kind will be accepted
• Cost for community organizations and not-for-profit groups: FREE

Host a workshop, testing, sampling, giveaway contest, or another such event at your business  

• Tell us about what you would like to do and we help promote it.

Participate in another way 

• We are open to suggestions and happy to collaborate.