City of West Kelowna pauses tree delivery until further notice for the Urban Re-Leaf Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 31, 2020

Interior Health has advised Mayor Gord Milsom that a group of foreign workers at Bylands Nurseries Ltd. are quarantined and under investigation for COVID-19. Bylands is currently closed to customers and Interior Health is confident that the risk of exposure to the general public is low.

However, the City is taking all precautionary measures and is pausing the tree delivery for those who purchased trees as part of the Urban Re-Leaf Program.

If you purchased a tree, the City asks that you contact us for further information. Tree delivery and pick-up is paused until further notice.

Those who purchased trees should contact the City using the information below to provide their proof of purchase, name, address and species details. Email or call:

• operations@westkelownacity.ca or info@westkelownacity.ca
• 778-797-8849 or 778-797-1000

Staff will follow up directly with residents in the coming weeks about the tree program.

The City was excited to see so many residents interested in the program, and we thank the community for their support of the inaugural event.

For more information on the program, please visit www.westkelownacity.ca/plantatree.  

To review the news release issued from Interior Health, please visit: https://www.interiorhealth.ca/AboutUs/MediaCentre/NewsReleases/Documents/Information%20Bulletin_Bylands%20_%2031Mar2020.pdf.