Food Forests
The City installed two food forest demonstration sites in 2025 to provide publicly accessible, edible landscapes in Saskatoon. Leif Erickson Park and Boughton Park were selected as the highest priority sites, based on criteria including land availability and neighbourhood-level food insecurity.
Plants on site are still being established. Food Forests will be open to the public in spring 2028. Stay tuned!
This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada’s Natural Infrastructure Fund.
Please note: This project was moved from our previous engagement website, and some of the tools and information may appear different than originally designed or other projects on this platform.
Phases
Initial Demonstration Site Engagement
The first phase of the engagement incorporated site-specific engagement with impacted groups and subject matter experts. Tactics included neighbourhood group meetings, stakeholder meetings, correspondence with user groups, and online surveys
Site Selection Survey
The City conducted a survey for each of the two food forest demonstration sites, Boughton Park and Leif Erickson Park, from April 6, 2023, to May 8, 2023.
What we learned
Results from the survey can be found here.
Events
Past events
Event date: July 6th, 2023 from 1:00 AM to 2:30 AM.
Boughton Park
Event date: July 7th, 2023 from 1:00 AM to 2:30 AM.
Leif Erikson Park
Event date: February 8th, 2024 from 1:30 AM to 2:30 AM.
St. John School
Event date: February 9th, 2024 from 1:00 AM to 2:00 AM.
Westmount School