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
Food Forest Sign Design Engagement
Open Houses on Proposed Designs
A come & go 'open house' event was held at each food forest demonstration site during the first week of July 2023 to present the proposed food forest designs, answer questions from community members, and to get the community members' feedback. The information presented during this open house can be viewed by clicking on the following:
Food Forest Site Design Survey
Building on the introduction of the project within phase 1, where the food forest demonstration sites were discussed with impacted groups to identify site-specific considerations and to determine site specific community support, the phase 2 survey asked for feedback on draft site designs with communities and user groups.
What We Learned
Summary of the 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