Food Forest Demonstration Sites  

The City is installing two food forest demonstration sites in Boughton Park and Leif Erickson Park during the 2023-2024 growing seasons.  

Several sites were considered using criteria such as land availability, neighbourhood food insecurity and public accessibility. Based on the results, Leif Erickson Park and Boughton Park were selected as the highest priority sites.     

Refer to the tabs at the top of the page for more information on the individual food forest demonstration sites. 

How can you get involved? 

The community and identified stakeholders are invited to provide feedback through numerous engagement activities, including community surveys and stakeholder meetings.

There will be future opportunities to engage on a city-wide Food Forest Program in the coming months. Please visit this page for more information or use the following methods to reach out to the project team: 

Food Forests 

The City of Saskatoon (City) is looking to create food forests that establish safe and accessible edible landscapes across Saskatoon, enhance our green network, and contribute to the city-wide tree canopy. 

Boughton Park Food Forest Demonstration Site

A food forest demonstration site is being planned for Boughton Park in the Holiday Park neighbourhood.  

(east of Avenue P S, south of Schuyler Street, west of Wellington Street and north of Gordon Howe Campground)  

There were several reasons why Boughton Park stood out: 

• The park is located in an area where 15% of households have income below the after-tax Low Income Measure; 
• The neighbourhood does not have a grocery store close by, and is an area identified in the Green Infrastructure Strategy as an “Area of Interest to Increase Food Production”; 
• Given the park’s proximity to a nearby community garden and school, there may be interested residents/groups who may wish to support and use the food forest. 

Leif Erickson Park Food Forest Demonstration Site

A food forest demonstration site is being planned for Leif Erickson Park in the Westmount neighbourhood.  

(north of 23rd Street W, south of Rusholme Road, east of Avenue P N and west of McMillan Avenue).

There were several reasons why Leif Erickson Park stood out: 

• The park is located in an area where 30% of households have income below the after-tax Low-Income Measure. 
• The neighbourhood does not have a grocery store close by, and is an area identified in the Green Infrastructure Strategy as an “Area of Interest to Increase Food Production”. 
• Given the recent cases of Dutch Elm Disease found in the park, planting non-elm trees in this location would support a pro-active tree planting approach. 
• Given the park’s proximity to a nearby community garden, schools, and daycare, there may be interested residents/groups who may wish to support and use the food forest.