Greenhouse

The Parks Department provides and maintains floral displays for public viewing and landscape enhancement along major public roadways, parks and public open spaces and also in City Hall, civic facilities and the Civic Conservatory (currently closed - for more information see Civic Conservatory). 

Greenhouse

Since it was built in 1958, the City’s Greenhouse facility (Greenhouse) located within the Vic Rempel yards off Avenue P North, has provided plants for all the City’s flower pots, flower beds and indoor greenery and has now reached the end of its service life.  

In recent years, the Greenhouse has experienced escalating structural concerns due to its age and unique design and will soon need to be vacated for the safety of staff. In September 2022, an engineering assessment indicated increasing issues with the Greenhouse structure from the previous year and recommended that it be vacated.   

The City wants everyone to know that bright and beautiful flowers will continue to be planted citywide by Parks staff every year. While options will be explored for the future of the Greenhouse, the City has secured a suitable private sector contractor to provide seasonal plants for the 2023 season. 

Later 2023, City Administration will bring a report back to City Council outlining longer-term recommendations for the future of the Greenhouse program.  

Saskatoon Flower Pot Program

Parks staff place and maintain over 900 flower pots on street corners and boulevards to brighten our streets during the summer months. 

Fun Facts:

• 4,000 plants maintained daily
• 350 plant and flower species used
• 51,000 annuals produced each year for park flower beds and the flower pot program
• Flower pots receive over 80 gallons of water each summer

Annuals used in the 2022 Flower Pot Program:

Centre Plants:

• Begonia - Pegasus
• Canna - South Pacific Rose, Cannova series: Bronze Orange, Orange Shades
• Coleus – Perilla, Lime Delight, ColorBlaze series: Rediculous, Royal Pineapple Brandy, Torchlight
• Cyperus - Baby Tut
• Fountain Grass - Purple
• Gaillardia - Heat It Up Yellow, Heat It Up Scarlet
• Gaura - Belleza Hot Pink, Stratosphere White
• Kniphofia - Orange Blaze
• Little Bluestem grass - Twilight Zone
• Panicum Switchgrass - Shenandoah
• Salvia – Evolution Violet, Victoria Blue
• Verbena - Meteor Shower

Mid-Height Plants:

• Begonia - Illumination White, Surefire Red
• Coleus - Wizard Rose
• Geranium – Mojo Dark Red
• Sunpatiens - Compact Orange, Compact Royal Magenta
• Petchoa - Supercal Cinnamon
• Petunia - Tiki Torch Crazytunia; Supertunia series: Honey, Latte, Mini Vista Indigo, Mini Vista White, Royal Magenta, Royal Velvet

Trailing Plants:

• Artemisia - Makana Silver
• Asparagus Fern
• Bidens – Goldilocks Rocks
• Licorice Vine - Petite Licorice, Splash variegated
• Lobularia - Snow Princess
• Lotus Vine - Parrot's Beak
• Petunia - Ray Red
• Supertunia series: Black Cherry, Blue Skies, Bordeaux, Trailing Silver, Vista Fuchsia, Vista Paradise, Vista Silverberry
• Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea) – Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Lime, Bewitched After Midnight
• Verbena – Temari Patio Blue