Nominate your favourite Saskatoon Tree and submit a photo for a chance to win one of many great prizes. Tell us why you love your tree - interesting shape, has a story, birds love it, etc. Contest is open to everyone, but your tree must be within City Limits. Only one entry per person please. The deadline is June 1st, 2026. Download the entry form.
Community Tree Planting: What You Need to Know
Monday May 25. 7-8 pm at Grosvenor Park United Church and short walk to planting site. Join members of the Varsity View Community Association for an illuminating talk about how to partner with your community association and others to get trees planted in your community. This presentation will include all the issues to consider if you want to plant in your neighbourhood and how necessary partnerships are.
A site visit will be included to the 14th street planting which will showcase not only the trees but also an innovative watering design.
Patterson Garden Arboretum Tour
Join us on Tuesday May 26 at 7 pm for a tour with horticulturist and tree lover Alan Weninger.
His knowledge and passion for trees is sure to inspire a future planting in your yard to celebrate Arbor week.
Enter off Preston, just south of College, and drive down the gravel road to the gate and you'll spot the group. Directions.
Arbor Week Film Night: Hidden Language of Trees
Wednesday May 27th, 7:00 pm hosted by and at Outter Limits, 630 Broadway Ave. Doors open at 6:30, Film at 7:00. This year's film is Hidden Language of Trees (45 minutes). What if trees could talk — and listen? Intelligent Trees takes you deep into the hidden world of forest communication, revealing how trees interact, support each other, and even protect their offspring. Inspired by the groundbreaking work of forester Peter Wohlleben and forest ecologist Suzanne Simard, this eye-opening documentary explores the complex social lives of trees. Using stunning cinematography and scientific insights, it uncovers how trees form networks, share nutrients, warn each other of danger, and thrive as communities — not as individuals.
Door prizes and snacks will be provided. Pick up your Tree Tour booklet. Please RSVP to Outter Limits 306-374-1663 or email trees@sostrees.ca. This is a Free Public Event.
MVA Tree Wrapping
Wednesday May 27th 4:30-6:30 pm. Volunteers can participate in tree wrapping to help prevent beaver damage on the trees. Meet at Diefenbaker Park parking lot at 4:30 pm. Map. Register here.
Arbor Week Tree Planting
Thursday May 28th at 9 am (alternate date in case of rain May 29th). Come out and help plant a tree and shrub forest in Mount Royal neighbourhood. New trees and shrubs will be planted to create a more welcoming and vibrant green space while maintaining clear sight lines to lanes, pathways, and the street. The planting takes place in a green space between 2616 and 2702 - 29th Street. You can join students from Estey School and the Walter Murray Outdoor School along with SOS Trees members and other volunteers. There will be time to ask tree related questions and to have fun meeting others who want to help green Saskatoon through community work. If you have a shovel, gloves, wheelbarrow or small pails for watering, bring them along. We will also have some of these supplies available to use. Please RSVP to trees@sostrees.ca if you can join us. SOS Trees partnered with City of Saskatoon Parks division who secured funding from the Government of Canada, Federation of Municipalities in order to purchase the trees and shrubs.
Pruning Class
Saturday May 30th - 9 am to 12:30 pm. Come to learn the How?, What?, When?, Where? and Why? of pruning shrubs and trees. ISA Certified Arborist Robin Adair will be leading a pruning class at Sherbrooke Community Centre. This workshop starts at 9am and will end approximately 12:30 pm.
Please bring your pruning tools, gloves, safety glasses, work boots and workwear suitable for working outside. Robin will also be explaining how to properly sharpen and care for your pruning tools. If you don't have tools then there can be some provided. For more information call Arbour Crest at 306-242-8733 or please contact SOS trees by email and e-transfer $35 to ensure you have a place in this class.
Trees with a Story: An Arbor Week Celebration & Smile Day Walk
Sunday, May 31st - 2 pm to 3:30 pm. - Friends of the Saskatoon Afforestation Areas. Celebrate Arbor Week at Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area, Grasswood. Join us for a chill walk celebrating cool tree stories and good vibes during
Arbor Week and Smile Day! Reserve your spot on this link.
All Week: MEEWASIN ECO-SCAVENGER HUNT AT BEAVER CREEK CONSERVATION AREA
In celebration of Arbor Week, Meewasin is hosting a self-guided tree-themed Eco-Scavenger Hunt where participants can learn to identify and record their nature findings as citizen scientists! Stop by the Beaver Creek Interpretive Centre to pick up your Eco-Scavenger Hunt card. Participants are encouraged to report their sightings using the iNaturalist app or website. Collected data will be used as part of Meewasin's monitoring framework to assist in Meewasin's stewardship efforts. Build your nature knowledge and take part in the activity by visiting Beaver Creek during regular hours (Wed. – Sun. from 9am – 4pm). Beaver Creek Conservation Area is located approximately 13 km south of Saskatoon. Google Map directions are here.
Arbor Day Origins
Arbor Day was recognized as early as April 10, 1872. On that day, American journalist and politician J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day as a means of promoting conservation and correcting the gradual deforestation of the prairie. In his words, what sets Arbor Day apart from other holidays is that while other special days commemorate the past, Arbor Day celebrates the future. Read more about Arbor Day's origins here.
