Sherwood's Forests Tree Farm

Sherwood’s Forests Tree Farm grows prairie-hardy trees and shrubs 75 km southwest of Edmonton in Leduc County. Conifers include pines, spruces, firs, larches, cedars, junipers adapted to dry winds and cold winters. Ornamentals feature birches, crabs, maples, oaks, walnuts, poplars, willows, flowering plums, roses, lilacs, ninebarks. Fruits cover apples, plums, pears, cherries, apricots, raspberries, blueberries, saskatoons, currants, gooseberries, buckthorn, nannyberries, highbush cranberries.​

Operations serve acreage owners, farmers, edible landscape designers, reclamation contractors, city residents, municipalities who need trees for shelterbelts, naturalization, landscape structure.

Shelterbelt plantings rely on willow, poplar, spruce, pine suited to prairie winds and soils. Naturalization projects draw from about 30 Alberta native species, while xeriscaping selections support low maintenance sites with limited irrigation.

Landscape clients choose specimen trees, hedges, privacy screens that add shade, winter structure, fall color. Stock ranges from small shovel-ready pots to auger-planted midsize containers, with field seedlings available only in early spring.​

Sherwood’s Forests Tree Farm business practices maintain biodiversity through field edges, rough terrain, bird habitats, minimal chemical inputs, packaging reuse.

Trees support windbreaks, privacy, food production, self-sufficiency, poplar forest rejuvenation and their inventory focuses on proven performers for Alberta climates.