Riverbend Orchards

About the Farm

END OF SEASON

We are finished this year’s berry harvest. Our country store will close on Saturday, July 24th. After that date, orders for frozen fruit can be placed through our online store with pickup by appointment. Thanks for your support in this most unusual year!

VISIT OUR ONLINE STORE:

Visit our online store by clicking the link on the right; place your secure order for an assortment of fresh/frozen fruit, berry spreads, saskatoon pies and fruit plants. Credit card payment is available and curbside pickup can be arranged at your convenience.

OUR FARM, IN A NUTSHELL:

Our orchards are planted on 20 acres of fertile, river bottom soil at the south side of Portage la Prairie. We are conveniently located within city limits at 100 Old Bridge Road. Our country store is open 6 days a week in July and features a selection of jams made from our fruit as well as Saskatoon pies and apple cider. These items can also be purchased in the off-season through our online store.

Each year fruit picking commences in late June with haskap (honeyberries), followed by saskatoons (early July) and gooseberries (mid-July), then cherries in late July. Cranberries, plums and apples are typically ready in early September. Customers can choose to pick their own fruit or buy pre-picked fruit from our coolers. Pre-picked fruit is available fresh in July and frozen for a longer period into the fall.

Riverbend Orchards is also a licensed propagator of haskap cultivars developed at the University of Saskatchewan. We produce 10,000 young plants of the newest cultivars each summer.

- Philip & Karen Ronald