HASKAP Canada's New Superfruit
Frozen Haskap Berries and Gift Baskets available year round.
BOKEY BLOOMS FARMS
HASKAP Canada's New Superfruit
Frozen Haskap Berries and Gift Baskets available year round.
BOKEY BLOOMS FARMS
U-pick in July
Haskap berries are first fruit of the season and are one of the first sources of food for bees
U-PICK OPEN FOR 2022 SEASON
10 am to 6 pm
U-pickers must bring their own clean container.
Pick where assigned
About Us
Growing Health
Vitalaberry Farms Corporation
Growing Health
We know that food grown on healthy land with healthy farming is healthy food. We act as stewards of this land, caring for its health to support yours.
To learn more about us watch this short video done by Reel Story Communications and Sturgeon County.
Pioneers
Vitalaberry Farms Corporation
Growing Health
Bokey Blooms Farms was established by Shauna Bokenfohr in 2014. The orchard is located on the same quarter of land in Sturgeon County, near Morinville, Alberta that her father Jim purchased and cleared. The land has been farmed by her parents Jim and Ruby for over 50 years. Shauna Bokenfohr is the 5th generation of farmers who immigrat
Bokey Blooms Farms was established by Shauna Bokenfohr in 2014. The orchard is located on the same quarter of land in Sturgeon County, near Morinville, Alberta that her father Jim purchased and cleared. The land has been farmed by her parents Jim and Ruby for over 50 years. Shauna Bokenfohr is the 5th generation of farmers who immigrated from the family farm in Brenken Germany in 1902 to farm in Canada. Shauna’s partner Ross Ehalt has joined the farm operation and brings with him a wealth of experience and enthusiasm for a new adventure. His family also has multi generational ties to farming in Humboldt, Saskatchewan.
Shauna has a diploma from Olds College in Production Horticulture in addition to a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta and earning her designation as a Chartered Professional Accountant. Ross has a Masters in Education from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy from the University of Alberta. Ross also brings a keen interest in maintaining and building various equipment and projects.
Shauna and Ross’s vision is to keep the family farm tradition going with a sustainable crop of healthy and nutritious Haskap berries. Currently their orchard is 6 acres and they have a small production facility where they can process the mechanically harvested Haskap berries.
Vitalaberry Farms Corporation
Vitalaberry Farms Corporation
Vitalaberry Farms Corporation
Proud shareholder in Vitalaberry Farms which is a group of orchards in Western Canada growing Haskap berries
CANADA'S SUPERFRUIT
Haskap Facts
- Barely discernible seeds
- Skins basically disintegrate
- Purple flesh makes it 5 times more powerful than blueberry
- Haskap is an ancient Japanese name from the Ainu people meaning "berry of long life and good vision"
- Heritage strong in Asia specifically in Japan on Hokkaido Island where it has been grown for centuries
- Scientific name is Lonicera caerulea
- Common names are Blue Honeysuckle, Honeyberry, Edible Honeysuckle
- Hardy plant that grows well in our harsh Canadian climate
- Decidius shrub
- Canadian culitvars developed at University of Saskatchewan
- Shareholder and Director of Finance of Vitalaberry Farms Corporation
- Member of Haskap Canada Association
- Proud member and Treasurer of Haskap Alberta Association.