Vegetables Archives - Pike Place Market
Cheng Chio Saelee Garden
Cheng Saelee started growing flowers back in 1982 on her farm, Cheng Chio Saelee Garden. Back in the early 80s, their project was mainly based on vegetable farming. Cheng Chio Saelee Garden grew all kinds of Asian greens and collard greens, mustard greens, peas, and more. Later in the 90s, the farm started to focus […]
Read MoreChue Neng Cha’s Garden
Chue Neng Cha and Yia Yang arrived in the US as refugees from Laos with just enough resources to rent a small farm near Carnation. In 1995 they began selling their produce and flowers at Pike Place Market. They raised seven children who now help them at the farm and the market. Their daughter Vikki […]
Read MoreLyall Farms
Lyall Farms is a 5th generation family farm that’s had plenty of experience growing fruit over the past 50+ years. Lyall Farms is over 350 acres of lush fruit-tree orchards growing peaches, apples, apricots, and a variety of cherries.
Read MoreMagana Farms
Tovias Magaña, owner of Magaña Farms, came to Western Washington from Mexico in the late 70s and established Magaña Farms in Sunnyside in 1986. He grows a wide variety of stone and orchard fruits as well as many warm season vegetables, which grow well in Eastern Washington’s climate. While Magaña Farms has been selling with […]
Read MoreMartin Family Orchards
Martin Family Orchards is a family run business with all three of Rick and Terri Martin’s sons (Ricky Jr., Jamie and Jonny) involved in the day to day operations. We grow our fruit tree ripe, which means that we don’t pick our fruit until we know it’s ready to eat fresh off the tree. This […]
Read MoreSantos Farm
Husband-and-wife team Eric and Clarita Santos have sold produce and flowers in Pike Place Market for more than 30 years. They got their start selling vegetables and later moved into growing flowers in the late 1980s. Eric’s parents emigrated from the Philippines, where they were factory workers. They became farmers, a tradition that Eric and […]
Read MoreSee Lee Garden
See Lee Garden is family-owned and family-operated out of Fall City. Chue Chang started selling flowers and vegetables at Pike Place Market in 1986 after she emigrated from Laos. Chue’s son Scott was raised at the Market and now acts as the face of See Lee Farm. Although Chue may be technically retired, if she’s […]
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