Model Farm

In addition to our weekly Farmer’s Market, the Green Market is also home to a Model Farm, which aims to showcase Agroecology.

Agroecology is farming that “centers on food production that makes the best use of nature’s goods and services while not damaging these resources.”

 
 
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Growth Beds & Boxes

Our growth beds & boxes in the garden are home to…

  • A range of local produce including: red okra, melongene, & pakchoy. Check out the Green Market booth where we sell our farm produce.

  • A pollinator garden which provides food for our local pollinators like butterflies, humming birds, & bees.

  • A herb garden


Exotic Flora & Fauna

While you stroll through the market keep your eyes peeled for local flora & fauna. See if you can spot them and name them! We’ll give away a few names…

  • Pride of Burma

  • Cocoa tree

  • Cashima tree

  • Akee tree

  • Passion fruit vine

  • West Indian Cherry tree

  • Coffee trees

  • Mango tree

  • Avocado tree

  • Breadfruit tree

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Livestock

That’s right! We house a range of 4 leggeds, 2 leggeds, & amphibians including…

  • Geese

  • Ginuea fowl

  • Chickens

  • Rabbits

  • Turtles

  • Fish

Interested in touring our model farm?