Farming in the Sammamish Valley

LIST OF Sammamish Valley Farms AND agricultural businesses

The Sammamish Valley Agricultural Production District (APD) is one of the most fertile valleys in the country. If farmed to its full potential, the Valley could annually supply local, organic vegetables to 80,000 people, at a value of $54 million. These sustainable, high yields are essential as climate change decreases yields in the Midwest and California.

The APD and surrounding area is home to dozens of farms and agricultural businesses. Click these links to go to more detail on each further down the page.

Impact of the Beverage Ordinance on Sammamish Valley Farming

The Sammamish Valley Agricultural Production District (APD) is one of the most fertile valleys in the country. If farmed to full potential, the Valley could annually supply local, organic vegetables to 80,000 people, at a value of $54 million. These sustainable, high yields are essential as climate change decreases yields in the Midwest and California.

The revised Adult Beverage Ordinance undermines the efforts of dozens of hard working farmers in the Valley, works at cross purposes to well-established land use regulations, and is totally counterproductive to multiple King County initiatives supporting local farming with taxpayer dollars.

  • The Ordinance allows for commercial development on top of the Valley’s steep-sloped, environmentally sensitive KC SO-120 Ag Buffer Overlay area. The RA Buffer and the APD are an integrated environmental ecosystem. Development in the RA Buffer damages the adjoining farmlands with sediment-laden, toxic, and overheated water runoff from impervious and compacted surfaces. Groundwater flow is also degraded by commercial activity which exceeds the capacity of residential septic systems.

  • Land use speculation pushes out the farmers. Farmland in the Valley’s APD, when sold for farming, is typically priced at $15k-35k per acre. Recently several parcels have sold for as much as $850k per acre and another was on the market for $1.6m per acre – with intention for uses other than agriculture.

  • Farmers will be put out of business. Additionally, these farmers support a broad ecosystem of local restaurants, chefs, foodbanks, and landscaping companies that will be harmed by the Ordinance.

  • Commercial development of Rural Area and APD lands goes against many taxpayer-funded KC efforts to support locally sourced food, including the Local Food Initiative, the Farmland Preservation Program, Puget Sound Fresh, Farm King County, and the Land Conservation Initiative.

  • The WA State Growth Management Act (GMA) mandates that King County protect the County’s Rural Areas and APDs. The Ordinance allows for commercial development throughout KC Rural Areas and will negatively impact not only the Sammamish Valley APD but the other KC APDs as well.

Please visit FoSV’s Take Action page to learn how you can protect farming in the Sammamish Valley.

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21 Acres Center for Local Food & Sustainable Living is a leader in sustainable and regenerative practices, serving as a living laboratory center for conscious consumers who want to learn new, more sustainable ways of living. We’re all about education and inspiration: sharing ideas, providing resources and creating opportunities for engagement — whether it be on our campus and farm or through virtual channels.

Aash Farms is a no-till, regenerative farm located in Woodinville, Washington.  Aash provides 75 niche varieties of veggies, microgreens, edible mushrooms to select restaurants, farmers markets and a handful of CSA clients.  Aash is accredited in sustainable agriculture through the VIVA Farms practicum program.  Look out for Aash Farms events and listing on your favorite restaurant menus. 

Alki Farms is a 2 acre, family run farm operating out of Woodinville, Washington. Alki Farms uses organic and regenerative growing practices to provide the Greater Seattle Area with the highest quality produce available. Typical seasons include: kale, lettuce, carrots, mustard greens, cucumbers, summer squash, and other classic farm favorites. Alki Farms produce can be found at the Woodinville Farmers market and in local restaurants. Thank you for supporting the next generation of local farming!

Apiary of Bear Creek focuses on the colony health of the European honey bee - essential for the pollination of our fruits and vegetables - with hives that you can care for as well as honey-based products.

Bassetti's Crooked Arbor Gardens has been a nursery and display garden since 1983, specializing in dwarf conifers, alpine plants, container plants, and trees. There is also a gift shop, and the gardens can be rented for events.

BEEvesting is an all-volunteer organization whose mission is to support local agriculture by promoting pollinator health. Our founding partners are 21 Acres, Smammamish Valley Alliance, the Sammamish Valley Grange, and Coastal Community Bank. Each spring the BEEvesting team works with Rent Mason Bees to provide local farmers with native pollinators in an effort to improve the crop’s yield.

Blue Grass Farm, a graduate of the Viva Farm Business Incubator, is new to the Sammamish Valley for the 2022 growing season. Details coming soon.

Bumblebee Farm specializes in unusually delicious varieties of tomatoes, beans, and fluffy salad greens, along with other heirloom vegetables. Growing food on a local scale allows people to taste varieties of produce that are rare now because they weren’t bred for shipping. Many of the varieties grown are on the Slow Food Ark of Taste, a listing of heirloom varieties around the world with exceptional flavor and cultural significance. Bumblebee follows organic farming practices and sells to local restaurants as well as directly to consumers through a CSA.

Buttonwood Farm is the only 100% organic, locally-grown Christmas tree farm near Seattle. It is family and community run, with staffing from several local area high schools and athletic teams. Opening for the 2020 season on November 27th, 2020 by appointment only.

Cackling Coyote Farms, a graduate of the Viva Farm Business Incubator, is new to the Sammamish Valley for the 2023 growing season. Details coming soon.

Cascade Valley Farm grows many of the ingredients that are used to make their fresh salsas, hummus, and pickled vegetables. Plantings include garlic, beets, tomatillos, cucumbers, peppers, onions, and tomatoes. You can find them in the Redmond, U District, Columbia City, and Magnolia farmers markets.

Cedar Grove Composting recycles 350,000 tons of organic materials each year and repurposes them into innovative compost products that improve soil, air, and water quality.

Classic Nursery & Landscape Company is a landscape design/build contractor and nursery with a 10 acre Woodinville garden center and gift store with antiques, handmade gifts, and work by local artists.

Cottage Lake Gardens is a two-acre private botanical garden and nursery focused on trilliums, as well as an on-site bed-and-breakfast on Cottage Lake, just east of the Sammamish Valley.

Crown Bees sells native mason bees and supplies for backyard gardeners and nurseries.

Ecolibrium Farms is a bio-intensive, 2+ acre market garden growing a wide array of vegetables. The operation includes 40+ fruit trees (apples, plums, pears, walnuts), 150 - 100 square foot permanent vegetable beds, and 9,000 square feet of greenhouse space. The fields are certified organic and adher to Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) standards. Nature guides Ecolibrium's work and that does not stop at the edge of the farm.

Eunomia is a Greek deity of “good pasture” and represents an ideology of people, planet and prosperity. Farmer Andy (Steward, Owner, Operator) uses Eunomia Farms as a language that feeds. He supports local social, economic and environmental food frameworks working to strengthen resilience and lasting peace. Eunomia grows diversified vegetables, strawberries, and ethically raised pasture chicken.

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Farmer Frog supports over a dozen school gardens in the state, works with several sites in urban and rural communities, and is developing several farms on acreage. We cultivate programs, school gardens, and hands-on learning to nurture communities.

Farms for Life is a Seattle-area nonprofit supporting local farmers and connecting fresh, local produce to people in need of healthy food by ensuring that surplus produce is distributed to agencies serving people in need.

Farmstand Local Foods supports local, sustainable farms by aggregating and distributing specialty products to wholesale buyers.

Friendly Hmong Farms CSA grew out of a grassroots volunteer effort to assist local Hmong farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. When farmers markets shut down alongside many other local businesses in 2020, Hmong farmers lost all access to their customers. The CSA buys from Hmong flower and vegetable farmers in the Sammamish Valley and beyond, and provides convenient pick-up locations and delivery.

Gaining Ground is a small farm that provides organically-grown, hand-picked vegetables with a focus on selling within a 10 mile radius of the farm in Woodinville, WA.

Gladstone Farm has been humanely raising quality beef for over 50 years in the Sammamish Valley, as well as growing organic produce in their one acre garden, which is donated to local food banks.

Gold Creek Trout Farm is a a local hatchery and family-owned farm where customers can try their hand at angling. It’s a great place to introduce children to fishing since it’s on private property and a fishing license is not needed. Gold Creek provides all the gear, including simple cane fishing poles, bait, buckets, and nets.

Hawthorn Farm is an 8-acre teaching farm, transforming suburbia to create a year-round, delicious homestead. Join us for a class or a consulting call to help you have your best garden ever.

The Herbfarm Farm grows an extensive variety of vegetables, leafy greens, culinary herbs, berries, and flowers on 7.5 acres. In addition to common varieties, the farm focuses on hard-to-find varieties including pelligrini runner beans, wapato potatoes, marshall strawberries, tear peas, and flint corn. Everything is grown without chemicals and in harmony with the land. The bounty creates an exclusive farm-to-table experience for the Herbfarm Restaurant.

The Herbfarm Kitchen Garden, located near the restaurant, is both functional and a showcase. Herbs, produce and flowers are changed up frequently and are focused on the monthly restaurant menu. Restaurant patrons are given a tour of the garden as part of their dining experience. The garden is also open to the public to enjoy for viewing.

JB Instant Lawn specializes in providing sod ad other materials for lawns. Their Sammamish Valley location has 300 acres in sod production and a wholesale plant nursery. In 2021 a portion of the acreage was used to grow pumpkins.

JohnnyAppleBeez began caring for mason bees as a home hobby for their small orchard in Woodinville and now supports over 40 sites with pollination services in the Puget Sound region, at no financial cost to the site owners.

Kenmore Farmers Market is a new venture for 2022, open on Wednesdays from 3-7pm during the months of June, July, and August. The market mission is to help build community; support downtown and small businesses; and to improve health and food justice through improving access to fresh produce. The market will consist primarily of farmers/growers and will also offer food processors and prepared food vendors to the community.

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Khoua Gardens farmstand is located at 15165 148th Ave NE, Woodinville and is open from 9:30am until dark, from May to first frost, selling beautiful flowers and vegetables including cucumbers, squash, peppers, and beans, with an honor system for payment.

  • Phone: 425-241-3990

McMurtrey's Red-Wood Christmas Tree Farm has been family-owned for over 40 years, providing the Seattle area with a holiday tradition of freshly cut Christmas trees.

NW Bloom Ecological Services is landscape design/build firm and nursery based in Woodinville, focused on creating functional and beautiful garden spaces while preserving the natural ecological balance in the Pacific Northwest. U-pick blueberries and apples will be available in 2021.

Olympic Nursery provides ISA certified arborist consultation services and tree sales & installation.

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Orchard and Vine is a small organic farm committed to a happy life for ducks, chickens, sheep, vegetables and fruit, all of which contribute to the circle of life and enjoy peace and kindness during their time on the farm. We make small batch jams, harvest our honey, can and pickle our veggies, and believe in using all parts of the poultry and animals at harvest.

Plants Northwest has been source of wholesale plants for more than 30 years, with over 1500 different plants in stock.

Port Williams Farm, a graduate of the Viva Farm Business Incubator, is new to the Sammamish Valley for the 2022 growing season. Details coming soon.

Rain Dog Farm provides many varietals of produce including microgreens, microherbs, salad greens, and edible flowers. The farmland had been a dairy farm long ago and is now again a part of local agriculture. You can find their produce on the plate at many local restaurants and at the Redmond Farmers Market. Online ordering is also available.

Reconnecting Roots Farm is a small-scale vegetable producer in the heart of the Sammamish Valley dedicated to bringing nutritious, sustainably grown food to the local communities. The farm started with the simple goal of changing the unsustainable food system. Their growing methods are based on principles of agroecology and regenerative agriculture, where soil health, ecological diversity, and sustainability are cornerstones to how they farm. The result is a product that is flavorful, nutritious, and environmentally friendly.

Regeneration Farm produces healthy food in the Pacific NW while building a diverse farm ecosystem and educating about landscape regeneration, sustainability, carbon sequestration and resilient farming in the face of climate change.

Root & Rabbit Farm focuses on the entire farm ecosystem using organic, regenerative, and sustainable growing methods to improve soil quality and produce nutritious, seasonally ripe vegetables. The farm creates fun experiences on-site for CSA members to learn about and fall in love with farming and uses the latest in technology to reduce waste, improve customer satisfaction, and increase our productivity. Root & Rabbit is Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Certified and the owners are members of the National Young Farmers Coalition.

The Root Connection is Washington State’s first Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm. Since 1987, it has been growing local, chemical-free food for the community at its 20-acre site in the Sammamish Valley. All produce is non-GMO and the farm strictly adheres to organic growing best practices. Offering weekly or bi-weekly shares of vegetables, herbs, and flowers, with pick up direct from the farm.

SAgE is a partnership based at Viva Farms in the Sammamish Valley that provides hands-on sustainable agriculture education and training to college students and beginning farmers.

Sammamish Farms is a family owned, three acre market garden growing leaves, roots, herbs, and fruit for their CSA members.

Sammamish Valley Alliance is a non-profit organization focusing on enriching the public’s knowledge regarding local, sustainable, small-farm agriculture in the Sammamish Valley.

Sammamish Valley Grange is a non-profit community action organization and event space - a major resource of information for farmers, gardeners, and others who want to learn and share techniques for growing, raising, and preserving food.

Sariwa Farm. Sariwa means “fresh” in Tagalog. The farm was established on half an acre as a way to pass on Filipino cultural and culinary traditions, and to provide pesticide-free vegetables grown locally using sustainable practices.

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Secret Farm has been family-run for generations and is renowned for its chemical-free vegetables. The customer list is full, so this farm wants no further publicity. The name and location remain a well kept secret.

See Lee Farm. Chew and Say Chang arrived from Laos in 1987 and grow flowers and vegetables in the Sammamish Valley. The farm is now run by their son and daughter-in-law See Lee. You can find them year round in their stall in Pike Place Market. Starting in the spring they grow tulips, then dahlias, peonies, and gladiolas through summer, and asters in fall, among other flowers. In winter they provide dried flowers to the Market.

Small Axe Farm is a new farm program of the Black Farmers Collective. We are a teaching farm on just over 4 acres of land in the Coast Salish Territory (Sammamish Valley). We strive to be responsible stewards of the land and water, grow healthy food, and build community and awareness around food sovereignty and black liberation.

SnoValley Gardens is a family farm growing ‘beyond organic’ vegetables and pasture-raised eggs, available for pick-up, delivery, or at local farmers markets. Starting with the soil, the farm has developed a regenerative soil management plan for the land.

Songbird Haven Farm is a quarter acre farm in the Sammamish Valley using organic growing methods and supporting soil health by not tilling, offering weekly seasonal veggie boxes.

Sound Sustainable Farms strives to bring fresh, locally grown, organic food to the tables of diners at our finest area restaurants, fans at our region’s iconic ballparks and the tables of hungry families throughout our region. The farm is devoted to building and maintaining healthy soils by using compost, cover crops, rotating crops and reducing tillage.

Sprout and Greens Farm is a hydroponic farm specializing in custom leafy greens, microgreens, and edible flowers. The greens are grown in a controlled environment allowing for year round delivery to the local community.

Sweet Hollow Farm is a multiracial, queer worker-owned cooperative farm growing vegetables & herbs on one acre of Coast Salish land in Woodinville. The farm’s purpose is to use sustainable agriculture as ​a means to nourish and strengthen community self-determination ​and agency ​in the food system.

T & L Nursery is a wholesale grower of perennials and annuals, serving the Washington and Oregon areas for over 30 years from its 40 acre nursery in the Sammamish Valley.

Thai Thao Farm provides seasonal cut flowers, everlasting dried flowers, bouquets, and customized arrangements for weddings, grown in the Sammamish Valley and sold in their day booth at Pike Place Market.

The Color Farm produces regeneratively grown textile fiber and natural dye products. Using regenerative techniques, the farm works to maintain the biodiversity of the soil while creating a surplus of climate-beneficial products. The products made all come from the fibers and pigments of flowers, vegetables, and other plants. These crops are intentionally selected for their ability to thrive in the local climate and feed the soil.

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Theary’s Flowers and Produce. Theary and her husband Sovuth are Khmer refugees from Cambodia who started farming here in the early ‘90s. Situated on 7 acres in the middle of the Valley, they grow flowers such as peonies, dahlias, gladiolas and lilies, and many vegetables, herbs and berries including tomatoes, kale, green beans, mint, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries. You can find them every week at the Juanita Farmer’s Market and in a stand at the Arco near the Kirkland Hyundai dealer. Theary and Sovuth also make weekly donations to local food banks.

Tonnemaker Valley Farm has 9 certified organic acres in production with 150 varieties of veggies, herbs, squash and flowers and an on-site farm stand. CSAs available include vegetables grown in Woodinville and organic fruit grown in Eastern WA.

TukMuk Farm embraces the diversity of the region, specializing in hard-to-find Asian vegetables sold at local markets including 21 Acres.

Viva Farms is Washington’s first bilingual, comprehensive ‘farm incubator,’ providing new farmers in the Sammamish and Skagit Valleys with land, equipment, infrastructure, farm management training, and marketing support.

Willow Bark Botanicals is a medicinal and culinary herb farm. The herbs are grown using practices that support healthy ecosystems above and below the soil. Guided by the philosophy that farming is medicine, sustainable, holistic farming practices are used to grow nutrient rich herbs sold through CSA shares, as plant starts, and in wholesale markets.

Woodinville Farmers Market is a seasonal outdoor market with fresh local produce, flowers, baked goods, activities, and more. Open Saturdays 10-3 from May to September on Festival Street at the Schoolhouse District in downtown Woodinville.

Woodinville Valley Farm offers fresh floral arrangements grown in the Sammamish Valley and sold in their day booth at Pike Place Market, along with fresh produce and roasted corn in the summer.