Fogarty's Garden Center Halifax
Fogarty’s is a family run garden center and farmers’ market that grows local fruit & vegetables, located in Kingswood, Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia and the first mobile market on a solar powered bus.
Halifax Garden Centre & Farmers’ Market
Ultra Local Organic Practices Holistic Approach
Fogarty’s is an edible garden center and farmer’s market in Halifax.
Edible Garden Centre from May to Mid-June. Farmers’ Market from July to November.
Operating from a solar powered bus turned mobile garden centre/farmers market on wheels, the first of its kind in Canada and likely all of North America, stocked from our urban vegetable and fruit farm in Hammonds Plain NS. Fogarty’s focus is on providing affordable, high quality, ultra-local fresh food, grown sustainably through organic practices and holistic approach.
Our farm, our bus, and our business are unique and bring a disruptive approach to providing affordable, high-quality, organically grown and ultra local garden products, fruits and vegetables and showcasing solutions to sustainable farming and food security.
“Great farm, the best produce, delicious and chemical free. grow local, support local. We need more of these farms. Pat and family are knocking this one out of the park. See you in the spring.“ – Kevin Dunphy
“What a treat to visit Shirley the bus and get some plants I’ve been missing for my garden. Fantastic selection, lovely service, so convenient. Highly recommend!!“ – Annette Samson
Edible Garden Center
May-Mid June
Wednesday 9:30-5:30pm
Thursday 9:30-5:30pm
Friday 9:30-5:30pm
Saturday 9:30-6pm
Cornerstone Wesleyan Church Parking Lot
1215 Hammonds Plains Rd. Nova Scotia
Mobile Farmers Market
July-November
Thursday 10am-4pm
Friday 10am-4pm
Saturday 10am-4pm
Cornerstone Wesleyan Church Parking Lot
1215 Hammonds Plains Rd. Nova Scotia
What we grow
All of our food is grown in a sustainable manner, using organic practices on our urban farm near Halifax NS and served to our customers from our bus turned mobile garden center and farmers market.
Beans
Beets
Cabbage
Carrots
Cucumbers
Herbs
Garlic
Kale
Kolrabi
Leeks
Onions
Peppers (hot and sweet)
Radish
Snap Peas
Swiss chard
Tomatoes
Turnips
Zucchini
Apples
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cherries
Gooseberries
Peaches
Pears
Plums (European and Japanese)
Raspberries
Rhubarb
Strawberries
Our Bus Shirley
Shirley is our solar charged garden centre & farmers market on wheels.
In January 2021, Fogarty’s purchased a 2015 Ford E450 MicroBird bus, over the course of 3 short months Pat went to work to transform said bus into a solar charged retail store on
wheels!
Our Farm
We purchased our rocky 5.5 acre property (certainly not farmland!) in 2012 and over the following 9 years Pat has shaped the land into what it is now, a productive ecologically focused farm, with a permaculture orchard of 85 fruit trees, countless berry producing plants, 2 vegetable plots with over 10,000 square feet of growing beds and 3000 square feet of greenhouse space.
Our Family
Fogarty’s is a family run urban vegetable farm located in Kingswood, Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia. Fogarty’s is run by Pat Fogarty (owner operator), beautiful wife Fressia and two children Lucas and Layla.
In the Media
Global News Foodie Tuesday: Fogarty’s Market Garden
Source: https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/8a43c9d2-c84e-11eb-a30a-0242ac110004/?jwsource=cl
CBC NEWS: Mobile market garden sprouts up in Halifax-area community
Article Source: CBC News - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pat-fogartys-mobile-farmers-market-hammonds-plains-1.6041122 A farmer from Hammonds Plains, N.S., has a unique location for his new plant and produce market — the customer's driveway. Pat Fogarty of...
Halifax wants to shut down market garden before it can sprout
'To not allow people to do this is, in my opinion, absurd,' says property owner Article Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-wants-to-shut-down-market-garden-1.5695532 Pam Berman · CBC News · Posted: Aug 24, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: August...
Pat Fogarty interview on The Weekend Gardener with Niki Jabbour, News 95.7
CBC News: Fogarty’s Market Garden in dispute with city over where he grows his produce
Pat Fogarty says what bylaw office is telling him now conflicts with advice it gave him in 2014 Pam Berman · CBC News · Posted: May 22, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 22, 2020 Pat Fogarty says his business plays an important role in ensuring...
