Gardens of Eagan

Specialties

Certified organic, In-​stock or Custom grown transplants & plugs for Farmers & Market Growers — January thru April.

Certified organic Garden starter plants for retail sales — April thru June.

Certified organic fresh fruits and vegetables grown on our 135 acre land and 12 greenhouse farm in Minnesota.

We house The Organic Field School, a beginning farmer incubator project.

History

Established in 1973.

Gardens of Eagan, created by Martin Diffley in 1973, has a rich and varied history detailed on Atina Diffley’s website.

The Gardens of Eagan of today is a thriving farm of educational opportunity and innovative practice. Bought in 2008 by the Wedge Co-​op membership in an unprecedented business venture, and managed by Linda Halley, we farmed on original leased certified organic land in Farmington until 2012. During that five-​year time span, Linda, Mike Leck and the farm crew worked hard to put in the pieces to create the foundation that would become the Wedge Co-op’s ethical and healthy farm business. First steps included diversifying the crop mix, and implementing new season extension, soil-​building methods and markets as well as maintaining the high-​quality produce GOE had always grown. In 2009, GOE began selling produce at local farmers markets in South Minneapolis. 2010 brought the beginning of certified organic starter plant sales of our tried and true varieties to local garden ce

Meet the Manager

Linda H.

Manager

Linda came to GOE in 2008, from Fairview Gardens in California and before that, Harmony Valley in Wisconsin. After growing up on a farm in Wisconsin and earning a degree in Education from UW Madison, Linda returned to farming and has been active in the Mid West promoting organic farming for nearly 30 years.