Atkinson Farms · Georgetown, Ontario

Good foodstarts underfoot.

Old-school methods, hand-tended rows and vegetables with real flavour. We feed the life in the soil and let careful growing do the rest.

A farming family since 1885Hand-tended + hand-harvestedNo chemical sprays or herbicidesGrown in small, carefully tended batchesPicked for flavour—not shelf lifeSeasonal vegetables, never forcedOld-school methods, living soil
Illustrated Humble Garden field viewed through a vine-covered wooden trellis

Now picking

Fresh this week

  • Beans
  • Beets
  • Sungold tomatoes
See today's harvest

Fresh from the rows

Right now at the market

Picked by hand and brought in with as little fuss as possible. Ask what came out of the garden that morning.

Vintage botanical illustration of green beans

Beans

Tender, crisp and picked with dinner in mind.

Vintage botanical illustration of a beet

Beets

Earthy, sweet and deeply coloured.

Vintage botanical illustration of Sungold cherry tomatoes

Sungold tomatoes

Little bursts of late-summer sunshine.

The garden keeps its own calendar. Call ahead if you are coming for something particular.

The Humble Garden rows with an old red tractorA real working garden—not a showroom.

Why Humble?

We grow the soil first.

The Humble Garden is a small family farm with generations of experience and an eye on every individual plant.

We grow without chemical fertilizers or chemical pesticides, without herbicides and without hormones. Instead, we feed the soil life, tend crops by hand and bring life back to land that was once farmed with glyphosate—one healthy row at a time.

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Old-school care

Hand cultivation, hand harvest and a close eye on every crop.

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Living soil

Organic worm castings, hen manure and insect frass feed the soil naturally.

03

Regeneration

Cover, diversity and patient work that gives the land life again.

Watercolour harvest of a tomato, beet, carrot and leafy greens

A farming family

Since 1885Proudly growing in Georgetown today.

Good soil. Honest food. Neighbours welcome.

The Humble Garden glowing in the evening sun

Coming through the season

Keep an eye on the rows.

The seed orders are full of good things. Weather decides the exact timing, but here is what we are watching for next.

Heirloom tomatoesSauce tomatoesSweet + hot peppersCucumbersColourful beansCarrots + potatoesPumpkinsWinter squash
Ask what's almost ready

Come see where it grows

From the market to the farm.

Want to walk the rows, hear the story of the land or finally find out what is happening inside the green dome? Ask us at the market or call ahead to arrange a visit.