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Growing Food

Find support for gardeners, urban farmers, or cottage food producers. Learn how to grow food, sell your products, or find local farmers markets or farms.

Denver Vegetable Planting Guide

For first-time gardeners, it’s helpful to understand a bit about our area's unique climate and growing conditions. Denver’s climate and elevation classifies as semi-arid high desert (Zone 5b). Denver receives 60 inches of snowfall per year, but only receives between 9-15 inches of precipitation usable for gardening.

Colorado Gardening Guide

Average elevation in Colorado is above 6,800 feet; high intensity sunlight and generally low humidity, rapid and extreme weather fluctuations and diverse soil conditions all combine to challenge Colorado gardeners. Find resources on: gardening basics, diseases, flowers, fruits & vegetables and more.

Cottage Foods

Cottage foods laws in Colorado allow limited types of food products that are non-potentially hazardous (do not require refrigeration for safety) to be sold directly to consumers without licensing or inspections. Denver allows for the home-based sales or preparation of Cottage Foods or raw foods grown in a home garden or primary urban garden.

USDA Nutrition Education

Every 5 years, the Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services release Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a key resource for health professionals and policymakers to help Americans enjoy a healthy eating pattern, promote health, and prevent chronic disease. It is used to inform the development of federal food, nutrition, and health policies and programs.

Denver Farm Zoning

Some Denver zoning allows for agricultural and farming land uses. The Open Space zone O-2 allows large tracts of open land utilized for agriculture or ranching activities, airports and under special conditions, oil and gas production; find more information and search tools to explore where agricultural and farming uses are allowed.

Want to be added to this list? Email foodaccess@denvergov.org.

Farmers Markets

Most markets are seasonal.

South Pearl St. Farmers Market

Sundays, 9am-1pm
South Pearl Street between East Iowa Avenue and East Arkansas Avenue, 80210
SNAP benefits accepted at select vendors

Central Park Farmers Market

Sundays, 8:30am-12:30pm
Founders Green at Central Park, on Syracuse Street and 29th Avenue, 80238

Union Station Farmers Market

Saturdays, 9am-1pm
Denver’s Union Station, at 17th Avenue and Wynkoop Street, 80202
SNAP benefits accepted

Highlands Farmers Market

Sundays, 9am-1pm
32nd Avenue and Lowell Boulevard, 80211

Huerta Urbana Market

Fridays, 2pm-6pm
2501 E. 48th Ave. Denver, 80216
Pay what you can market, SNAP, WIC, DUFB accepted

City Park Farmers Market

Saturdays, 8am-1pm
2551 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO 80206
SNAP, WIC, and DUFB accepted

Green Valley Ranch

Wednesdays, 5pm-8pm
4890 Argonne Way Denver 80249

Mo' Betta Greens Marketplace

Saturdays, 10am-2pm
Charles Cousin Plaza (24th and Welton St), 80205

Cherry Creek Farmers Market

Saturdays, 9am-2pm
Wednesday, 9am-1pm
Cherry Creek Shopping Center at First Avenue and University Boulevard, 80206

University Hills Farmers Market

Saturdays, 9am-1pm
University Hills Plaza, 2500 S. Colorado Blvd

Want to be added to this list? Email foodaccess@denvergov.org.

Farms

Altius Farms
2500 25th Street #200, Denver
https://altiusfarms.com/

Barber's Farms
5140 Race Ct, Denver
https://barbersfarms.com/contact-us

Beatbox Farms
3915 Tennyson St, Denver
https://www.ediblebeats.com/beat-box-farms

Blue Shed Urban Gardens
1064 S High St, Denver
https://www.instagram.com/blue.shed.urbangardens

Bonverts Farm
6013 N Galena St, Denver

DreamAcres Farm, Inc.
5140 Deephaven Court, Denver

Ekar Farm
181 S Oneida St, Denver
https://www.ekarfarm.org

Farm Fresh Fungi
2545 S Tennyson Way, Denver
https://freshfromthefarmfungi.com/

Farmyard CSA
445 S. Pearl Street, Denver
http://farmyardcsa.com/

Frontline Farming – Celebration
1650 South Birch St., Denver
https://www.frontlinefarming.org

Frontline Farming - Sister Gardens
2861 52nd Ave, Denver
https://www.frontlinefarming.org

Granata Farms
2071 Grape Street, Denver

Groundwork Denver
5270 Federal Blvd, Denver
https://groundworkcolorado.org/

Groundwork Greens
3280 N. Downing Street, Unit E, Denver
https://groundworkcolorado.org/programs/food/

Grove Street Farm
2501 Grove St, Denver

High Plains Natural Poultry
3885 Forest St, Denver
https://www.facebook.com/highplainspoultry/

Lily's Flower Farm
4545 W. Hayward Pl., Denver

Lost Greens Farm
4436 Pennsylvania St, Denver
https://www.lostgreensfarm.com

Metro Caring Hydro Farm
1100 E. 18th Ave, Denver
https://www.metrocaring.org

MoonDog Community Farm
2201 Tremont Pl, Denver
https://www.facebook.com/MoondogFarmdenver/

NestFresh Eggs
4340 Glencoe St., Denver
www.nestfresh.com

Northsider Farms, LLC
5115 Lowell Blvd., Denver
www.northsiderfarms.com

Paper Kite Farm Denver
2575 South Linley Court, Denver
https://paperkitefarm.com

Re:Vision
3800 Morrison Rd, Denver
https://www.revision.coop/

Savage Gardens
2570 South Linley Court, Denver

Sprout City Farms - Denver Green School
6700 E Virginia Ave, Denver
http://www.sproutcityfarms.org

Sunnyside Farm – Denver
4512 Vallejo Street, Denver

Sweet Dirt Urban Farm/Counter Beet Farm
3090 S Decatur St, Denver

The Table Urban Farm
1812 S. Lincoln St, Denver
https://www.denvertable.org

The Urban Farm
10200 Smith Rd,, Denver
https://www.theurbanfarm.org/

The Veg Yard
399 S Dale Ct, Denver
https://www.localharvest.org/the-veg-yard-M73903

Ullr's Garden
1532 South Acoma Street, Denver
https://ullrsgarden.com/

Urban Greens Farm
3201 Shoshone St., Unit 302, Denver
https://urbangreensfarm.square.site/

Wellpower: Dahlia Campus
3401 Eudora St, Denver
https://www.wellpower.org/dahlia-campus-for-health-well-being/

Want to be added to this list? Email foodaccess@denvergov.org.

Community and School Gardens

DPS Gardens

https://sustainability.dpsk12.org/gardens-resources/

Denver Urban Gardens

https://dug.org/gardens/