BRIDGEPORT FARMS & GARDENS
Farmer-Owned Locally Grown Organic Since 1995
Encouraging Health, Independence, & Sustainability
Bridgeport Farms & Gardens, nestled in a small valley southwest of Salem, Oregon, has been a source for organic produce to the Kings Valley and surrounding communities since 1995. In 1999, the 87-acre parcel changed hands and now the Dhooghe's continue to expand their products and services, and offer workshops relating to healthful living and ecological responsibility.
Turning 30-40 tons of organic green compost annually provides quality living soil for everything grown at the farm. Our rustic country store, built almost entirely out of reclaimed and recycled materials, features organic food, local and regional organic produce, and much more; plus books and a lending library of materials on natural healing and healthy food choices.
Sixty of Bridgeport's 87 acres is dedicated to wetlands restoration and is one of only few projects of this kind in the area that is organically managed and tended by the the land owners. (More information below about our wetlands.)
Turning 30-40 tons of organic green compost annually provides quality living soil for everything grown at the farm. Our rustic country store, built almost entirely out of reclaimed and recycled materials, features organic food, local and regional organic produce, and much more; plus books and a lending library of materials on natural healing and healthy food choices.
Sixty of Bridgeport's 87 acres is dedicated to wetlands restoration and is one of only few projects of this kind in the area that is organically managed and tended by the the land owners. (More information below about our wetlands.)
Store Hours
Monday - Saturday 9-7
Sunday 12 - 6
Monday - Saturday 9-7
Sunday 12 - 6
Our Wetlands Project
In 1995, the wetlands at Bridgeport Farms & Gardens started very small at only 1.5 acres. In 1999, the Dhooghe's expanded the wetlands project from 1 acre to the 60 acres that it is today, developing ponds, levies, and controlled drainage. The Dhooghe's are committed to continuing organic growing, not just in the 27 acres of farmland, but in the wetlands as well. It is one of the features that makes their wetlands unique as a habitat restoration project.
Partnership with the US Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Oregon's Institute for Applied Ecology, Native Seed Network, have helped facilitate the development of the wetlands restoration project. A combination of year round ponds, seasonal, and vernal ponds attract wildlife such as Canada Geese, elk, several varieties of duck, Great Blue Heron, Sandpiper, Bald Eagle, Ospree and other Raptors, Western Blue Bird, Kildeer, Cedar Waxwing, a variety of finches and much more.
These wetlands have unique hydrology, with an atypically high water table, and are unusual not just for their plant variety, but for their organic husbandry. Most regional wetlands are located in lower river valleys and are maintained by the state. However, this is the only restoration project of its kind in the region whose landowners do the actual work in development and maintenance.
The project boasts rare and threatened plant species such as Nelson's Checker Mallow, and only organic methods are used in planting and propagating native seed, and in control of undesirable plant and animal species. In conjunction with that, this site also serves as the only organic native seed bank in the region.
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In 1995, the wetlands at Bridgeport Farms & Gardens started very small at only 1.5 acres. In 1999, the Dhooghe's expanded the wetlands project from 1 acre to the 60 acres that it is today, developing ponds, levies, and controlled drainage. The Dhooghe's are committed to continuing organic growing, not just in the 27 acres of farmland, but in the wetlands as well. It is one of the features that makes their wetlands unique as a habitat restoration project.
Partnership with the US Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Oregon's Institute for Applied Ecology, Native Seed Network, have helped facilitate the development of the wetlands restoration project. A combination of year round ponds, seasonal, and vernal ponds attract wildlife such as Canada Geese, elk, several varieties of duck, Great Blue Heron, Sandpiper, Bald Eagle, Ospree and other Raptors, Western Blue Bird, Kildeer, Cedar Waxwing, a variety of finches and much more.
These wetlands have unique hydrology, with an atypically high water table, and are unusual not just for their plant variety, but for their organic husbandry. Most regional wetlands are located in lower river valleys and are maintained by the state. However, this is the only restoration project of its kind in the region whose landowners do the actual work in development and maintenance.
The project boasts rare and threatened plant species such as Nelson's Checker Mallow, and only organic methods are used in planting and propagating native seed, and in control of undesirable plant and animal species. In conjunction with that, this site also serves as the only organic native seed bank in the region.
I need this spacing
Bridgeport Farms & Gardens is located at the NW corner of Kings Valley Hwy (Hwy 223) and Bridgeport Rd/Monmouth Hwy just 7 miles south of Dallas and west of Monmouth.
(From Monmouth, go west & follow signs for Falls City. At Hwy 223, continue west through intersection. Store is @ 300 ft. up on the right.)
503-623-6522
