Specialties
5 acres of organic vegetables, fruits and flowers grown with love and care in Bushnell Florida by your farmers, Cole Turner and Ellen Trimarco. We're a Saint Petersburg staple, find us at the Saturday Morning Market every Saturday from October till May from 9 -2. We also offer a CSA Farm and Flower Card Membership, entitling you to 10% off our already competitively priced produce. We are currently accepting members till September. To sign up and read more check out our website. Some of our specialties include heirloom tomatoes, lettuce, fresh vibrant greens, sprouts, sweet ripe peppers, hot peppers, cucumbers, summer squash, watermelons, strawberries, sunflowers, hundreds of other flower varieties by the bunch, eggplant, fresh herbs, turnips, radishes, and carrots. Our farm is USDA certified organic by QCS. We never use synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, or herbicides. We are dedicated to mindful stewardship of the land.
History
Established in 2013.
Little Pond Farm is owned and operated by Cole Turner and Ellen Trimarco. Established in 2013, the farm resides on 26 acres of family-owned land in Sumter County, on the edge of 25,000 acres of forest and swamps. We grow 5 acres of organic vegetables and cut flowers for a weekly farmer's market, and community-supported agriculture program.
Meet the Business Owner: Cole, Ellen T.
Cole Turner and Ellen Trimarco are the Owners, Operators and Farmers of Little Pond Farm. They both studied at farm apprenticeships in the south in 2013 and ever since then, have only grown their passion and expertise together. Cole is a master of crop production, flower production, farmers market design and flower arrangement. Ellen brings a Masters of Arts from Columbia University in Conservation Biology and has a keen interest in soil biology and microbiology. With their forces combined, they are Little Pond Farm.