Kyeemagh Market Gardens

Kyeemagh Market Gardens is a historic horticultural site in inner Sydney that spreads across approximately 8 hectares, bordered by Cooks River and several roads. The land is divided into four leasehold garden sections and contains seven structures, including cottages with corrugated iron roofs and storage buildings used for cultivation and residential purposes.

These gardens were established in 1892 by Chinese farmers including Sung Kuong War, Lee How, and Sin Hop Sing, forming one of the area's earliest continuous horticultural settlements. Over the following decades, Italian and Maltese gardening communities joined them and expanded agricultural activity at the site.

The gardens served as a vital source of fresh produce for working families during the economic hardship of the 1930s. This place shows how immigrant communities worked together to feed a growing city.

The site with its historic cottages and storage structures offers a view of a working horticultural settlement's layout and infrastructure. Visitors should be aware that this remains an active growing area, so access and viewing conditions may vary depending on gardening operations.

This is one of just a few remaining inner-city horticultural sites in Sydney where market gardening has continued unbroken since the 1800s. The fact that farming has persisted here for over a century makes it a rare example of continuous agricultural use within a rapidly expanding metropolis.