In towns across Montana, Chinese gardeners were once a familiar sight—walking the streets with baskets of fresh vegetables or cultivating fields on the edges of growing communities. Drawing on farming traditions from southern China, they introduced techniques that produced remarkable crops in the challenging conditions of the Mountain West. Their vegetables fed mining camps, railroad towns, and city neighborhoods, becoming essential to local diets. Yet their success also brought hostility, as anti-Chinese groups called for boycotts and sometimes turned to violence. This talk explores the history of Chinese vegetable gardens in Montana through maps, photographs, newspaper accounts, and community memories, highlighting the resilience and impact of these often-overlooked gardeners.