Farms Near Asheville, NC

Asheville

This midweek tailgate market sets up around the French Broad Food Co-op on Biltmore Avenue in downtown Asheville, gathering growers from the surrounding mountains. The co-op has anchored Asheville's downtown natural-foods scene for decades. Western North Carolina's tailgate markets are a regional institution, and a Wednesday market gives shoppers a stop between the busier weekend ones.

Asheville

A food hub at 50 S. French Broad Avenue in downtown Asheville, Buncombe County. The location sits near the city's Southside neighborhood, and hubs like this connect area farms with residents through aggregation and distribution of local food. No website or posted hours are listed that I could verify, so contact the hub directly for details.

Asheville

ASAP is the Asheville nonprofit behind Appalachian Grown, the certification that labels food grown or raised within about 100 miles of the mountains. The group connects Western North Carolina farms with local buyers, runs the ASAP Farmers Market in Asheville, publishes the annual Local Food Guide, and organizes the yearly Farm Tour and Business of Farming Conference. It's a gateway to the region's farms rather than a farm itself.

Asheville

A neighborhood tailgate market in the Oakley area of East Asheville, set up in the Oakley United Methodist Church parking lot on Fairview Road. Growers from the Southern Appalachian mountains bring seasonal produce, and small tailgate markets like this are common across the Asheville area. It draws the surrounding East Asheville community.

The West Asheville Tailgate Market runs Tuesdays from 3:30 to 6:30pm, April through Christmas, at 718 Haywood Road in West Asheville. Vendors sell fruits and vegetables, bread and baked goods, eggs, cheese, milk, meat, poultry, and fish, plus plant starts, herbal medicine, and local art. It accepts SNAP EBT and cards, with live music and free children's activities each week.

Asheville

Asheville

An Asheville ranch selling meat from bison raised on its own pastures, cut into ground meat, burgers, and steaks like filet, New York strip, and top sirloin. The operation also carries elk, yak, watusi, and grass-fed beef, and runs herd tours by appointment. Orders ship, and the ranch works a second site, Dr. King's Farms, in nearby Leicester.

Asheville

The Wild Salmon Co. is a family fishing operation based in Asheville, North Carolina that spends each summer harvesting sockeye salmon from Alaska's Bristol Bay — one of the world's most sustainable fisheries — plus lingcod, black cod, king salmon, and Pacific cod from trusted fellow fishermen. The single yearly catch is flash-frozen and shipped nationwide in two seasonal waves, with free local pickup in Asheville and free delivery to 25+ Southeast buying clubs; it sells out every year.

Asheville

Fields of Fun is the fall festival and corn maze run by Eliada, a nonprofit about five miles from downtown Asheville that serves local children and youth. The eight-acre maze is billed as the largest in western North Carolina, and the grounds add corn cannons, hayrides, lawn games, a bouncy pillow, food trucks, and pumpkins for sale. It runs from late September through the first of November, and proceeds go back to Eliada's programs.

Olivette Farm Stand sells produce direct from the farm at a roadside stand. The listing gives no city or contact details, so the growing season and stand hours aren't confirmed.

Asheville

A farm on Jones Cove Road in east Asheville, in Buncombe County. The Italian name may point to an event or agritourism theme, but current offerings aren't documented online. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows or hosts before visiting.

Behind the Community Center overlooking Lake Louise Weaverville

The Weaverville Tailgate Market gathers behind the Community Center overlooking Lake Louise on Lakeshore Drive in Weaverville, just north of Asheville in Buncombe County. Growers and makers from the surrounding mountains sell seasonal produce and local goods at the small tailgate market. Days and hours aren't confirmed online.

Fletcher

Cloud Nine is a 200-acre farm and retreat off Bob Barnwell Road in Fletcher, about 15 minutes southeast of Asheville. The property mixes vacation cabin rentals and a rustic wedding venue with a working farm that keeps cows and chickens and sells honey and berries. Wooded trails run across the hilltop acreage. The family started it in 2004 and uses organic methods, though the farm isn't certified organic.

Arden

Riverview Orchard is a Certified Naturally Grown farm on Glenn Bridge Road in Arden, just south of Asheville in Buncombe County. It grows apples, asparagus, berries, vegetables, and cut flowers, with a country store open year-round and tractor-pulled hayrides to the apple trees each fall. Reach them at (828) 687-1936 or rivervieworchards.com. Apple picking runs roughly July through October.

Asheville

Aunt Sandie's is a small restored farm on Old Leicester Highway just west of Asheville, keeping goats and chickens and selling fresh eggs, herbs, vegetables, and cut flowers in season. The property doubles as an event space, hosting art parties and scavenger hunts, and offers a campsite through Hipcamp. It sits in the Leicester farming community northwest of the city. Check their Facebook page for current availability and hours.

Fairview

An agritourism farm on Old Fort Road in Fairview, in the mountains southeast of Asheville. Listings point to family visits, seasonal activities, and farm events rather than a produce stand, but specifics are thin online. Buncombe County's Fairview area is dotted with small ranches and pastures. Reach out directly to find out what the ranch offers and when it's open to visitors.

Weaverville

Honey & the Hive is a beekeeping supply, honey, and gift shop in Weaverville, North Carolina, but our reach is much farther than that! We carry beekeeping supplies, offer classes on beekeeping, sell local honey, and make products from the hive, like propolis tincture, infused honey, and beeswax candles. More than just a store, we are a hive of like-minded people who love bees and pollinators and want to educate our community about how to help care for this valuable part of our ecosystem. Our His

Candler

Jake's Farm is an 11-acre certified-organic operation in Candler, west of Asheville, growing vegetables, small fruits, medicinal herbs, and tea ingredients. It also raises certified Appalachian-grown Chinese botanicals and runs a CSA. Since 2015 the farm has offered camping and treehouse stays for visitors who want to see regenerative growing up close. The Brown Lynch Road site sits in the Buncombe County mountains.

Fletcher

A u-pick farm on McKinney Fruit Drive in Fletcher, south of Asheville, with an unusual lineup for the mountains: blueberries plus red and black currants and gooseberries, alongside green and yellow beans and tomatoes. Currants and gooseberries are hard to find at most Southern farms, which makes this one worth a stop for cooks and jam-makers. Picking follows the summer ripening in Henderson County.

Weaverville

A farm in Weaverville, just north of Asheville in Buncombe County's mountains. The listing marks it for agritourism, but no website or details are posted that I could verify. Small farms around Weaverville range from produce and flowers to livestock and event venues. Contact the farm directly to learn what it offers and when.

Leicester

Fairview

Hickory Nut Gap Farms in Fairview, North Carolina is a leader in regenerative agriculture — a Savory Institute-accredited Regenerative Hub sourcing 100% grassfed, grass-finished beef and pasture-raised pork from family farms across the Southeast. Its humanely raised meats, never from feedlots and never given antibiotics or added hormones, reach Whole Foods, Sprouts, Ingles, and Harris Teeter shelves across the eastern US, and the farm itself welcomes visitors.

Fairview

Leicester

Worley Honey Farm is a honey producer on New Leicester Highway in Leicester, a rural community in the mountains northwest of Asheville in Buncombe County. Beekeepers in this part of western North Carolina typically bottle raw wildflower and sourwood honey, the region's prized late-summer varietal. No public storefront or site was confirmed online.

Leicester

Our farm is located in Leicester, NC on 70 acres of family farm land. We are Aaron and Anne Grier. The farm is home to a heard of Red Devon cattle, a Jersey milk cow, a flock of chickens, and several acres of vegetable-growing bottom-land. We strive to produce food that is healthier for all of us raised in a manner easier on the environment. Our cattle graze on mixed forage pasture. This is a great diet for ruminating animals and the open pasture lands aid in carbon sequestration. Our vegetables

Mills River

We are a truly local market with 99% of the items sold are from farms and artisans within 50 miles of our market! We have everything from looseleaf tea to grass fed and finished beef, local pork and a staggering amount of vegetables (organic, naturally grown, and conventional), seafood from the NC coast and coffee, baked goods and wood crafts, sewn crafts and plant starts, honey and flowers, and so much more! Come support a 501c3 nonprofit farmers market with a heart for community and preserving

Marshall

An agritourism farm on Catawba Drive near Marshall, in the Madison County mountains north of Asheville. (A same-named horse farm in Florida is unrelated.) Public details for the North Carolina property are limited online; contact the farm directly to confirm what it offers and when it's open.

Hendersonville

We run 11 apiaries, bee yards, throughout Hendersonville, Flat Rock, Zirconia, Tryon, and the Asheville area. We have a total of 301 hives with plans of expanding to 1000 hives in 2019. We produce Wild Flower Honey, Sourwood Honey, Apple Blossom Honey, Cream Honey, a variety of infused honey's, and numerous other types of honey from other parts of the country for a total of 30 different types of honey. We also make lip balm, soap, candles, and facial creams from our beeswax. We also carry a full

Barnardsville

Held at 1679 Barnardsville Highway in Barnardsville, in the Big Ivy area of Buncombe County north of Asheville. Like other Western North Carolina tailgate markets, it gathers nearby growers for a warm-season run of mountain produce, eggs, and handmade goods. Market days and contact details aren't listed here.

Barnardsville

Hendersonville

Obermiller's Farm sits in Hendersonville, the center of Henderson County's apple and mountain-produce country in Western North Carolina. The listing marks it as an agritourism stop. Specific crops and visiting hours aren't published online; the surrounding area is known for apples, berries, and fall harvest activities.

Black Mountain

A producer-only tailgate market in Black Mountain, east of Asheville, set up behind First Baptist Church at 130 Montreat Road. Everything sold is grown or made by the vendor, drawing Swannanoa Valley farmers for a warm-season Saturday run of produce, meats, and crafts. Exact hours and contact details aren't confirmed here.

Black Mountain

A warm-season tailgate market in Black Mountain, the Swannanoa Valley town just east of Asheville. Growers and makers from the surrounding mountains set up at 130 Montreat Road to sell vegetables, fruit, eggs, baked goods, and handmade crafts direct to shoppers. Markets like this one run through the growing season and close over winter. It sits within a short walk of downtown Black Mountain.

Oak Holler Farm is a South Carolina farm whose name suggests a wooded, hilly upstate setting. Public listings carry no city, product, or contact information, so the specifics of its operation aren't documented online.

Mystic Roots Farm grows in South Carolina. No records turned up a city, crop list, or contact details, so its location and what it sells remain unconfirmed.

Hendersonville

A seasonal Halloween attraction on Townsend Road in Hendersonville, open through October in Henderson County's apple and agritourism belt northeast of town. The farm runs a fall haunt after dark, with hours limited to the Halloween season. Little else is documented online.

Hendersonville

Hendersonville

Hendersonville

Justus Orchard runs pick-your-own across 21 apple varieties, plus thornless Navaho blackberries in July and August and Asian pears in early September. The Garren Road farm sits in Hendersonville's Edneyville apple belt. Beyond the trees there's a bakery known for fried apple pies and cider donuts, a taproom pouring cider and craft beer, and a market stocking local honey and jams. Kids get cow-train rides and apple cannons.

Hendersonville

Justus Orchard grows 21 apple varieties for pick-your-own and pre-picked sales, plus Asian pears, blackberries, and cut sunflowers and zinnias off Garren Road. The bakery turns out fried apple pies and cider donuts, and a weekend taproom pours on the farm. Families come for the jumping pillow, apple cannons, and cow-train rides. The season typically opens in early July and runs through fall in the Henderson County apple belt.

An apple orchard in the Hendersonville area of Henderson County, North Carolina's largest apple-growing region. The 28792 ZIP puts it among the mountain orchards east of town, where varieties like Rome, Gala, and Red Delicious ripen from late summer through fall. No website or listing turned up online, so hours and pick-your-own availability are best confirmed directly with the orchard.

Hendersonville

Hendersonville

Hendersonville

Pick-your-own apple orchard on Chimney Rock Road outside Hendersonville, growing Ginger Gold, Zestar, Gala, Honeycrisp, and EverCrisp apples in the Blue Ridge foothills. The farm bakes cider donuts and apple pies daily, presses its own cider, and adds a corn maze, playground, and pumpkins once fall arrives. Apple season runs from late summer into fall. Leashed pets are welcome.

Hendersonville

Mountain Fresh Orchards is on Chimney Rock Road in Hendersonville, in Henderson County—the county that grows most of North Carolina's apples. Orchards here sell fall apples, cider, and u-pick during harvest season. Specific varieties, pricing, and picking hours for this farm aren't confirmed online, so contact it directly before visiting.

Mills River

Deep Woods Mushrooms grows specialty mushrooms on Deep Woods Road in Mills River, in Henderson County's fertile French Broad valley south of Asheville. Mills River is one of western North Carolina's most productive farm districts. Sales channels and visit details aren't posted online.

Hendersonville

Lyda Farms is on Chimney Rock Road in Hendersonville, in the Henderson County apple belt of western North Carolina. Growers here bring in apples through late summer and fall, alongside tomatoes and other mountain produce. The farm sells seasonally, so what's available depends on the harvest at the time of a visit.

Farm & Sparrow is an Appalachian seed project, grain collection, and mill in Mars Hill, North Carolina, founded by baker David Bauer in 2006 and famous enough that Food & Wine listed it among the world's best bakeries. Since closing the bakery in 2018, the mill — housed in a restored 100-year-old chapel — devotes itself to American Landrace grains: heritage wheat, rye, and corn grown with small mountain farms and stone-milled to order to preserve each crop's aroma and terroir.

Mars Hill

Hensley Farm sells strawberries and offers pick-your-own near Mars Hill in Madison County, in the mountains north of Asheville. Berries ripen later here than in the flatlands — mountain strawberry season usually lands in May and June. Call ahead or check local directories for current picking days.

Carolina Ground is a boutique flour mill in Asheville, North Carolina, stone-grinding locally grown wheat and rye into bread, pastry, and rye flour. Everything is cold-milled, unbleached, and unbromated, and it stocks co-ops in Asheville, Hendersonville, and Hillsborough. The mill links Southern grain farmers directly with regional bakers. (Listed under SC, but it's in Asheville, NC.)

Hendersonville

Henry Barnwell Farm grows apples on Grant Mountain Road in Hendersonville, part of the Barnwell family's Henderson County orchards. The family's Barnwell's Apple House, selling apples, peaches, vegetables, and fresh-pressed cider, dates to 1959 and now covers more than 80 acres. Reach this farm at 828-685-7371, or find the family stand online at barnwellsapplehouse.com. Apples ripen from late summer into fall.

Hendersonville

Lyda Farms grows produce on Chimney Rock Road east of Hendersonville, in Henderson County apple-and-tomato country at the edge of the Blue Ridge. The stand sells the farm's own seasonal fruit and vegetables. Henderson County is one of North Carolina's top tomato and apple regions.

Black Mountain

We are humbled and grateful to our community for the warm welcome and fantastic first year. To many more! Foothills Grange The Grange’s expansive outdoor space features covered picnic tables, a large patio with seating, indoor seating, a kids’ play space with dirt piles and Tonka trucks, and a permanent food truck serving Foothills’ classics menu of house ground hamburgers, secret recipe hot dogs, specialty sandwiches and famous tallow fries. Did you know you can book a picnic table or an entire

Black Mountain

With plenty of grit and a whole lot of love, Round Mountain Creamery was founded in 2002 by Linda Seligman. Beginning with five goats and dream, our little big farm became North Carolina’s first Grade “A” Goat Dairy in 2008. Now with over 60 goats, we produce a wide variety of soft and aged goat cheeses for both home and wholesale use.

Hendersonville

A Century Farm apple orchard near Hendersonville, worked by five or six generations of the Laughter family. The roadside market and pick-your-own rows focus on apples, from familiar varieties to newer releases, through the fall harvest. It sits in Henderson County's apple belt, the largest apple-growing region in North Carolina. Call ahead to confirm which varieties are ready.

Etowah

Hendersonville

Hendersonville

A u-pick apple orchard in Hendersonville, North Carolina — the directory's Oregon label is an error, since the 28792 ZIP sits in Henderson County apple country. Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard opens for fall apple picking in the Blue Ridge foothills, a family-run operation in one of the Southeast's densest apple-growing regions.

Hendersonville

Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard is a pick-your-own apple farm on Stepp Orchard Drive in Hendersonville, in Henderson County, North Carolina's top apple-growing region. U-pick apples run from late summer into fall, when the county's orchards ripen their crop. It sits along the local apple orchard road that draws leaf-season visitors each autumn.