Farmers Markets 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

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

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.

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.

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.

Hendersonville

Hendersonville

One of Henderson County's tailgate markets, held on North King Street in downtown Hendersonville. Henderson County grows more apples than anywhere else in North Carolina, and its orchards, produce farms, and greenhouses supply the market through the season. Hendersonville's brick Main Street sits a block over and keeps the downtown busy in summer and fall.

Flat Rock

An open-air tailgate market in the village of Flat Rock, just south of Hendersonville along Greenville Highway. Growers from around Henderson County, one of North Carolina's leading apple-producing counties, sell seasonal produce and homemade goods. Flat Rock is known for the Carl Sandburg Home and the Flat Rock Playhouse, and the market pulls in both residents and summer visitors passing through the area.

Waynesville

A food hub on Old River Road in Waynesville, Haywood County, in the mountains west of Asheville. Hubs like this gather produce, meat, and other goods from area farms and channel them to buyers and community members. No website or schedule is posted that I could verify, so contact the hub directly for how to order or take part.

Brevard

The Transylvania Farmers' Market gathers makers, growers, and producers from within 100 miles of Brevard every Saturday in the downtown mountain town. It runs 9am to noon May through October and 10am to noon in the off-season, and leashed dogs are welcome. Brevard sits in the Blue Ridge of western North Carolina near Pisgah National Forest.

Saluda

The Saluda Tailgate Market focuses on selling fresh, local produce, locally made crafts, and freshly made baked goods.

Burnsville

Waynesville

The Waynesville Tailgate Market sets up at 171 Legion Drive behind the American Legion in Waynesville, the Haywood County seat in the western North Carolina mountains. Growers from the surrounding high country sell seasonal produce and homemade goods straight from their tailgates. Exact days and hours aren't confirmed online.

Columbus

A farmers market that specializes in local produce, crafts, baked goods, and artisan goods.