Farms in Boone, NC

Boone · Farmers Market

​The King Street Farmers' Market, powered by Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture is returning for the 2022 season! The market has been operating since 2017! The King Street Market is a spacious, outdoor market that operates every Tuesday from May through October. The King Street Market is designed with working families in mind to give them the perfect opportunity to shop local during the week! We have a variety of vendors including produce, meat, eggs, dairy, bread, baked goods, crafts, soap and more!

Boone · Farmers Market

The Watauga County Farmers' Market runs Saturdays from April through November at Daniel Boone Park on Horn in the West Drive in Boone, opening 8am (9am in November) to noon. Vendors sell produce, berries, honey, jams, eggs, cheeses, meats, mushrooms, herbs, cut flowers, and mountain crafts like pottery and woodwork. Boone sits high in the Blue Ridge of northwestern North Carolina.

Boone · Farmers Market

The Boone Winter Farmers' Market offers a wide range of local products such as fresh produce, meats, bouquets, pottery, prepared foods and preserves, honey, homemade body products, herbal remedies, chocolate, coffee, and so much more!

Boone · Farmers Market

Boone · Agritourism Farm

Bill Moretz grows more than 90 apple varieties on this Watauga County orchard, alongside peaches, nectarines, pears, plums, blueberries, and bramble fruit. The family started the operation in 1993 and sells through the Watauga County Farmers Market and the High Country Food Hub. Fruit comes in from roughly June through October, with dried apples, potatoes, pumpkins, and winter squash later in the season. The high elevation near Boone keeps the apples crisp.

Boone · Agritourism Farm

A Greene Family Farm sits on Junaluska Road outside Boone, in Watauga County's High Country. The mountain setting is prime Fraser fir and cool-season produce ground, but the farm's own offerings and visiting hours aren't posted online. Contact them directly before heading up the mountain.

Boone · Agritourism Farm, Christmas Tree Farm

C and J Christmas Trees grows Fraser fir on Brookshire Road in Boone, at the center of North Carolina's High Country tree country. Watauga County's cool, high elevation produces the firs that ship nationwide each December. Choose-and-cut farms here open after Thanksgiving, weather permitting.

Boone · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

Pick-your-own blueberry patch on Junaluska Road in Boone, high in the Watauga County mountains. At this elevation highland blueberries usually ripen through July into August, later than in the Piedmont. Public details are limited, so call ahead to confirm picking days, hours, and ripeness before driving up.

Vilas · Agritourism Farm, Plant Nursery

Shady Grove Gardens and Nursery is a High Country nursery in Vilas, in Watauga County near Boone. Mountain nurseries here sell perennials, daylilies, and cut flowers suited to cool Blue Ridge summers. Elevation makes the growing calendar later than the lowlands. Check plant availability and open dates before visiting, since a P.O. box is the only address listed publicly.

Blowing Rock · Farmers Market

Held at 132 Park Avenue in downtown Blowing Rock, a Blue Ridge Parkway resort town in the North Carolina high country near Boone. The market runs through the warm months, bringing mountain-grown produce, flowers, and local food to a busy summer-and-fall tourist stretch. Exact days and contact details aren't confirmed here.

VILAS · CSA Farm

Deep Gap · Agritourism Farm, Corn Maze

New River Corn Maze operates in Deep Gap, in Watauga County's High Country just east of Boone. The maze takes its name from the nearby New River, one of the oldest rivers in North America. Mountain corn mazes run through the fall harvest season.

Todd · Agritourism Farm

The Farm at Mollies Branch raises free-range hens for multicolored eggs and grows shiitake mushrooms, nettles, herbs, and vegetables near Todd in the High Country. It calls itself a no-kill farm focused on non-GMO food and keeps llamas, chickens, and ducks. Tours run by appointment, with admission of two cans of food per person or a donation. The farm posts updates on a Substack newsletter.

Zionville · CSA Farm, Meat Farm

Creston · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

A pick-your-own blueberry farm on Sutherland Road in Creston, up in Ashe County near the Virginia line. High-country berries here ripen later than the piedmont, generally mid-to-late summer. Bring buckets during the July harvest window.

Zionville · CSA Farm

Banner Elk · Farmers Market

Held at 155 Orchard Lane in Banner Elk, in Avery County, North Carolina high country near the Sugar Mountain and Beech Mountain resorts. Short mountain summers make for a compact season of cool-climate produce, berries, and crafts. Market days and contact details aren't confirmed in this listing.

Vilas · Agritourism Farm

A farm on Mountain Dale Road in Vilas, in the High Country just west of Boone. Watauga County leads North Carolina's Fraser fir Christmas tree production, and many farms here also cut hay and graze cattle on steep mountain pasture. Whether this one sells trees or opens to visitors isn't posted online, so contact them before a trip.

West Jefferson · Agritourism Farm

Lantern Farm sits in the Doe Meadows area near West Jefferson in Ashe County, high in the North Carolina mountains. The short, cool growing season here favors berries, greens, and other high-elevation crops, alongside Christmas trees, an Ashe County staple. Little is published about this farm, so it's best to confirm details directly.

West Jefferson · Agritourism Farm, Corn Maze

Ashe County Corn Maze operates in West Jefferson, in Ashe County's High Country near the Blue Ridge Parkway and the New River. Fall corn mazes in these mountains run through the autumn harvest season. Specific dates and pricing aren't listed online.