Farms in Flat Rock, NC

Flat Rock · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

Sky Top Orchard covers Pinnacle Mountain near Flat Rock with u-pick apples in dozens of varieties, plus peaches and seasonal cherries. The mountaintop farm is best known for its apple cider donuts and rounds out visits with hayrides, an apple cannon, gem mining, a bamboo forest, and hand-tossed pizza. It sits above Hendersonville in Henderson County, one of the Southeast's main apple regions.

Flat Rock · Farmers Market

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.

Flat Rock · Agritourism Farm

Lively Farm Outlet sells apples, peaches, and vegetables wholesale and retail off Howard Gap Road in Flat Rock, in Henderson County's mountain apple country south of Hendersonville. The Lively family has run the stand since 2001. Reach them at (828) 698-5551 or [email protected]. Peaches arrive in summer, with the apple harvest carrying through fall.

Flat Rock · Agritourism Farm

Jimmy Nix and Sons runs an apple house in Flat Rock, part of Henderson County's apple belt — the largest apple-growing region in North Carolina. Local orchards here harvest from late August through October, selling fresh-picked apples, cider, and fall produce. Hours follow the autumn season.

Flat Rock · Farm Stand, Orchard

Hendersonville · Farmers Market

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.

Zirconia · Agritourism Farm, Produce Farm

A blueberry farm on Green River Road in Zirconia, south of Hendersonville in Henderson County. Mountain-edge berries here ripen through July into August for pick-your-own. The Green River gorge nearby pulls paddlers and hikers in the same stretch of summer.

Hendersonville · Farmers Market

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 · Agritourism Farm

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.

Hendersonville · Farm Stand

Hendersonville

Hendersonville · Farm Stand

Hendersonville · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

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.

Hendersonville · Agritourism Farm, Orchard

A 400-acre pick-your-own orchard in the Blue Ridge foothills near Hendersonville, farmed since 1967 and opened to the public in 2020. Visitors pick apples, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, elderberries, and grapes across the season, with pumpkins and cut flowers in fall. On site you'll find a farm store, a cider press, and a food truck. It sits along Jeter Mountain Road southwest of town.

Hendersonville · Farm Stand, Organic Farm

Hendersonville · Agritourism Farm

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.