Herb Mountain Farm Plant Sale

Saturday
May 11, 2024
10-3

For the 5th year in a row, Herb Mountain Farm in Weaverville, NC, is hosting a spring plant sale! We will be selling vegetable, flower and herb starts, native plants, perennial ornamentals, fruit and nut trees and more. Cash and Check preferred.

Mary Plantwalker will be leading a plant walk around Herb Mountain Farm from 1-2pm for $10/person. Please pre-register. Throughout the day there will be music, plant medicine, food, and a covered area for the stuff swap/giveaway- a take it or leave it space–bring what you no longer need or want so we can circulate things around the community to cut down on consuming new stuff! Feel free to leave whatever you bring that is not carried away, and we will donate it to our local community center thrift store.

Our plant vendors this year are Herb and Roots, Willow Creek Nursery, Bittersweet Farm and Nursery, Chris Ripley, Dragonfly Magic Natives and Red Sun Tea. Soul Gardens will be selling delicious-nutritious food made on the spot. Mary’s Flora Plant Stand will be stocked! Appalachian Sacred Smoke will be there, too, chair massage w/ Julian Bonnet, and our inspiring gardens and mile-long nature trail that wraps around the lower half of Herb Mountain Farm will be open for the public to walk. But please leave your dogs at home! Find directions here.

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Mary Morgaine Squire will not have a booth set up this year but once you enter the driveway for the plant sale, you will see Mary’s Flora Plant Stand stocked with an array of plants and bouquets. It is completely self-serve. Please make sure not to block the driveway while visiting the stand, thank you!

This Year’s Vendors:

Mateo Ryall of Herb and Roots Plant Nursery will be selling medicinal herbs, veggie and an assortment of other plant starts. Mateo is a permaculture designer and educator and full of knowledge to share about his plants!

Britt Averine of Willow Creek Nursery specializes in ornamentals and perennials, supplying top quality perennials to Landscapers, Gardeners, and Landscape architects. They are primarily a wholesale nursery so we are very fortunate to have this opportunity for direct sales to the public!

Cailen Campbell of Bittersweet Farm and Nursery, located near the headwaters of Sugar Creek between Weaverville and Barnardsville, has been propagating and planting fruit and nut trees in Appalachia for over 30 years. Bittersweet specializes in fruit and nut trees uniquely adapted to our region under low-input/no-spray conditions and suitable for backyard permaculture food forests and commercial scale orchards alike. They currently have over 500 cultivars in their trial plantings in a multi-generational effort to find and then propagate uncommon and rare fruit and nut varieties proven to produce in our area. All plants are grafted and propagated on-site using only the most sustainable and ecologically benevolent practices (beyond organic). Cailen also offers on-site consultation, soil analysis, orchard design, pruning, educational, and custom grafting services.

Michael Clark of Dragonfly Magic Natives will be selling Native Plants in various sizes.

Tony Troia of Red Sun Tea of Asheville will have Camellia sinensis plants adapted to grow in our mountains.

Chris Ripley of 13 Elements will be selling turmeric starts and CBD products.

Jeremy Migner @migsthegardengeek will have ready to eat salad mix and fresh bunches of cilantro, and you can also find out about his CSA.

Scotty Karas and Maayan Chelsea tend Soul Gardens and feed our community in so many ways, including having a food tent at this event, serving delicious, high-quality ingredient meals and snacks.  Dosas (fermented lentil and rice pancakes) with a variety of plant-based fillings, Dosa-Dillas (dosa stuffed with melted cheese), Mixed Greens Salad, Coffee, Tea, & sweet treats  and more will be on the menu!

Musicians: Zondo, Sycamore Spring and Amit Ben Yaish, yahoo! Please bring some cash to tip our musicians!

Mary Ellen of Appalachian Sacred Smoke will have a booth set up with her glorious smudge bundles!

Julian Bonnet will have his chair massage set up- get a massage before you go home to garden!

Come on out y’all, it is gonna be a blast!