WNC Farmers Market

WNC Farmers Market A 36 acre State Farmers Market overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains dedicated to supporting farmers.
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WNC Farmers Market: open year-round, except for Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and Easter. Market Shops: 7 days a week 8am-5pm
Truck Sheds: open 24/7
Wholesale: call ahead for hours, open year-round. Also found at the WNC Farmers Market:

Jesse Israel & Son's Garden Center provides an abundance of high-quality plants, trees, and shrubs as well as a wide range of gardening supplies

to meet your gardening needs. The garden center is located on the left, across from the market retail buildings, as you enter the farmers market. http://www.jesseisraelandsonsnursery.com/

The NC Deli Bakery & Ice Cream Parlor is located in Retail Building A and offers a wide selection of deli sandwiches, hamburgers, and hot dogs, fresh-made pastries and cakes, fudge, and ice cream. The Moose Café is a full-scale restaurant conveniently located just south of the entrance to the farmers market on Brevard Road and offers a delicious menu filled with farm-fresh produce. http://eatatthemoosecafe.com/

Pets are welcome at the Market. However, they can not be around food products, due to Food Safety Regulations.

06/12/2026

June is when the market starts to hit its sweet spot, literally and figuratively! SC strawberries and clingstone peaches, FL watermelon, local blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries—local and regional tomatoes, beans, zucchini, peppers, squash, and that’s just the start. The market is full of color and life. Come and see our farmers and vendors this weekend to find fresh produce, flowers, plants, and so much more.

Happy Friday, WNC!

06/04/2026

It's a new month, which means another theme for our Crop This! Photo Contest! 📸

Thank you to everyone who submitted a picture for last month's theme of "We all scream for N.C. Ice Cream!" We will be announcing the winner in just a few days! This month's theme for the contest is "Farmers Market Finds." Stop by a farmers market or roadside stand near you to shop local and show us your best photos from the market.

Photos can be sent by email to [email protected]. Include your name, county and a brief description of your photo. The deadline to submit photos for this category is June 15th!

The winning photo of the month will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Ag Review and on our NCDA&CS social media channels. Each month's winner will also be considered for the 2026 Crop This! Photo of the Year. The Photo of the Year winning photographer will receive a prize pack of NCDA&CS and Got to Be NC goodies!

**Original, amateur photography only. Open to North Carolina residents. By submitting a photo, you grant permission for the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to reproduce, publish and use your photo in department publications, online and on social media. Learn more at https://www.ncagr.gov/.../public-affairs/ag-review/CropThis **

Join us on the market this Friday, June 5th, from 1PM to 5PM, for a sweet celebration of NC strawberries! We will have f...
06/02/2026

Join us on the market this Friday, June 5th, from 1PM to 5PM, for a sweet celebration of NC strawberries! We will have free samples of NC strawberries from Darnell Farms in Bryson City, as well as samples of local blueberries and blackberries, and our friends at El Camaleón will be serving lunch and special strawberry sweets and snacks made with fresh Darnell Farms berries, including their Dubai Strawberries, Ferrero Strawberries, Gansifresas, and more!

Celebrate the start of summer with us in our market shops where you can enjoy handmade espresso and other seasonal drinks, try some local ice cream, and shop for fresh fruits, veggies, seafood and meats, crafts and home goods and more. Local food, live music, and the last of the local strawberries that will sunset with the springtime soon!

Strawberry Day will be held in our Market Shops, June 5th, from 1PM to 5PM, at the WNC Farmers Market at 570 Brevard Rd in Asheville. This event is FREE TO ATTEND and open to the public. Onsite parking is provided.

How to keep a good mood on a cloudy day...sunnies and their friends!
05/30/2026

How to keep a good mood on a cloudy day...sunnies and their friends!

One of those market moments that doesn’t need an explanation, but we’re going to give you one anyways: peaches are here!...
05/29/2026

One of those market moments that doesn’t need an explanation, but we’re going to give you one anyways: peaches are here! SC clingstone varieties are making their appearance along the rows of the truck shed stalls and on the shelves of our Market Shops vendors. If you’re wondering if they’re ripe, the proof is in the peach. June Gold and Flavor Rich yellow peaches are big, exceptionally juicy, and heavy with flavor. The work you put in for a clingstone over the later freestone varieties is rewarded in dense, peachy flavor and stronger natural sweetness!

Alongside SC clingstones are some other early summer favorites: Grainger county tomatoes (the perfect canning round), blackberries, blueberries, plums, and FL watermelons from yellow to deep-skinned, neon-fleshed, ultra-sweet Sugar Baby varieties. Swing by this weekend to get your first taste of peak season from a farmer.

05/28/2026

The long week of rain we just had in WNC was a hard but necessary weather—while our thoughts are with our farmers along the Mills River and our neighbors in Gerton, Broad River, and Bat Cave, we also know that long rain after the drought and heat will likely mean a swift end to strawberry season. These tender berries will soon be scarce, so now is a good time to come by the market to secure a basket or two.

Ashley English of Small Measure shares with us her tips for keeping strawberries from going south too soon. As she says, the enemies of strawberries are moisture, bruising, mold, and heat. Keep berries cool and dry by storing in a shallow, sealable dish (spread in as few layers as possible to prevent them from bruising under their own weight) in the back of the fridge, and wait to wash until you’re ready to use them immediately and these delicate seasonal favorites can last up to ten days in the fridge!

We are looking back at last weekend’s Nursery Crop Commodity Day, thankful to all of our neighbors and community members...
05/26/2026

We are looking back at last weekend’s Nursery Crop Commodity Day, thankful to all of our neighbors and community members here in WNC that came out to support local growers and FFAs. While we show up for one another, we are also called to remember those fallen veterans who gave their lives, allowing us to come together to celebrate the coming of another summer.

Thank you to all who came out to support local for Nursery Crop Day, thank you to veterans both living and lost, and we hope you had a meaningful Memorial Day, WNC.

05/15/2026

Tomorrow is the day, WNC! Join us on the market from 10AM to 4PM to shop from stalls upon stalls of plants, enjoy live music from Logan Hensley & the Cosmic Cowboy, and savor some BBQ and fair-style lemonade from our friends at Bustin’ Butts BBQ - 210 Produce! Local FFA chapters from Asheville and Enka high schools will join our many nursery growers to offer everything from hanging baskets to veggie starts to specialty trees. More varieties of roses and peonies than you can count, native rhododendron and mountain laurel and azaleas and blueberries, hostas, native perennials, annuals, and so much more!

For more info on the event, see our pinned post or follow the Facebook event link in our bio for details! We’ll see you tomorrow as we celebrate our nursery growers and enjoy a sunny day on the market!

The market is full of beautiful moments like these! The Cruz family under Truck Shed 4 has arranged a rich collection of...
05/13/2026

The market is full of beautiful moments like these! The Cruz family under Truck Shed 4 has arranged a rich collection of lovingly tended hanging baskets, flowers, veggie stats, herbs, and other landscaping plants to shop from this Saturday at our Nursery Crop Day celebration and daily throughout the season. Visit them at the bottom of the market to see their ever evolving seasonal offerings as summer gets nearer and nearer.

These plants are just a small sample of what you’ll find at our Nursery Crop Day celebration this Saturday, May 16th, from 10AM to 4PM. Our growers and vendors will be joined by local FFAs and, between Truck Sheds 1, 2, and 4, the market will be overflowing with more than 50 stalls worth of plants, everything from garden starts to fruit trees, speciality Japanese Maples to rhododendrons and azaleas of all sizes and colors, hostas and peonies and roses and so much more!

For more info on Nursery Crop Day, happening this Saturday, follow the Facebook event link below.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1212491790795785/

05/07/2026

Bring joy to two moms this Mother’s Day weekend by picking up your Mother’s Day bouquet from Juliet of under the breezeway in the market shops! Grown, cut, and assembled fresh on their family flower farm in Marion, these beautiful bouquets come in a variety of sizes and prices, all certain to reflect the same show of brightness and beauty that mothers bring to our love year round.

Happy Mother’s Day, WNC! Shop local this weekend and buy from Juliet and her family under the breezeway Friday and Saturday, this weekend and throughout the season!

Address

570 Brevard Road
Asheville, NC
28806

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 8am - 5pm

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+18282531691

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