Asheville’s annual Spring Herb Festival returns to the WNC Agricultural Center in Fletcher, NC.
The largest herb event in the United States and Canada, the three-day festival will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27.
The festival will take place at the Davis Exhibition Center, the main event building on the Ag Center campus, hosting over 75 vendors from the western NC and beyond. Workshops are also scheduled throughout the weekend, and a number of food trucks will provide locally sourced and prepared meals.
The Ag Center, home to the Mountain State Fair and other farm- and garden-related events, is located at 761 Boylston Highway, just south of the Asheville Airport (I-26 Exit 40).
Wide Variety of Products
Vendors include numerous farms that specialize in growing herbs, heirloom vegetables, and native shrubs, trees, and other plants. More than two dozen vendors offer locally made natural herbal products ranging from salves and ointments, soaps, and body washes, to culinary and medicinal extracts and supplements. Many growers also offer heirloom vegetables, native medicinal plants, teas, fermented beverages, and even herb-infused ice cream. Food trucks sourcing local products include Ceci’s Culinary Tour, Proving Grounds Coffee, Habibi, Hunt & Gather, The Garden Asheville, Smasheville Food Truck, and Yalla.
Free Workshops
The free workshops for the 2025 festival will include presentations on woodland medicinals and herbal cures and treatments, as well as preserving with vinegar, cultivating favorite herbs, container gardening, and sustainable cultivation methods. The Buncombe County Extension Service will also have a booth with detailed information about soils, planting locations and conditions, and other useful information about WNC mountain…
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