Appalachian Ridge Artisan Hard Cider takes a winemakers approach to hard cider. Favoring traditional French ciders, their artisan hard cider tends to be on the dry side. You will also find fresh cider, apple brandy and locally roasted coffee at Appalachian Ridge. The tasting room is housed in a rustic, restored barn from the 1920s, situated in the middle of a 29-acre apple orchard, with a large back deck that overlooks the orchard. You can often find special events going on at Appalachian ridge, including yoga, live music and orchard hikes with the owner/brewer.
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The Apple House is a family farm and roadside market selling fresh NC apples, peaches, jams, jellies, and fruit butters. The Owenby family has been farming and growing apples in Edneyville for nearly 60 years. The Apple House, opened 20 years by the late Harold Owenby, is now run by Harold’s son and the current farmer, Greg.
- This family farm offers a large selection of apples, other fruits and veggies, sunflowers, preserves, cider, pickles, and more.
- U-pick sunflowers
- Open mid-August November
Odell and Gladys Barnwell opened their first apple shed in 1959. It was a small wooden structure that now stands behind the current packing house, and is still in use today. The Barnwell’s make fresh pressed apple cider, pasteurized apple cider, and apple cider vinegar. Throughout the years, Gladys and Odell continued to expand their orchards. They began with a small, 15 acre apple orchard, and now their ancestors manage more than 100 acres, which includes apples, 10 acres of peach orchards, and a large variety of veggies grown each year.
- Offers apples, cider, vinegar, jam, honey, pumpkins, vegetables, peaches and berries.
- Open June – February
A family owned and operated all-season tubing park. With a mission to offer the best family friendly outdoor entertainment in the beautiful mountains of Hendersonville, NC. Tubing hill that runs out to 600ft with a 80ft vertical drop. During warm weather seasons, there is a state of the art sliding material on the hill that is just as fast as snow! During the winter, we accumulate up to 20 feet of snow for snow tubing fun! Enjoy music, snacks, donuts and coffee on site! Come out and enjoy the family friendly environment!
- Open weekends from mid-December to early March
- Open weather permitting
- Call for conditions and updates
Bullington Gardens is a 12-acre, nonprofit horticultural education center offering programs, activities and workshops. The gardens and grounds include a popular fairy garden, a large dahlia garden, therapy garden, shade garden, butterfly garden, perennial borders, native woodland garden, pumpkin patch and herb garden. The grounds also include a half-mile nature trail through the wooded area of the gardens.
- Open Monday – Saturday
- The popular Fairy Trail is open June – August (arrive early as this can get busy!)
- Best time to see dahlia blooms is late-August into early-October, until the first frost
- No admission charged, donations are appreciated
Coston Farms offers a memorable pick-your-own experience with the NC mountains as a backdrop. Delicious apples guaranteed every year!
- Offers we pick or pick your own apples, wagon rides through the orchard, pumpkins, cider, baked goods, gift items, preserves and more!
- Open September to Mid-December.
Strive to provide the freshest, best tasting fruits and vegetables to our customers at local tailgate markets, at the farm, and to local restaurants and bakeries. As the working farm grows into the next generation, they value their customers and treat them like family, because they are. Farm, Food, Family, Community.
- Offers a U-Pick orchard, fruits and summer vegetables, baked goods, cider, and apple butter.
- Open September and October on Sundays only at the farm for U-pick apples.
Dana Park offers a large playground for kids including swings, slides, and more. Enjoy the basketball courts, athletic fields, and finish up the day at the picnic area!
- Public Restrooms
- Walking Path
- Open Year Round
The Edneyville Community Center is a 5,335 square-foot center with a meeting room, kitchen and restrooms. The 15.12 acres of land around the center will include multi-purpose fields, walking trail and playground equipment.
The rental fee is $120.00 for a 4-hour booking + $125.00 refundable security deposit. It is $30 per additional hour.
- Open Tuesday – Thursday
- Open Year Round
Facilities include 2 tennis courts, a basketball court, playground, a covered picnic shelter (for up to 55 people), a little picnic table, benches, a rugged walking trail, soccer fields with nets, a level playing field and restrooms. The shelter has 6 tables and a charcoal grill. The rental fee is $40.00 for 4 hours.
Ellaberry Llama Farm is run by the Justice Family, Hendersonville natives who love llamas! Visit the farm for tours where you can learn about llamas and llama-keeping, hikes with the llamas, run the llamas through an obstacle course, and more. The farm also offers birthday parties and picnics. You can also learn about showing llamas with their herd of prize-winning llamas.
- Reservations Required for tours and hikes
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- Grows 12 acres of large blackberries in four different thornless varieties
- Orchard is located in a beautiful part of Henderson County, on a sloping hillside
- Open from the end of June to the beginning of August, depending on availability (call or check their website)
- U-pick and pre-picked available
- Has space for outdoor weddings, see their weddings Facebook page
Enjoy a variety of family fun activities including a corn maze, pumpkin patch, and even an apple cannon! Select pre-picked apples fresh off the trees daily from our bins or enjoy you-pick. A must try at the farm are our hot cider donuts! Also available for purchase are apple pies, cookies, hot cider, apple cider slushies, and many other apple goodies to eat.
- Offers apples, cider, pumpkins, fruits, vegetables & field trips / tours.
- Open seasonal Mondays – Saturdays
- We are a boutique apple orchard, flower field and farm store.
- We offer many varieties of apples, including Honeycrisp, Gala, Sweetie, Cameo, Fuji, Evercrisp, Granny Smith, and Pink Lady.
- We also offer baked goods, slushies, 100% apple cider, local honey, Apple Crisp Mix, and apple cider donuts – like the ones you remember!
- Come cut your own bouquet of sunflowers, zinnias, celosia, and globe amaranths.
- And don’t miss our unique home decor and gift item area, including pillows, lamps, wall art, market bags, candles, and more.
- Open September 1st – October 31st. Our hours are: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 12 – 5pm and Sunday 11 – 4pm. On Saturdays, you will find us at the Greenville Saturday Market from 8 – 12pm. (We are closed Monday and Tuesday).
- We are a brother and sister team, and we look forward to having you at our farm!
Looking for an authentic family-owned mountain apple orchard experience, look no further. Open 7 days per week June 27, 2024 to December 25, 2024 from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm. J &M Farms grows the most variety of apples in the county, more than 50 varieties. Try a new apple variety today. The farm also offers fresh apple donuts, apple baked goods, cider, jams, local beer, wine, food trucks, live music, and crafts.
Here is what guests say: “best selection of apples in the area, mulled cider the best I ever had, Katie’s pumpkin cheesecake didn’t make it 10 minutes down the road, kids had fun seeing the chickens and playing corn hole, wine tasting for a local winery, even my dog was given a bone. I look forward to bringing my business back to them over and over. Fresh from our family to yours.”
- Open June 27, 2024 – December 2024 7 days per week from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Retail space, “Decorative Chickens”
A 3rd generation family farm located in Hendersonville, NC. Offers apples, cider, peaches, pears, cabbages, apple cider donuts, jams, jellies, honey and crafts.
The Justus family has been growing apples for over 100 years, we love what we do and invite you to visit our apple orchard in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Enjoy a day in the country with your family, picking apples from our dwarf-size apple trees, bring your lunch and enjoy eating it at our new picnic area while you take in the beautiful views surrounding our apple orchard.
- Offers U-pick and we-pick apples, U-pick and we-pick blackberries, cider, peaches, pumpkins, vegetables, canned goods and picnic area.
- Featuring kids activities including apple canons, pillow jump, farm animals and playground.
- Groups welcome.
- Sells Christmas trees, greenery and holiday décor during the season.
- Open July – November
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Linda’s greenhouses offer annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, hanging baskets, herbs, seasonal vegetables, jams, jellies and garden art. In the fall, they also offer pre-picked apples and pumpkins.
- Indoor hay maze for kids each fall.
- BBQ Food Truck on-site each weekend, Labor Day through October
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- Offers apples, fresh cider and Asian pears.
- Open August – December
Marked Tree Vineyard, located at an elevation of 2,300 feet on the Eastern Continental Divide, offers stunning, panoramic views, from its tasting room, which has both indoor and outdoor seating. Choose from 10 wine varieties that are made with European vinifera and French-American hybrid grapes, including Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Grüner Veltliner, Chardonel and Vidal Blanc, all of which were selected because of how well they grow in the rocky, sandy, loam soil found on the property.
- Vineyard tours are available on Saturdays. Check web site for hours.
- Open 7 days a week
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One of Hendersonville’s few apple orchards that stays open year-round, McConnell Farms grows and sells apples, figs, strawberries, asparagus, sunflowers, tomatoes, ginger, and many other fruits and veggies. They also make their own old fashioned ice cream, apple cider, apple cider donuts, pumpkin donuts, preserves, jellies, jams and salsas all on-site, as well as offer a selection of nursery plants and local eggs. McConnell farms welcomes bus groups, and has a large covered pavilion that is a great place to have a picnic lunch.
McConnell Farms has made traditional ice cream since 1999, when owners Danny and Kathryn McConnell fired up a 1908 machine known as Miss Gaudy. For two years, they only made strawberry ice cream and it was a hit. Soon after, the McConnells upgraded equipment and attended classes to become certified ice cream makers. Nowadays, they’ve perfected many flavors that include fruits and other items grown on the farm, such as strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, figs, honey, ginger, peaches and apples. Danny is also known for experimenting with unusual combinations like rum raisin, blackberry chocolate chip, lemon blueberry and fig mascarpone. Open Monday – Saturday. Check out the Farm listing for additional information on fruits and veggies available for purchase.
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At Mountain Fresh Orchards, we grow 17 varieties of apples, including:
Honey Crisp, Gala, Jonathan, Shizuka, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ambrosia, Stayman/Winesap, Granny Smith, Mutsu, Rome Beauty, Arkansas Black, Fuji, Pink Lady, Cameo, Grimes Golden and Jonagold.
- Offers apples, cider, pumpkins, honey, molasses, produce, baked goods, sauces, preserves, crafts and gift items
- Apple Express trackless train rides on weekends only, weather permitting.
- Open late-August to mid-November
Offers cider, apples, pumpkins, peaches, jellies, vegetables, honey, preserves, sorghum molasses and more.
- Open mid-August to early-November
- Offers U-Pick & We-pick Asian Pears, baked goods made from apples grown on the farm, a wide variety of jams, jellies butters, marmalade, molasses and locally grown honey.
- Open Friday-Sunday, early September to approximately November.
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Our Vineyard is on top of the Southeast Slope of Point Lookout Mountain with 30 mile panoramic views. The vines may not appreciate the scenery but they are greeted with the morning sun and cooling mountain breezes that allow them to produce stunning wines that you will find just as wonderful as the views. Point Lookout Vineyards is situated at 3,000-feet above sea level, with panoramic views of mountains, vineyards and farmland. Their award-winning include six reds and four whites. The tasting room includes Jackson’s espresso and coffee paired with food items. Offers wedding packages.
- Regularly has live music, special events and food trucks.
- Check web site for hours
Pressley Farms is a small, family farm located in the beautiful Western North Carolina mountains. Come out to pick your own berries, enjoy a strawberry lemonade slushie and take a wagon ride.
- Strawberries, blueberries, peaches, sweet corn, potatoes, beets, squash, tomatoes, cut flowers
- Open 7 days per week, check Facebook to see what’s picking!
- U-pick (by appointment, call or Facebook message) & pre-picked available
Saint Paul Mountain Vineyard is located on 10 acres, with panoramic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Vineyard grows 14 varieties of wine-grapes. The winery’s tasting room serves Reisling blends, red Cabernets and Chardonnays, each with dry and semi-sweet versions. We are proud to grow the fruit for our award winning Wines, Ciders and Spirits. We welcome you to learn about our farms and enjoy tasting a variety of locally grown French Vinifera and Normandy Style Hard Cider at any of our three tasting rooms.
- Regularly has live music and special events.
This winery is a family-run operation, set on farmland that has been tended to by the same family for six generations — and you can really feel the sense of family when you are here. Sawyer Springs produces vintages in small batches served in a rustic tasting barn. They also offer a selection of fruit wines made from blueberries and strawberries. The farm was built from the ground up and carefully cultivated with a single goal in mind: producing the finest wines from the finest grapes. Sawyer Springs Vineyard & Winery is honored to share its award-winning blends. Sawyer Springs also frequently offers live music, food trucks and special events.
- Specific wines available changes throughout the year, but grape varietals include: Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Merlot, Riesling, Malvasia, and more
Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard is a family owned and operated, 100-acre farm that offers over 20 varieties of U-pick and pre-picked apples, U-pick flowers, U-pick pumpkins, U-pick grapes, baked goods, and lots of family friendly activities. Open annually from August through October.
Farm Offerings Include:
- U-pick apples, sunflowers, zinnias, tulips, pumpkins & grapes
- Bakery with apple cider donuts, pumpkin donuts, apple cider slushies and more
- Apple house store with apple butter, kettle corn, jellies, honey, handmade soap, etc.
- 5-acre corn maze
- Apple cannons
- Wagon rides
- Jump pad
- Offer group tours
- Picnic pavilion
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With a shared vision in 2010, Craig and Tina Little started to imagine an estate vineyard similar to those of the great growing regions of France. So began their story to pursue a second lifelong passion: grape growing and winemaking. After successful primary careers in dentistry, they turned their attention to finding the correct vineyard site, which they found in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Hendersonville. The vineyard has become a family affair, and many of their family members now work there, as they strive for innovation and devotion. In the second half of 2024, their exciting journey takes the next step closer to their dream, as they open and begin pressing their own wine on-site in their brand new, state-of-the-art, on-site winemaking facility, using only their estate-grown grapes.
Stone Ashe Vineyard offers a taste of Bordeaux in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The state-of-the-art tasting room rests on a mountain bluff at 2,700 feet in elevation, surrounding by vineyards planted with vines cloned from Bordeaux. Stone Ashe chose the terroir of Hendersonville’s Crest of the Blue Ridge American Viticultural Area to produce wines for the world stage using classic grape varietals such as Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Riesling.
Located in the rural Fruitland community about six miles outside Hendersonville, The Haunted Farm has been voted the best haunted house in North Carolina. It has also been named one of the top haunts in America by the Haunted Attraction Association.
This scary attraction is open seasonally from late September through Halloween on a mysterious, blood-stained stretch of farmland where locals claim an age-old feud between the Lively and Tate families has wrought devastation for decades. This haunted history of curses, derangements, bloodshed, ghosts and the un-dead brings visitors from near and far, hoping to survive The Haunted Farm.
The Haunted Farm is so scary that a disclaimer on its website says “chicken runs” are available for those too scared to continue, and the farm claims to sell “new and slightly used underwear” in the ticket booth – just in case.
This top-rated haunted attractions has thrilled and terrified audiences every October since 2011.
The Nix Pumpkin Patch is a one-of-a-kind farm stand that offers U-pick pumpkins and winter squashes, and strawberries! As well as sells a wide variety of local produce, local meats and dairy, handcrafted gift items, coffee, baked goods and more.
- Open 7 days per week, April – December
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Located at Burntshirt Vineyards, The Vintner’s Table is a state-of-the-art restaurant and wine bar that offers farm-to-table style dishes emphasizing fresh ingredients with a Mediterranean flare to accompany their award winning vine-to-bottle wines. Burntshirt Vineyards is an Estate Vineyard that features 25 acres of grapes at vineyards that are among the highest elevations in North Carolina and the eastern seaboard.
- Open 7 days per week
- Offers Lunch & Dinner
Twisted Apple Orchard is Henderson County’s only natural grown apple orchard that is open to the public. Offering we-pick apples, seasonal fruits, baked goods, jellies, seasonal decor, gift items and more.
- Open late-August until mid-November.
Located at Point Lookout Vineyards, World’s Edge produces seven meads: wildflower and orange blossom, apple, raspberry, tropical fruit, chamomile and chai tea. For the uninitiated, mead is type of wine made from honey. It was popular in American during Colonial times and offers a nice alternative to Point Lookout’s wine collection.
- Regularly has live music, special events and food trucks.
- Check web site for hours
