The Family Farm Tour, organized by ASAP, is your invitation to visit 37 farms and gardens throughout six counties in Western North Carolina. The region is home to agriculture of all kinds, ranging from century farms cultivated by the same family for generations, to certified organic farms, to urban gardens.
The 2010 Family Farm Tour
June 26 and 27
1:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.
Admission
Purchase a button. One button admits everyone in your car.
How to purchase:
In stores. Prior to June 26, buttons will be offered for sale for $25 at these locations. At farms. You may also purchase buttons at farms on the day of the tour for $30. If you only wish to visit one farm, pay $10 on-site.
(Note: Buttons are no longer available for purchase online, as they
would not be able to be mailed in time for the event.)
Volunteer
You can support the Family Farm Tour and get free admission by volunteering. Sign up.
About the Tour
Here's how it works: Get a farm tour map and button. Gather your friends, fill a car, choose the farms you want to visit, and plan a route. There are more than enough choices to fill a schedule for Saturday and Sunday. Come with a cooler and your appetite. A variety of vegetables and fruits, trout, beef, pork, lamb, eggs, artisan cheeses, herbs, mushrooms, honey, garlic, preserves, and much more are available to sample or for sale. Products including yarn, soap, and crafts are offered as well.
Watch animals such as bison, llamas, baby lambs, and bunnies. See traditional skills in practice—and even try them out yourself—during demonstrations of border collie shepherding, outdoor apple butter making, milking, the maple syrup tapping process, and wool spinning. Or, learn about new ideas during a tour of renewable energy systems, see a hydroponics system, visit an edible landscape, or explore a garden labyrinth. Eat bread fresh from a wood fired oven and artisan ice cream, and stop for a picnic at one of the many beautiful farms along the way.
Buncombe
Blue Ridge Bison
Flying Cloud Farm
Gladheart Farms
Good Fibrations Angora Goats
Hawk and Ivy
Hickory Nut Gap
Hominy Valley Farms
Hop’n Blueberry
Imladris Farm
Long Branch Environmental Education Center
Pearson Drive Community Garden
Round Mountain Creamery
Ten Mile Farm
Venezia Dream Farm
Haywood
Boyd Mountain Christmas Tree Farm
Sunburst Trout Company
Henderson
Holler Ministries
McConnell Farms
Stepp’s Plants, Etc.
Madison
Bee Tree Farm and Vineyard
East Fork Farm
Elk Knob Farm and Gardens
Farm House Beef
New Direction Farm
Philosophy Farm
Spinning Spider Creamery
Sunswept Farm
Wake Robin Farm
Transylvania
Everett Farms
Queen’s Produce and Berry Farm
Yancey
Arthur Morgan School
Firefly Farm
Maple Creek Farm
Mountain Farm
Mountain Gardens
Wellspring Farm
This map is intended to give you an idea of the general location of the farms in relation to each other. Do not rely on internet mapping and driving directions. The information about rural areas on these maps is often incomplete. Use the driving directions in the tour guide (above), and contact the farms for clarification if needed.
More Information
Check this site for updated information. Or,contact Peter.
The 2010 Family Farm is organized by ASAP.
This project is supported by the following sponsors and friends. Greenlife Grocery is the major sponsor.
From peaches to pears to pawpaws, it’s a fabulous time to find fruit at area markets.
This past Saturday was the first market day of the season for vendor
Fresh Pearspective, who offer, you guessed it, pears! Their booth at
Asheville City Market was filled with Bosch and Seckel varieties to buy
and sample.
The Family Farm Tour 
