34th Annual Spring Herb Festival

The Asheville Spring Herb Festival will return for its 34th year on Friday, April 26, 2024, at 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 and Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, concluding at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 28.

Now in its third year at the Ag Center, the festival will take place in the Davis Exhibition Center, the main event building on the campus. With more than 65 vendors from the WNC region and beyond, there will also be hourly workshops inside the building. Workshops will cover everything from container gardening to Herbal First Aid.

The Ag Center, home to the Mountain State Fair and other farm- and garden-related events each year, is located at 761 Boylston Highway, just south of the Asheville Airport (I-26 Exit 40).

Wide Variety of Products

The Spring Herb Festival brings together nearly 70 vendors of herb plants, vegetable starts, and 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, medicinal native plants, and other sustainable-garden trees, shrubs, and plants. Food trucks sourcing local products will also be onsite, including Ceci’s Culinary Tour, Proving Grounds Coffee, Meadowsweet Creamery, and MerTails Elixiers.

Developing WNC’s Agricultural Heritage

The Asheville Herb Festival is organized by the WNC Herb Marketing Association, established to promote opportunities to develop the region’s agriculture and specialty products. Many young farmers and entrepreneurs join with second- and third-generation families to ensure the health and long-term future of WNC’s herb industry. By keeping alive ancient traditions of natural healing and health maintenance, the WNCHMA works to reestablish, and educate contemporary citizens about, some of the recipes, methods, and treatments developed by African Americans, Native Americans, and other traditional specialists in “wise-woman” lore.

Parking and Pets

Admission and parking are free. Enter the Ag Center grounds at Gate 4 or 5, one-half mile south of the Asheville Airport entrance, and the Davis Center is ahead toward the left.

We are only allowing service animals into the festival. Please only bring your service animal if they are well behaved and can handle the stress of being around crowds. They must also be leashed while on the property.

For more information, please visit www.AshevilleHerbFestival.org, or www.facebook.com/AshevilleHerbFestival; or call (828) 301-8968.