BRHA 2013 Members and Growin' in the Mountains Vendor List:
APPALACHIAN SEEDS FARM Amy Hamilton Lake Lure, NC 828-669-9663 Website: www.appalachianseeds.com We specialize in certified organic heirloom tomatoes, heirloom vegetables, unusual and familiar medicinal and culinary herbs and edible landscape plants. Our small family farm is in Lake Lure, NC. Organic and biodynamic farming methods are our practice. APPELDOORN NURSERY Bruce Appeldoorn Bostic, NC 828-245-6475 Website: www.appeldoornlandscapenursery.com We are a fifteen acre retail nursery producing a huge variety of conifers and companion plants. We specialize in high quality dward, weeping, and sculptural woody ornamental shrubs and trees. Seven greenhouses of containerized plants. Regionally acclimated for large specimen filed grown conifers. Design and installation services available. A+ NURSERY Chris Burrell Greenville, SC 864-294-1921 We sell decorative landscape perennial shrubs. BARRY FARMS Russ & Karen Barry Mills River, NC 828-778-5409Offering a wide variety of edible plants and shrubs for the garden and landscape. Plants include vegetable startes, herbs, and small fruit plants and berries. Also ornamental shrubs and Japanese maples available. BIG FROG NURSERY John Mize Columbus, NC 828-863-4045 Website: www.bigfrognursery.com Big Frog Nursery grows and sells hundreds of varieties of plants that thrive in the North Carolina landscapes in 1 through 15 gallon containers. BLUFF MOUNTAIN NURSERY Danni Speight Hot Springs, NC 828-622-7250 Bluff Mountain Nursery is a family owned and operated business. We pride ourselves on consistent quality and customer service. We look forward to helping you! BUTTERFLY PERENNIALS Sylvia Ward Hendersonville, NC 828-685-3162 Perennials - annuals - hanging baskets - vines arranged flower pots - hypertuffa pots cactus. CAROLINA WILD Christi Bruner Anderson, SC 864-261-0659 Website: www.carolinawild.com We are a family operated nursery specializing in the propagation of native plants. Our stock comes from rescue sites in the upstate of SC and all of our material is nursery propagated. Our regional ecotypes perform best in Carolinas. CHARLES STREET GARDEN Walter Hoover Saluda, NC 828-749-5846 Website: www.charlestreetgarden.com/japaneseirises Charles Street Garden speciliazes in Japanese irises (Iris ensata) and native blue flags (Iris virginica and Iris versicolor). All of these species are suitable for perennial boraders while the native blue flags are particularly suitable for rain gardens and wetland construction and restoration. GREENTREE NURSERY Phillip Edwards Clyde, NC 828-702-3852 We are a wholesale nursery that provides quality rhododendron, mountain laurel, azaleas, and a variety of hybrid and native shrubs and trees to the public and retailers. HAWKINS NURSERY Gretta Hawkins Travelers Rest, SC 864-836-3030 Website: hawkinsnursery.com We offer the best variety of plants and flowers in the area, with strong developed root systems and we cost less than others. HIDDEN PINES NURSERY Mark Weaver Chapin, SC 803-608-4860 Growning of annuals, perennials, flowering baskets, vines and ornamental grasses. HIGH COUNTRY NURSERY Tom Ross Fairview, NC 828-628-3959 Website: www.japmaple.com High Country Nursery in Fairview specializes in fine and unusual landscape plants and trees. The nursery focuses on container grown trees, including Japanese maples, conifers, roses, bonsai, tropicals, and other common varieties and cultivars. LOG HOUSE HEATHERS Art and Judy Pilch Sylva, NC 828-586-5842 All locally grown heather and companion plants for gardens and containers to provide color and interest during all seasons of the year. MOUNTAIN MEADOWS LANDSCAPE & NURSERY Michael Balogh Weaverville, NC 828-301-2184 Website: www.MountainMeadowsDwarfConifers.com Grower of dwarf conifers & unusual evergreens. Container through field grown material. Supplying arboretums, private collectors, home & business owners with plants for trough gardens, railroad gardens, pond, waterfall areas, rock gardens and any creative gardening. Providing tour quality landscapes. 29 years in the Asheville area. MOUNTAIN MIST Larry Mucci Fairview, NC 828-628-7910 Website: www.mountainmist-nursery.com Small nursery growing native American azaleas, hardy ferns and other native woodland plants. MYSTIC FARM INC Susan and Chip Fink Greenville, SC 864-294-0409 Quality plants at wholesale prices. Hosta, ferns, crape myrtles, Leyland cypress, Japanese maples, camellias, and other ornamental plants. NICHOLS NURSERY Norman, Evelyn, Matt, and Tim Nichols East Flat Rock, NC 828-693-3370 Over 1000 types of Japanese maples on MrMaple.com. We are reommended in Southern Living Magazine in 2011 for mail order. OLIVER ORGANICS Hal Oliver Hendersonville, NC 828-697-1153 Herbs, vegetable and flower bedding plants. Over 100 different items, including Heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and greens. All grown using bio-dynamic organic methods. Produce available starting in May. Plants available in April. RAINDROP RIDGE FARM Dorita Boyd Washington, NC 252-402-6017 Raindrop Ridge Farm is a small family owned herb nursery. We specialize in hard-to-find herb bedding plants, including those hard to find medicinal herbs. We also sell our plants in biodegradable/compostable pots or recycled pots from our customers. So bring us you used pots this weekend. RED WING FARM Christopher Fielder Asheville, NC 828-298-0957 Website: redwingfarm.net Red Wing Farm specializes in heirloom, historic, and open-pollinated varieties of vegetable, herb and flower plant starts. All of our plants are naturally grown with no chemicals. SHADY CHARACTERS Everette Jones Aiken, SC 803-269-3309 Website: shadycharacternursery.com Shady Characters is a nursery specializing in herbaceous perennials for the shady woodland garden. With an original emphasis on hostas, the nursery has expanded to include other companion plants. Numerous varieties of heucheras, tiarellas, and ferns are available along with various other plants. SISTERS FLORIBUNDA Bonnie Frontino/ Lynn von Unwerth Swannanoa, NC 828-298-2271 A wide variety of annual and perennial flowers. Culinary and medicinal herb plants. Many heirloom varieties of tomato, pepper, and eggplant starts. USEFUL PLANTS NURSERY Debbie Lienhart and Chuck Marsh Black Mountain, NC 828-669-6517 Website: www.usefulplants.org Useful Plants Nursery, is a small Permaculture-based nursery specializing in edible, medicinal, and other useful plants. We grow over 200 varieties of fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, vines, and brambles at Earthaven Ecovillage near Black Mountain, NC. WILLOW CREEK NURSERY Britt Averine Weaverville, NC 828-777-3503 Website: ashevilleperennials.com Willow Creek Nursery is a family owned and operated business located 20 minutes north of Asheville. We specialize in naturally grown native plants and plants that attract wildlife.