Roadside Markets

Alexander County

Deal Orchards

Alan and Lindsay Deal
7400 NC Hwy 16 North, Taylorsville, NC 28681
828-632-2304
Date & Time: Early July-Dec: 8am-6pm: Mon-Sat, growing season; 8am-5pm late season; Directions: About 8 miles north of Taylorsville on Hwy 16 on the right, large sign beside highway
Services & Information: Farm Tours, Roadside Stand, Wholesale. Tours available by appointment. Groups of 20 or more accepted. Our clean and well kept farm market has restrooms, wheel chair accessibility, and paved parking. We are a 3rd generation full time fruit orchard with 80+ acres in production.
Items: Apples, Asian pears, cider (pasteurized), honey, jams and jellies, nectarines, peaches, pumpkins.

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The Farmers' Daughter

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Greengo Orchards

Gary Morrell
184 Hummingbird Lane, Taylorsville, NC 28681
828-455-3615
Date & Time: July 10-Dec 31, 2009: Tues-Sun (closed Mondays) 8am until Dark
Directions: Hwy 16 North from Taylorsville, 7 miles to Mt. Hebron Baptist Church. Take Mt. Heb ron Church Rd. to the right. Take first road to the left, go to stop sign at top of mountain, take dirt road to right. First driveway on the right.
Services & Information: Roadside Stand
Items: Apples, Asian pears, nectarines, oriental persimmons, peaches, plums.

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Perry Lowe Orchards

Katrina Lowe
Farm Address: 8741 NC Hwy 16 North
Mailing Address: 4237 Price Road, Moravian Falls, NC 28654
828-632-7913, 336-921-3123
Date & Time: Oct - Dec: Mon-Sun 8am-5pm, other months Mon - Sat 8-5pm

Directions: Hwy 16 South from Wilkesboro, approximately 8 miles at Alexander/Wilkes County Line. Perry Lowe Orchards Apple House on right. From Taylorsville - NC Hwy 16 North approximately 8 miles. Apple House (with red roof) on left.
Services & Information: Agritourism, Tours, Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand, Wholesale. Large parking area for buses. Restrooms, country store. Group educational tours during season. Call early for appointment.
Items: Apples, cider (Pink Lady and blends), peaches, pumpkins, traditionally grown vegetables.

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Burke County

Apple Hill Orchard & Cider Mill

Harley Prewitt
Farm Address:  2075 Pleasant Hill Avenue, Morganton, NC 28655
Mailing Address:  5205 Appletree Lane, Morganton, NC 28655
828-437-1224, 828-433-1406
Date & Time: Late Aug-Oct: Mon-Sat 9-6pm; Nov-Dec 24: Mon-Sat 9-5pm
Directions: Exit 104 from I-40. Travel south 4 miles on Enola Rd. Turn right onto Pleasant Hill Ave. Apple orchard on right approximately 200 yards.
Services & Information: Agritourism, Certified Roadside Market, Farm Tours, “Goodness Grows in NC” member, Pick-Your-Own, Wholesale Available. We are vendors at the Morganton Fresh Market and Valdese Farmers Market.
Items: Apples, cider, honey, ice cream, jams and jellies, nectarines, peaches, pumpkins. Orchard bakery open mornings and on Saturdays. Indoor restrooms, picnic shelter, wagon orchard tours, educational and group tours by appointment.

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Muddy Creek Mushroom Farm

Patrick B. Stephens
3515 Seals Road, Morganton, NC 28655
828-584-2128, 828-584-8891
Date & Time: April-Nov: Sunday-Saturday, call for appt.
Directions: I-40 exit 94, traveling east turn left, traveling west turn right. Take Dysartsville Rd. to Hwy 70. Turn left at Hwy 70. Go approx. 1 mile to Seals Road. Turn left on Seals Road
Services & Information: Roadside Stand. We are vendors at the Morganton Farmers Market.
Items: Shiitake mushrooms

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Rock Creek Farm

Johnny D. Yancey
6520 Rhoney Road, Connelly Springs, NC 28612
828-437-6218
Date & Time: June 15-Sept 1, 2009: Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 1-6pm
Directions: Eleven miles south of Morganton on Hwy 18 at the intersection of George Hildebrand School Rd. Twelve miles  southwest of Longview via Old Shelby Rd. and George Hildebrand School Rd.
Services & Information: Roadside Stand. We are vendors at the Morganton Farmers Market.
Items: Blackberries, sweet corn, honey, melons, peaches, traditionally grown vegetables. 

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Catawba County

Greasy Branch Gardens

Harold Edwards
Farm address: 2612 Hopewell Church Road, Sherrill’s Ford, NC 28673
Mailing address: 7196 Sherrill’s Ford Road, Sherrill’s Ford, NC  28673
828-478-2557
Date & Time: June-Nov: Mon-Sat 6am-8pm
Directions: North of Sherrill’s Ford School about 2 miles. South on Sherrill’s Ford Rd. 2 miles from Gold Mine Store.
Services & Information: Roadside Stand; Organic/Sustainable Agriculture. We are a vendor at the Catawba Valley Farmers Market.
Items: Organic vegetables 

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Ira Cline Farm

Ira and Ann Cline
4444 Lee Cline Road, Conover, NC 28613
828-464-5942
Date & Time: May – August: Strawberries – Sun 2pm-7pm, Mon-Sat 8am-7pm; Blueberries – Mon-Sat 8am-7pm
Directions: Located 5 miles east of Hickory and 5 miles north of Newton and 4 miles north of Conover. I-40 Exit #132 to NC 16 North – 2 miles turn left on C&B Farm Rd. Go 1 1/4miles, turn left on Lee Cline Rd., go ¼ mile to farm.
Services & Information: Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand
Items: Blueberries, cider (blueberry, strawberry), dry gourds, strawberries.

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L.F.R. Farms & Greenhouses

Lucas Foard Richard
2952 Lou Hoyle Lane, Newton, NC 28658
704-462-1417
Date & Time: April 1-June 30, 2009: Mon-Sat 8am-5pm, , Sun 1-5pm
Directions: Hwy 10 west from Newton. Turn left on Wesley Chapel Rd. At stop sign, turn left. Farm is at top of hill on left.
Services & Information: Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand, Wholesale Available
Items: Strawberries, greenhouse plants (annuals, perennials, vegetable plants), traditionally grown vegetables

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Martin Farms

Johnny and Debra Martin
3035 MM Drive, Vale, NC 28168
704-462-2890
Date & Time: May: Mon-Sat, 8am–8pm, Sun 1-5pm. July:  Mon, Wed, Fri 8am–12 noon and 4pm–7pm, Sat 8am–12 noon
Directions: From Hickory, take Hwy 127 S to Hwy 10.  Go west 3 miles to State Rd 2042 (Heavner Rd). Farm 1 mile on left.
Services & Information: Advance Order, Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand, Wholesale Availalbe. We are a vendor at the Catawba Valley and the Downtown Hickory Farmers Market.
Items: Blackberries, honey, strawberries traditionally grown vegetables.We have portable restrooms, wash sink and picnic tables available.

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Shady Oaks Farm

Tim and Judy Roberts
3487 Yount Road, Newton, NC 28658
828-464-5722 / 828-228-1013 cell
Date & Time: Year round, Mon - Sat 9am-5pm. Call in advance.
Directions: North out of Denver on Hwy 16 towards Newton. At Balls Creek Bait & Tackle (light) turn right. About 1 to 1 ½ miles turn left on Mount Olive Church Rd. In approximately one mile, turn right on Yount Rd. We are on the left. Look for sunflowers along road, can’t miss it.
Services & Information: Advance Order, Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand, Wholesale Available. If you call ahead, we can tell you what is in season, prices and pick up times. We are a vendor at the Lincoln County Farmers Market at Denver and the Conover Farmers Market.
Items: Blackberries, blueberries, sweet corn, eggs, honey, melons, poultry, pumpkins, traditionally grown vegetables, flowers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, cucumbers, yellow and green squash, tomatoes, cantaloupe, okra and other vegetables. Please call ahead or visit us at the farmers markets for orders. Orders at farmers market must be paid 50% in advance and picked up at farm at designated time.

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Cleveland County

Clineland Farm

Edley and Brooke Lattimore
Mailing address:  2784-4 Clineland Road, Cherryville, NC
704-477-7104 , 704-466-7892 cell
Date & Time: mid April - end of May: Mon thru Sat 8:30am - 5pm; Sun 12pm - 5pm
We cannot pick in the rain. Please call ahead.
Directions: Take I-85 south to US 74 West. Take Moss Lake exit and turn right towards Waco. Go approximately 7 miles. After crossing Hwy 150, continue approximately 2.25 miles to Clineland Road. Follow signs to field.
Services & Information: Pick-Your-Own; Roadside Stand at Farm; Wholesale Available.
Items: Honey, jams and jellies, strawberries.

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Elliott Family Farms

Bob and Hilda Elliott

Farm address: 5022 Brooks Chapel Road Polkville, NC 28136
Mailing address:  PO Box 225 Polkville, NC 28136
704-538-8661 cells: 704-692-6175 & 704-472-9668
Date & Time: Sept 1st - Nov 31st: appointments necessary weekdays 9:00am - 8pm except Heritage Day (first weekend in October)
Directions: Take Hwy 226 N for 2 1/2 miles. At Five Points, turn left onto London Road. Travel 1 1/2 miles. London Road intersects with Brooks Chapel.
Services & Information: Agricultural Festival; Farm Tours; Roadside Stand at Farm.
Items: Molasses, pumpkins, traditionally grown vegetables. We are a third generation farm family. We have turn of the century hit and miss engines, old restored log cabins, blacksmith shop, dress shop, general store, and antique equipment.

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Knob Creek Farm & Creamery

Jeff Crotts
Farm address:  6471 Fallston Road, Lawndale, NC 28090
Mailing address:  102 John Deere Lane, Lawndale, NC 28090
704-538-1405, 704-472-5773 cell
Date & Time: April-December, 7 days a week: 8-6pm Mon-Fri, 8-7pm Sat, 1-8pm Sun
Directions: About 15 miles west of Lincolnton, take 27 west to Hwy 18. Take left, ¼ mile on right.  From
Shelby, go 15 miles north on Hwy 18. Located 7 miles north of Fallston on left.
Services & Information: Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand. We are a vendor at the Charlotte Farmers Market.
Items: Apples, blackberries, blueberries, ice cream, jams/jellies, melons, peaches, pumpkins, strawberries.

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Lattimore Farms

Alex Lattimore
Farm Address:  317 Peachtree Road, Shelby, NC 28150
Mailing Address:  Box 171, Lattimore, NC 28089
704-434-7190, 704-473-5215 cell
Date & Time: late April - early June:  Mon-Sat, 8am – 7:00 pm, Sun 1:30-6pm. Call for prices and picking information.
Directions: Located 7 miles west of Shelby. Take Hwy 74 west to Peachtree Road. Take a right on Peachtree and travel 2 miles. Our stand will be on the right.
Services & Information: Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand, Wholesale available
Items: Strawberries

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Loyd Lewis Farms

Loyd G. Lewis
Farm Address:  5120 Fallston Road, Fallston, NC 28042
Mailing Address:  PO Box 173, Fallston, NC 28042
704-538-9397
Date & Time: Jan - Dec: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm
Directions: ½ mile north of Fallston on Hwy 18
Services & Information: Roadside Stand, Wholesale Available. We are a vendor at the Lincoln County Farmers Market in Downtown Lincolnton and at the Foothills Farmers’ Market in Shelby.
Items: Blackberries, blueberries, honey, lettuce, melons, peaches, pumpkins, traditionally grown vegetables, okra, sweet potatoes, greens/turnips, plants (vegetable). 

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Gaston County

Apple Orchard Farm

Arthur Duckworth
640 Mariposa Road, Stanley, NC 28164
704-263-2635, 704-718-4923 cell
Date & Time: Mon–Sat, 9am–6pm. Call ahead for availability. Need 6 weeks notice on whole animal purchases for the family freezer; special orders for cured and smoked meats (bacon, hams, etc.)
Directions: 1.5 miles on Mariposa Rd off Hwy 27 between Stanley and Alexis. 4.5 miles on Mariposa Rd off Plank Rd from Hwy 16 at Lowesville.
Services & Information: Advance Order, Agritourism, Community Supported Agriculture, Farm Tours, Meat Market, Honey Bee Demonstrations, Organic/Sustainable Agriculture, Roadside Stand, “Goodness Grows in NC” member. No public restrooms.  We are vendors at the Mt. Holly Farmers Market and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market.
Items: Apples, asparagus, beef, apple cider, eggs, honey, jams/jellies, shiitake mushrooms, pork, organic vegetables. Camp outs, cooking and gardening classes, beekeeping classes available. Young farmers and new farmer start up, assistance and guidance.

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Lineberger’s Maple Springs Farm

Harold and Patsy Lineberger
Farm Address:  906 Dallas-Stanley Highway, Dallas, NC  28034
Mailing Address:  2400 Hudson Poultry Road, Iron Station, NC 28080
704-748-1488, 704-922-8688 seasonal market phone
Date & Time: Open late April-July and Sept-Oct 31st. Closed in August. Mon-Sat from 9am-6:30pm, Sun 1pm-6pm.
Cider available by appt at other times. Extended hours during strawberry season.
Directions: I-85 Exit 20. Go north on New Hope Road. 4 miles to Dallas. Right on Dallas-Stanley Hwy (NC 275). Farm is 1 mile on right. 5 miles from Stanley.
Services & Information: Agritourism, Farm tours, Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand, Wholesale available, “Goodness Grows in NC” member
Items: Berry breads and cakes, berry ciders, blackberries, blueberries, chow chow, cider slushies, muscadine grapes, honey, jams/jellies, peaches, pumpkins, raspberries, salsas, strawberries, traditionally grown vegetables. Children’s playground, nature activity trail, picnic tables, educational exhibits, restrooms, snack foods, school and day care tours. Other fall activities include hayrides, Berry Land Maze, Food & Farms Learning Center, Corn & Hay playground.

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Red Hill Farm

Barry Dellinger
644 J.C. Dellinger Road, Cherryville NC 28021
704-435-2938 / 704-740-5444 cell
Date & Time: April 15 - Nov 30; Mon - Sat 8am - 7pm. Special orders by appointment.
Directions: From Hwy 150 west in Cherryville, turn south on Mulberry Street. J.C. Dellinger Road is approximately 1/2 mile on right. Turn on JC. Dellinger Road. Farm is 1/2 mile on right.
Services & Information: Advance Order, Community Supported Agriculture, Roadside Stand, Wholesale Available. We are a vendor at the Lincoln County Farmers Markets and at the Gastonia Farmers Market.
Items: Sweet corn,eggs, herbs, melons, traditionally grown vegetables, heirloom and Italian specialty vegetables.

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Stowe Dairy Farm

Tim and Gwen Stowe
169 Stowe Dairy Farm
Gastonia, NC 28052
704-228-9826
Date & Time:Open year round for pick up of advance orders. Call for information. Mon - Thurs 2pm-6pm; Fri- Sat 9am-6pm. Christmas trees from day after Thanksgiving until second weekend in Dec.
Directions: Take Hwy 321 south from Gastonia. Turn right on Crowders Creek Rd. Go approximately 4 miles and turn right on Stowe Dairy Road.
Services & Information: Advance Order, Agritourism, Christmas Tree Farm, Meat Market, Roadside Stand. We are vendors at the Charlotte and Gastonia Farmers Markets. We offer custom cuts and special orders for our grass fed , natural, raised without hormones Black Angus beef. We offer tours and programs related to the 1900's small family farms on our restored heritage farm.
Items: Natural beef, blueberries, Christmas trees (you cut 2010; Frazier fir pre cut 2009) corn, popcorn, sorghum molasses, traditionally grown vegetables.

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Lincoln County

Davis & Son Orchard

Alan and Gary Davis
922 North Hwy 18, Lawndale, NC 28090
704-276-2647, 704-530-8706, 704-735-9077 Lincolnton store
Date & Time: May-Dec:   Mon-Sat, 8:30am-6pm
Directions: Farm and Farm store: Intersection of Hwys 18 & 10 on Hwy 18 North towards Morganton. Second retail location only:  Intersection of Ivy Church Road and Hwy 150 east of Lincolnton.
Services & Information: Roadside Stand at Farm, Wholesale Available. Call for Lincolnton retail store information and hours.
Items: Apples, blackberries, blueberries, apple cider, muscadine grapes, honey, ice cream, jams and jellies, melons, peaches, pumpkins, strawberries, traditionally grown vegetables. 

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Lineberger’s Berry Hill Farm

Harold and Patsy Lineberger
2400 Hudson Poultry Road, Iron Station, NC 28080
704-748-1488
Date & Time: May: Mon-Sat from 8am-7pm, Sun from 1pm-5pm
Directions: On Hwy 27 and Hudson Poultry Rd. about 5 miles east of Lincolnton and halfway between Iron Station and Alexis.
Services & Information: Pick-Your-Own, Roadside Stand, Wholesale Available. We are a vendor at the Lincoln County Farmers Market at Denver.
Items: Ciders (blackberry & strawberry), strawberries. Picnic tables, restrooms, children’s play area, snack foods. Our other farm products are sold at Maple Springs Farm in Dallas.

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Webb’s Orchard

Harvey Webb
1110 N Hwy 18, Lawndale, NC 28090
704-276-1654
Date & Time: early June through mid Sept: Open 7 days a week, 7am until 7pm
Directions: 20 miles from Shelby, Lincolnton, Hickory, Newton, Morganton. On Hwy 18, 2 miles north of Hwy 18 and Hwy 27 intersection, 1 mile north of Hwy 18 and Hwy 10 intersection.
Services & Information:Roadside Stand. We are a vendor at the Mount Holly Farmers Market.
Items: Honey, jams/jellies, melons, peaches, traditionally grown vegetables.

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