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243 Haywood St
Asheville NC 28801

Oct 5th, 2019: Noon-6PM

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Garlic Tasting, Classes and Garlic Awesomeness!

Our Garlicky Mission

Simple Skills : Great Garlic

EAT

WNC Garlic Fest is an opportunity to eat some creative, awesome and inspired garlic dishes! Garlic Ice Cream with garlic sprinkles, Garlic Fudge, Garlic Cookies, Honey Fermented Garlic. Come explode your taste buds.

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LEARN

Western North Carolina is an agricultural hotspot and growing garlic is no exception. WNC Garlic Fest was founded with a mission to educate people in the simple skill of growing great garlic and offers free garlic lessons.

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GROW

WNC Garlic Fest is organized and supported by Sow True Seed, a local seed company that supplies certified seed garlic and supports the mission of local and sustainable food systems. Grow Your Own Great Garlic!

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"I can't believe how tasty Garlic Ice Cream is, but the Garlic Sprinkles made me cry. Awesome!"
Emily Ansley Smith, Garlic Enthusiast

"One word... GARLIC!!"
Brian Harper, Festival Goer

"I loved learning about growing my own garlic!"
Chris Milan, Beginner Gardener

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EAT

The Garlic Trail: Select participating vendors will be listed on a postcard available from Sow True Seed. Follow the WNC Garlic Trail, find the vendors and show them your postcard for a FREE garlicky experience. Collect all the experiences and return to Sow True Seed for a small Garlic-Guru prize.

2018 Garlic Trail Participants

2019 Updated List COMING SOON

Rayburn Farm

Rayburn Farm

Offering Farm-Made Garlic Salt

Fermenti

Fermenti

Offering Fermented Wild Apple & Sweet Pepper Garlic Chutney.

Shanti Elixires

Shanti Elixires

Offering Garlic Jun (Honey Kombucha)

Rspberry Fields

Rspberry Fields

Offering Raspberry Garlic Vinaigrette

The Hop Ice Creamery

The Hop Ice Creamery

Offering Garlic Ice Cream

Green River Booch

Green River Booch

Offering a Garlic Kombucha

Blunt Pretzels

Blunt Pretzels

Offering hand made garlic pretzels.

Sow True Seed

Sow True Seed

Offering Roots Hummus Roasted Garlic Hummus

No Evil Foods

No Evil Foods

Offering something garlicky and vegan!

Gypsy Queen Cuisine

Gypsy Queen Cuisine

Offering Tradional Lebonese Toum

Pure Fire

Pure Fire

Offering a medicinal elixir containing garlic.

Wiebe Farmin

Wiebe Farmin

Offering samples of raw farm grown garlic!

Well Seasoned Table

Well Seasoned Table

Offering Roasted Garlic Sea Salt

Back in Black Cast Iron

Back in Black Cast Iron

Offering Bread w/Roasted Garlic and Tomatoes, Brushed with Garlic Scape Pesto

Gibson Berry Farm

Gibson Berry Farm

Offering garlic syrup

Asheville Fungi

Asheville Fungi

Offering Sauteed Garlic Mushrooms

Root Bottom Farm

Root Bottom Farm

Offering Garlic Butter

Asheville Tea Company

Asheville Tea Company

Offering Garlic Tea

The Farmer's Hands

The Farmer’s Hands

Offering garlic and onion jams

Oreno Hellenic Ladi

Oreno Hellenic Ladi

Offering virgin oil with freshly grated garlic

NC Joy of Garlic

NC Joy of Garlic

Offering Raw Whipped Garlic and Garlic Salsas

Asheville Wild Foods

Asheville Wild Foods

Offering Cured Ramp and Wild Greens Pesto

LEARN

Simple Skills: WNC Garlic Fest is organized by Sow True Seed, a local seed company that is committed to supporting a sustainable food system. The inaugural Garlic Fest of 2014 was really just born from Sow True Seed offering free garlic growing classes and getting a little over excited.

FREE 45-60 Minute Garlic Classes

UPDATED CLASS SCHEDULE FOR 2019 COMING SOON

Noon: Garlic Growing 101 with Angie Lavezzo (Sow True Seed Garlic Enthusiast!)
1:30PM: Cooking with Garlic with Cathy Clearly (Asheville author and food activist)
Cathy Cleary will demonstrate garlic infused recipes from her latest book, The Southern Harvest Cookbook including Chile Garlic Sauce and Garlic and Herb Cream Cheese.
3PM: Fermenting Garlic with Meg Chamberlain (Fermenti - a local fermenting business)

Meg Chamberlain will share her extensive skills on fermenting, with a specific focus on fermenting with garlic!

4:30PM Garlic Growing 101 with Chris Smith (Sow True Seed Garlic Enthusiast!)

Garlic Growing 101 aims to give the beginner gardener all the skills that they need to get started with growing garlic. Variety selection, garden preparation, planting, care and harvest. Simple skills for great garlic – learn how to grow in this compact session!

GROW

Great Garlic: Garlic Fest aims to feed you some unforgettable experiences, teach you everything you need to know to get you started as a garlic gardener, and then send you home with a your favorite variety of garlic so you can embark on your first garlic growing adventure.

Pre-order seed garlic from Sow True Seed.

Where?

243 Haywood St
Asheville NC 28801

Oct 5th, 2019: Noon-6PM

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What?

Garlic Tasting, Classes and Garlic!

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