WNC Garlic Fest
Oct 6th, 2018
WNC Garlic Fest was founded by Sow True Seed of Asheville NC with the aim of bringing the awesome world of garlic to the awesome people of Western Northern Carolina. Join us for the 5th WNC Garlic Fest for a FREE celebration of all things garlic!
ENTER your e-mail for Event Updates.
Where?
243 Haywood St
Asheville NC 28801
What?
Garlic Tasting, Classes and Garlic Awesomeness!
Our Garlicky Mission
Simple Skills : Great Garlic
"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
Previous
Next
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.
2017 Garlic Trail Participants
We’ll update with 2018 participants closer to the time!
Asheville Wild Foods
Offering Cured Ramp and Wild Greens Pesto
West Village Market
Offering Roasted Garlic Naan Bread
The Hop Ice Creamery
Offering Garlic Ice Cream
Green River Picklers
Offering Pickled Garlic
Asheville Tea Company
Offering Garlic Tea
Asheville Fungi
Offering Sauteed Garlic Mushrooms
Well Seasoned Table
Offering Roasted Garlic Sea Salt
Rayburn Farm
Offering Farm-Made Garlic Salt
Gypsy Queen Cuisine
Offering Tradional Lebonese Toum
Sow True Seed
Offering Roots Hummus Roasted Garlic Hummus
Pure Fire
Offering a medicinal elixir containing garlic.
Back in Black Cast Iron
Offering Bread w/Roasted Garlic and Tomatoes, Brushed with Garlic Scape Pesto
Red Moon Herbs
Offering Garlic Tinctures for Health and Wellbeing
Root Bottom Farm
Offering Garlic Butter
Shanti Elixires
Offering Garlic Jun (Honey Kombucha)
The Wood Fired Oven
Offering Roasted Garlic Pizza with Sorghum Vinaigrette and Arugula
Fermenti
Offering Fermented Wild Apple & Sweet Pepper Garlic Chutney.
NC Joy of Garlic
Offering Raw Whipped Garlic and Garlic Salsas
Eat Pique
Offering their Garlic Forward Cheese Spreads
Blunt Pretzels
Offering hand made garlic pretzels.
Pick and Preserve
Offering a garlic jam.
John Christie’s Honey
Offering a Honey Fermented Garlic
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
We’ll update with the 2018 classes closer to the time!
Noon: Garlic Growing 101 with Angie Lavezzo (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!
Join the Facebook Event for Updates
1:30PM: Preserving Garlic with Nan Chase (Asheville author and gardener)
Garlic preservation is a class all about turning your garlic into something delicious that will store for a long time. Nan will cover pcikling, fermenting, dehydrating and powdering and a host of other tips and tricks for stroing and preserving garlic.
Join the Facebook Event for Updates
3PM: Cooking with Garlic with Denise Barratt (Asheville author and nutritionist)
Join Denise Barratt, registered dietitian nutritionist, for a cooking demo featuring garlic! Denise will share several ways to add garlic to your meals and get your daily dose of medicinal garlic. Sample one of her favorite recipes with garlic and take home lots of garlic-eating ideas.
Join the Facebook Event for Updates
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!
Join the Facebook Event for Updates
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.
Where?
243 Haywood St
Asheville NC 28801
What?
Garlic Tasting, Classes and Garlic!
WNC Garlic Fest
Oct 6th, 2018
WNC Garlic Fest was founded by Sow True Seed of Asheville NC with the aim of bringing the awesome world of garlic to the awesome people of Western Northern Carolina. Join us for the 5th WNC Garlic Fest for a FREE celebration of all things garlic!
ENTER your e-mail for Event Updates.
Media
FAQs
Sponsors
Be a Vendor
Contact-Us
