WNC's Permaculture Nursery

Specializing in Useful, Phytonutrient, Food, and Medicinal Plants

About Useful Plants Nursery

Useful Plants Nursery is a permaculture-based nursery specializing in useful, phytonutritional, food, and medicine plants well-adapted to our Southern Appalachian mountains and surrounding bioregions. Our plants are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides at our nursery located at Earthaven Ecovillage.

We believe that growing your own food and medicine plants is a vitally important strategy and practice for regaining control over our collective and personal lives, our health, and our individual and bioregional economic well being. Our nursery is dedicated to putting those beliefs into practice and truly creating "Liberation through Abundance" as we serve your needs for healthy, useful landscape plants, and work together to reweave the web of life.

Plant show season starts early this year!

Let us know a few days ahead of time if you’d like us to bring something special for your yard. Call Lyndon at 828-669-6517 or email lyndonwattermonkey@gmail.com.

Organic Growers’ School – February 25-26

The OGS spring conference is early this year – February 25-26 at Mars Hill University. We’ll be with the exhibitors in Ferguson Atrium.

Growing in the Mountains – April 21-23

Celebrate Earth Day with all local growers featuring a great variety of plants. Located at the WNC Farmers Market at 570 Brevard Road, just off I-40.

Asheville Herb Festival – May 5-7

The largest herb festival in the US and Canada! Herb Fest will be at the WNC Ag Center near the Asheville Airport again this year.

Current Hours

We will be open for the Spring 2023 Season starting Wednesday, March 1.

Our normal hours are:

  • Wednesdays 10 - 3:30
  • Fridays 9 - 5
  • Saturdays 10:00 -  3:00

If you have special plant requests, get in touch! Send us an email or call us at 828-669-6517. (Cash or check only).

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Visit Us

111 Another Way
Black Mountain, NC 28711

Beginning March 1 for Spring 2023:

  • Wednesdays 10 - 3:30
  • Fridays 9 - 5
  • Saturdays 10:00 -  3:00

We're always open by appointment.

If you have special plant requests, get in touch! Send us an email or call us at 828-669-6517. (Cash or check only).

Contact Us

(828) 669-6517

We are always open by appointment! Please call any time, any day of the week.

If you have special plant requests, get in touch! Send us an email or call us at 828-669-6517. (Cash or check only).