Mountain Gardens
Garden
Why pick this one
Mountain Gardens features the Eastern US's largest collection of native Appalachian and Chinese medicinal herbs, organically grown in Western North Carolina.
Best for
- Buying native Appalachian medicinal herb seeds or plants
- Finding Chinese medicinal herb species and preparations
- Learning to identify, propagate, cultivate, harvest, and prepare medicinal herbs
- Exploring wild foods, perennial vegetables, craft plants, and other ethnobotanicals
- Visiting a botanical garden focused on useful plants and Paradise Gardening
Look elsewhere if
- Residential landscape installation or maintenance
- Conventional ornamental garden design
- Urgent plant delivery or emergency gardening services
Specialties
- Native Appalachian medicinal herbs
- Chinese medicinal herbs
- Wild foods
- Perennial vegetables
- Craft plants and ethnobotanicals
- Seeds, plants, bare roots, fresh and dried herbs, tinctures, and other preparations
Certifications
- Registered 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit
What makes them different
- Largest collection of native Appalachian and Chinese medicinal herbs in the Eastern US
- Plants are organically grown at the foot of the Black Mountains in Western North Carolina
- Collection includes approximately 500 Chinese herb species and about 300 dried imported Chinese herbs
- Offers educational workshops covering medicinal plant identification, propagation, cultivation, harvesting, and preparation
- Includes a seed collection, plant nursery, research library, and botanical garden
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 546 Shuford Creek Rd, Burnsville, NC 28714-6637
- Website
- https://mountaingardensherbs.com
- mountaingardens@gmail.com
Services
- Botanical garden
- Plant nursery
- Seed and bare-root sales by mail
- Medicinal herb education
- Workshops, plant walks, and garden tours