SAHC Community Farm

09/02/2026

Friends,

The Berry Center and Berry family are heartbroken to announce the death of Wendell Erdman Berry, writer and farmer of Port Royal, Henry County, Kentucky. He passed suddenly and peacefully at home yesterday afternoon, August 31st. His work continues, here and in every place where people aim to live according to nature’s measure, on and with and of their beloved home place.

Please help us respect the privacy and the wishes of the family by directing all correspondence, remembrances, inquiries, and good wishes to The Berry Center at [email protected] or by post ℅ The Berry Center, PO Box 582, New Castle KY 40050. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers please consider a donation to The Berry Center or a like-missioned organization doing the good work in your home place in Wendell’s memory.

Photo by James Baker Hall

07/09/2026

04/24/2026

It's planting season! Get your plant starts, raised here on the SAHC Community Farm! Blazing Star Flowers will be at HerbFest this weekend - WNC Ag Center, 761 Boylston Hwy, Fletcher 28732. Free workshops, parking & admission.

They'll have have over 100 varieties of organically raised herb & flower plant starts, and 13 varieties of dahlias - as tubers & in pots. Be sure to stop by while you're shopping! Suzanne will be set up outside near the food trucks.

We've been thrilled to have Blazing Star Flowers as a successful participant in the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy's Farm Incubator Program!

More info at https://ashevilleherbfestival.org/

And https://www.blazingstarflowers.com/markets

04/08/2026

Congratulations to Blazing Star Flowers on their new farm property - just down the road from the SAHC Community Farm! Blazing Star Flowers has been a successful participant in Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy's Farm Incubator Program, and they are continuing to transition from the SAHC Community Farm to their own property.

Check out their beautiful blooms and upcoming markets, plant sales, and pick up info at https://www.blazingstarflowers.com/markets

💐 More mixed bouquets this week.
🌷 Tulips are slowing down, last week of straight tulip bunches.
🌸 More ranunculus this week.
🌸 Lots of anemones.
🌸 Poppies too!
🌱 Plant starts: snapdragons, herbs & violas