The Lily Patch Farm

06/26/2025

💚Pawpaw Pop-up!!!💚
Saturday, June 28 8am-6pm.
Pawpaw trees, seeds, and frozen pulp! (Yummy!)

561 Lily Patch Farm Rd, Vilas, NC 28692
Follow signs; drive to the end of the gravel road, down in the hollar by the greenhouses.

Trees are $45 to $65, depending on age and whether they are grafted or not. Frozen pulp is $12pint. (perfect size for recipes)
Seeds are $10 for 30.

09/23/2024

Lily Patch Farm will be outside the High Country Food Hub on 9/25 and 10/2 with locally grown, native pawpaws! These unique fruits have a rich history: Thomas Jefferson grew them, John James Audubon drew them, and they were rumored to be George Washington’s favorite dessert. Pawpaws are native to all 100 counties in North Carolina, most of the eastern United States, and parts of Canada. Historically beloved in Appalachia, these fruits offer a tropical taste right from our local soil. Come chat with Susan about this storied fruit and sample the delicious, tropical-tasting native pawpaw, grown right here in Watauga County!

09/12/2023

Here's a little video for you, by Our State Magazine.

This odd native fruit had been all but forgotten — but a farmer in Watauga County is singing its praises.

04/15/2022

We will have 5 year old select Pawpaw trees for sale at the Annual Community Plant Sale! Yippee!!

06/26/2021

We will have Pawpaw trees for sale!

June 22, 2021. The Blue Ridge Chapter of the North Carolina Native Plant Society is announcing their final native plant sale of the season held at the Daniel Boone Native Gardens located at 651 Horn in the West Drive, Boone. The date for this event is Saturday June 26, rain or shine. In the event of...

04/18/2021

Ramps are available at the Food Hub! https://highcountryfoodhub.localfoodmarketplace.com/Products?search=ramps
This may be your last chance to get some, as we have a hard freeze in the forecast, and the Ramps may not make it through.

07/20/2020

Our Patty Pan squash is now listed on the High Country Food Hub. Yummy!

06/08/2020

https://highcountryfoodhub.localfoodmarketplace.com/Products

Order by midnight tonight for pick up on Wednesday.

NEW items listed! You can search The Lily Patch Farm on the Food Hub website to see all our offerings.

06/02/2020

Making labels for the High Country Food Hub. Thank you SO much for ordering from The Lily Patch Farm!

06/02/2020

Got Pawpaw trees?

This is a Zebra Swallowtail butterfly, and the only food source for it's larva are Pawpaw leaves. (think Monarch and Milkweed)

It is considered a blessing to see one.

A Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly visits a wild pawpaw tree at the KSU Environmental Education and Research Center in Henry Co., KY. Photo by Jonathan Palmer, KSU Media Producer