LEICESTER "LESTER" FARMERS MARKET
About Leicester "Lester" Farmers Market
Every Wednesday 3-6pm at the Leicester Community Center at 2979 New Leicester Hwy, Leicester, NC 28748. Featuring over 20 local vendors offering a wide array of vegetables, flowers, meat, cheese, baked goods, arts and crafts, herbal remedies, fresh prepared foods, garden plants and more! All items are grown or produced in the local areas of Leicester, Dix Creek, Sandy Mush, Newfound, West Buncombe, and Marshall. Come stock up on essentials, treat yourself, and enjoy an easy dinner from one of several vendors cooking fresh meals on site every week.
CONTACT
Physical Address
2979 New Leicester Hwy
Leicester NC
(Buncombe County)
Phone (828) 575-6268
Email Us
PRODUCTS OFFERED
Artisan Foods
baked goods, bread, butchery, charcuterie, cider, corn meal, flour, grits, hard cider, honey, hot sauce, jam, preserves, juice, pesto, pickles, salad dressing, salsa, teas, vinegar, wine
Dairy & Eggs
butter, cheese, duck eggs, eggs, goat cheese, milk, quail eggs, yogurt
Flowers
dried flowers, edible flowers, fresh flowers
Fruits & Berries
apples, asian pears, black raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, elderberries, figs, raspberries, strawberries, wineberries
Grains
grain corn, popcorn
Herbs
dried herbs, fresh herbs
Meat, Fish & Fowl
beef, pork
Specialty Products
artisan crafts, candles, dairy goats, decorative, floral wreaths, felt, garlic braids, greenery, landscape plants, medicinal herbs, plants, seeds, soap
Sprouts
sprouts
Vegetables
arugula, asian greens, asparagus, beets, broccoli, brussels sprout, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chiles, collards, cucumber, daikon, dry beans, edamame, eggplant, fava beans, garlic, ginger, green beans, green onions, horseradish, hot peppers, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, microgreens, mushrooms, mustard greens, nettles, okra, onions, parsnips, peas, pole beans, potatoes, pumpkins, radish, ramps, rhubarb, rutabagas, salad greens, salad mix, shallots, shell beans, spinach, summer squash, sun chokes, sweet corn, sweet peppers, sweet potato, swiss chard, tomatillos, tomatoes, turnips, watercress, winter squash
PAYMENT METHOD
Credit/Debit
TAILGATE MARKET HOURS
Parking lot of the Leicester Community Center at 2979 New Leicester Hwy, Leicester, NC 28748. Parking available adjacent to the market, overflow parking located uphill, following the signs.
Our market season is from May 3, 2023 to October 25, 2023.
Store Hours
- Wed. 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WHAT'S FRESH!
Spring mix, chard, collards, bok choi, radish, turnip, microgreens, sunflower shoots, pea shoots, beets, kale, cut flowers, cucumbers, eggs, radicchio
