We’ve been dreaming about this for months, and it’s finally here.

This May and June, we’re opening the Inn at Amaris Farms for High Noon Tea — a series of four intimate Saturday afternoon teas, each with its own theme, its own mood, and a take-home gift made entirely by women-owned businesses right here in Western North Carolina.

Twenty seats per afternoon. Noon to 2 PM. Loose-leaf tea from Cornerstone Tea Company in Weaverville, seasonal pastries and finger sandwiches, a glass of bubbly, and the kind of unhurried afternoon that’s almost impossible to find anywhere else.

Every guest leaves with a Tea & Bloom Bundle — handmade floral soap from Willow Hill Soap Co. in Canton, dried flower stems from Never Ending Flower Farm in Barnardsville, and local tea from Cornerstone Tea. $10 from every ticket goes to Helpmate, a domestic violence shelter that has served Buncombe County since 1978.

Willow Hill Soap Company is a family business in Canton, about 30 minutes west of us. Alison and Ben McDowell took over from Alison’s mother Pam, who started the original business after retiring as a Haywood County school principal. Everything is still handmade in small batches — soaps, scrubs, candles, lotions — all paraben-free, phthalate-free, and gentle enough for sensitive skin. For our tea series, they’re providing a handmade floral soap bar in every guest’s take-home gift.

Cornerstone Tea Company is based right here in Weaverville and run by Stephanie Moore, who started the business over a decade ago as a catering operation and has taken it through every version you can imagine — mobile cart, brick-and-mortar teahouse, farmer’s markets, and now wholesale and events. If you’ve stayed at the inn, you already know her tea. Our loose-leaf tea bar has been stocked with Cornerstone blends since we opened, and our guests’ favorite — Ladybug Love — is one of hers. Stephanie blends in small batches with quick turnover, so what ends up in your cup is always fresh. For the High Noon Tea series, she’s selecting a different blend to match each afternoon’s theme.

Never Ending Flower Farm is a family-run cut flower farm in Barnardsville, just minutes from our door. Loretta and Kurt grow a diverse mix of seasonal blooms on land passed down from Kurt’s grandparents — no harsh chemicals, just good soil and careful hands. You might know them from their you-pick flower days, their supper club dinners, or their wedding florals. For our Garden Tea, Loretta is bringing fresh-cut flowers to the porch so every guest can assemble their own bouquet to take home.

Four Saturdays. Four themes. Here’s what we have planned.

The Saturday before Mother’s Day. Set the table for the women who raised us.

The series opens the Saturday before Mother’s Day — and we didn’t want this one to feel like just another brunch.

Bring your person. That might be your mother. It might be your daughter, your grandmother, your best friend, the woman who held it together when you couldn’t. This relaxing afternoon tea is for her.
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Three artists. Three mediums. One porch.

Our second tea brings not one artist to the porch, but three — and a story we’ve been wanting to tell.

Sherry Masters of Art Connections has been Erica’s art partner at the inn for years, and she’s curated this afternoon around three makers working in three different mediums: paper, clay, and fabric.

Leo Monahan was a paper artist who moved from Los Angeles to Asheville and spent his later years creating vivid, sculptural works — guitars, fish, birds, all handmade and bursting with color. He passed away recently at 92. His work hangs right here at Amaris Farms, and Sherry will be honoring his life and legacy as part of the afternoon. If you’ve stayed with us before, you may have already seen his pieces without knowing the hands that made them.

Helen Brown is a Weaverville potter whose work you can hold in your hands. And Kathie Briggs is a Weaverville textile artist who creates paintings using fabric and thread as her medium — nature-inspired pieces that have been featured in WNC Magazine and exhibited nationally. She’s a regular on the Weaverville Art Safari studio tour.

Three artists, three mediums, and the kind of conversation that only happens when you slow down enough to ask how something was made.
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Where the farm meets the flower farm.

The Garden Tea is the one we’ve been dreaming about since we first started planning this series.

Loretta at Never Ending Flower Farm is right up the road from us in Barnardsville — and she’s bringing fresh cut flowers to the porch for every guest. You’ll assemble your own bouquet right at the table. No experience needed, no rules — just your eye and a spread of seasonal blooms to choose from. It’s the kind of thing you’ll carry to your car and not want to put down.

Between bouquets: a floral tea from Cornerstone Tea Company, garden-inspired bites, and a glass of bubbly. If you’ve ever wanted to spend an afternoon surrounded by flowers, good tea, and women who feel the same way about hydrangeas that you do — this is your afternoon.
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A red, white, and blue afternoon on an American farm.

We close the season on Flag Day weekend with an Americana Tea celebrating the country’s 250th anniversary.

Red, white, and blue on the table. A working American farm under your feet. Loose-leaf tea, summer bites, and a glass of bubbly to toast 250 years of gathering around tables just like this one. It felt right to end here — on a porch, on a farm, in the mountains, grateful for where we are.

Twenty seats. Last one of the season. If you’ve been watching and waiting, this is the one.
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Every tea is limited to 20 guests. Once the seats are gone, they’re gone — and our teas have sold out before. If one of these speaks to you, or if you’ve been looking for a reason to plan an afternoon with someone who matters, this is it.

We can’t wait to set the table for you.

Tickets are $65 per person and available now on Eventbrite. $10 from every ticket goes directly to Helpmate.

Inn at Amaris Farms is a six-room modern farmhouse bed and breakfast in Weaverville, NC, 15 minutes from Asheville. Set on 15 acres in the Appalachian Mountains, the inn offers luxury accommodations, farm-to-table breakfasts, a loose-leaf tea bar featuring Cornerstone Tea, and peaceful mountain views.