Winding Stair Gardens is Western North Carolina’s premier independent garden center and plant nursery, serving the mountain communities of Franklin, Highlands, Cashiers, Sylva and Clayton, GA. We carry a full selection of trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, native plants, edible plants, berries, and fruit trees — everything you would expect from a large retail nursery, with the expert advice of a locally owned small business. From Japanese maples and crepe myrtles to native Appalachian flora, we have plants suited to every garden style and the WNC mountain climate. We also offer landscape design consultations and hands-on workshops.”