Dripping Springs Garden

Dripping Springs Garden is the project of gardeners Mark Cain and Michael Crane, along with the numerous interested young people who have come to learn about organic production and marketing each summer since 1984. The market garden is located in southwest Carroll County, about 15 miles south of Berryville and 50 miles east of Fayetteville, tucked into a tiny valley along Dry Fork Creek. Starting with an abandoned blueberry field and several open acres in 1984, Mark and Mike began to carve out terraced, raised-bed gardens with few machines and lots of hard work. Now some 36 years later gardens cover the slopes overlooking the creek and forest, and the garden is a lively workshop of production and learning for the owners and students who come to work with them.