Mountain Moss Enterprises

Mountain Moss Enterprises is a garden center in Brevard, North Carolina, specializing in moss landscaping. The business offers live moss for sale in trays, moss mats and living moss wall panels, with species categorized by sun, shade or versatile growing conditions. Its services include conceptual designs, turn-key installations, moss focal features, pocket gardens, moss lawns, living walls and green roofs, along with the coordinated rescue of bryophytes from high-impact locations before tree cutting, land clearing or road construction. Annie Martin, known as Mossin' Annie, is the owner and a recognized moss expert who offers site consultations, lectures and workshops, including hands-on moss dish garden sessions. The business holds a 4.90 rating based on 9 reviews.

Mountain Moss operates a production nursery, called the Mossery, where it cultivates moss species for sale. Because it is a working nursery, Mossery visits are geared toward serious do-it-yourself moss shoppers and are scheduled by appointment. Annie Martin personally selects many of the moss colonies placed in the Deluxe Shade, Deluxe Sun and custom order trays, and each species is labeled so customers can learn to identify their favorites. Orders are typically delivered within a week, shipped through the US Postal Service, and larger orders often arrive in recycled boxes.

The business is certified by the State of North Carolina to sell live moss plants through its nursery operations and holds a Collected Plant License for harvesting native mosses from approved locations. Annie Martin holds an NC Landscape Contractors License, and Mountain Moss is bonded and fully insured. The company adheres to USDA and US Forest Service regulations on the acquisition and distribution of moss plants. In 2010, it received a Western North Carolina Agricultural Options grant through the NC Tobacco Trust Fund to study the growth habits of selected bryophytes, and it continues research into propagating specific moss species, including those that tolerate sun and grow faster. Mountain Moss was featured in the October 2022 issue of Mother Earth News.

The Mossery sits on Elks Club Road in Brevard, about a third of a mile from King Creek, Franklin Park and Brevard College, and roughly half a mile from Brevard Elementary School, Lambo Creek and West Main Street.

Mountain Moss has built a solid reputation among the customers it has served, reflected in a 4.90 rating across 9 reviews. In Brevard, that standing rests on moss expertise, nursery-grown live moss and installations suited to the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Services:

• Design/Installation
• Educational Outreach
• Lectures & Workshops
• Moss Shop
• Site Consultations