Asheville Citizen-Times, March 21, 2002 (Return to Accolades) By Deborah Huso MARION — Western North Carolina is perhaps not the first place that comes to mind when you think about eco-tourism, and especially not eco-retreats. While the eco-tourism industry has taken off in the developing nations of South America and east Asia, the U.S. travel […]
An Ecological Retreat: Cottages at Spring House Farm recognized by international group
The McDowell News, March 28, 2002 (Read more Accolades) By Mike Conley An ecological retreat in southern McDowell County has been named as the first U.S. member of an international ecotourism organization based in Athens, Greece. The Cottages at Spring House Farm recently became the first ecological retreat in the United States to obtain registration […]
Russians learn ecotourism at Spring House Farm
Asheville Citizen-Times, December 15, 2005 (Return to Accolades) By Robert Wyatt MARION — A delegation of environmental educators from Russia came to the United States this month to visit “eco-friendly” tourism related properties, including the Cottages at Spring House Farm in McDowell County. International House, a nonprofit organization in Charlotte dedicated to bringing Americans and […]
History on the move: 1830s home moved
Asheville Citizen-Times, July 21, 2005 (Return to Accolades) By Robert Wyatt MCDOWELL COUNTY — An 1830s chestnut and heart pine farmhouse became a “mobile home” when an Asheville house mover, Crouch-Mitch, was contracted to transport it more than 1 1/2 miles to an eco-tourism bed-and-breakfast in McDowell County. Arthur and Zee Anne Campbell, owners of […]
Marion innkeeper uncovers treasure trove of antique quilts
Asheville Citizen-Times, July 2, 2001 (Read more Accolades) By Jennifer Holmes MARION — When an outsider named Arthur Campbell bought the Albertus Ledbetter house in the Montford Cove-Whitehouse community, folks here doubted he’d be able to restore it. After all, it was pretty dilapidated. But Campbell thought he could as long as he could find […]
Secluded Cottages Offer Luxury Mountain Respite
Road & Travel, July 15, 2003 (Read more Accolades) By Rachel Miller As a tried-and-true urban dweller, my idea of solitude is measured in city blocks. Open space to me is the three-block-wide park five minutes down the street, or at the most, a nearby Metropark that offers a predictable manmade lake and a few […]
Adventure Lodges: Top 10 Hideaways
Outside Traveler Magazine, 2004 (Read more Accolades) By Kate Siber The Top 10: Bear Mountain Lodge, NM | Bob Marshall Wilderness Range, MT | Moose Mountain Lodge, NH | Hotel de Larache, Chile | Casa Cerro Sagrado, Mexico | Rifugio Tissi, Italy | The Kuna Lodge, Panama | Spring House Farm, NC | Ultima Thule […]
Travel with Care: Ecotourism grows alongside an appreciation for the environment
By A. Lenard, GMC Magazine, Spring 2008 In a time when people conscientiously recycle their trash, replace lightbulbs with more efficient ones and excitedly await a new era of alternative fuel vehicles, it’s no surprise that they are turning to responsible vacation travel. Ecotourism is one of the fastest-growing segments of the travel industry. In […]
Fall 2014
Hello again Spring House Farm friends! Here’s hoping you all had a fun and fulfilling summer. Now it’s time to pull out the sweaters and jackets and get ready for a splendid fall and holiday season.So far this fall the colors have been splendid thanks to a rather wet spring and summer. In fact even […]
Spring 2014: Our Amazing Dog, Jerry Lee
Hello again good Spring House Farm friends! In this edition I will forgo the normal format to share with you a wonderful story about our dog Mr. Jerry Lee. Nearly eight years old by now, Jerry Lee came into our lives when our son Cailein found him as a puppy in our equipment barn. He […]
