Paradise Pagoda in the Pines

Located in a lovely rural neighborhood, 25 minutes from Asheville. Our permaculture/natural building school features bountiful gardens, forest trails, & amazing architecture. We are 12 minutes from some of the nicest National Forest in NC, (the Big Ivy section). Waterfalls, swimming holes, hiking, and back road access to the Blue Ridge Parkway (at Craggy Gardens). We have two listings on site, and this is the most basic and least expensive. Check out our Box Truck as well. This space is simple and lovely. It is a 2-story, 10 x 10, open air, pagoda-style building. It has a very unique architectural design, with split-bamboo woven half walls, and a huge pyramid sky-light. It has a full-size futon mattress with a mosquito net on the second story (the bugs are very minimal). This building shelters from the rain, but not the temperature. The first story has a cherry desk, a counter space, room to do yoga, and a love-seat. There is no kitchen in this space, but there is a water urn dispenser and a single stove-top burner and coffee/tea press. There is a shared permitted outhouse and beautiful outdoor shower a very short walk from the lodging. You should bring a headlamp or flashlight for night. This building is off the grid, and it has basic solar lights and a cellphone charging station. This lodging is on our beautiful land that also hosts an outdoors sustainable living school. Come live it up in rustic charm with a permitted outhouse and outdoor shower, a short walk from this lodging. Several nice trails, outdoor spaces, and picnic tables on the land. We provide a burner, a tea kettle, and a french press. It is not set up for cooking, just for making hot water. If you would like to cook, you will need to bring a camping cook set-up. There is no refrigeration available for this unit. We provide guests with maps and wildflower guides for the area and can direct you to places to go hiking and swimming in the nearby national forest. We also know the Asheville restaurant scene very well and can suggest good places to eat, whether you are omnivore, vegetarian/vegan, gluten-free, local & organic, or higher-quality economy eats. This place is a sustainable living school and active homestead with lots of natural and green buildings, fruit trees, wildlife, permaculture & rich biological diversity. We teach classes from this land on natural building, sustainable farming, primitive living skills, holistic nutrition, wilderness awareness & more! Please do remember that the bathroom facilities are primitive, we have a permitted outhouse and an outdoor shower. Also, keep in mind that the space is open air, So if you are booking it in the late fall or early spring it can be pretty chilly. We provide lots of blankets to keep you toasty though. You have access to the space you are renting, your firepit area,the shower, and the outhouse. Other spaces are either private dwellings or belong to the school and are not accessible to Airbnb guests. We like to give guests space, but are accessible via Airbnb messaging. We work from home and will most likely be here, and will be able to assist you with anything you need. We can share with you recreational tips for the area and ideas of things to do, or places to eat in Asheville, Weaverville, or other nearby towns. We live in a neighborhood that is a collection of friends who bought adjacent properties and all live a similar close-to-nature lifestyle. The neighborhood is full of artists, healing arts practitioners, natural farmers & builders, musicians & creative, fun folks. Our place is accessible by car. Asheville is a 25 minute drive or 2 hour bike ride. It is only 12 minutes to National Forest trails in the Pisgah national forest. Please drive slowly! Our wonderful neighbors have children and creatures that tend to frolic freely in the neighborhood. This listing is hidden in the trees during when the leaves are on the trees, but is only 250 feet from our neighbors house. While nesteled in the trees, we would not describe this listing as secluded. Even though the leaves are a good visual block, noise travels a lot in the night and early morning. We have a young child and there are other Airbnb’s that are open air. We have certain requests on making noise after 8:00 PM. We welcome you to make a fire in the firepit that corresponds with your dwelling. If you want to make a fire in your firepit, you are responsible for bring firewood. Sometimes past guests will have left firewood, but it may not be dry. We ask our guests to brush any dry leaves around firepit away from the firepit in order to reduce any chance of fire spreading and to only use wood and paper. You have access to the space you are renting, your firepit area,the shower, and the outhouse. Other spaces are either private dwellings or belong to the school and are not accessible to Airbnb guests. We have two outdoor cats that roam the property. They are friendly, and, because there is no door on the Pagoda, they might help themselves inside. Occasionally you may also encounter a dog or two from a neighbor's house. They will not enter the structure. All our animals are friendly and approachable!