Looking for some new energy, time away from the daily stresses? Bayfield’s Pinehurst Inn offers a wonderful setting as we partner with Enso Day Spa & Wellness Center to create popular lodging / spa packages. These are our most popular packages, offered all year, with pricing varying by the season.
Pinehurst Pampering Package is the most popular – a variety of Enso Spa services combined with lodging and some complimentary goodies
Pinehurst Girls Getaway is the opporutnity for sisters, mother-daughers, friends and family to come as a group to enjoy the Garden House lodging along with a range of Enso Spa services.
For more information or to book these and other packages, simply email or call 877-499-7651.
use of Pinehurst sauna + all other Pinehurst amenities
Rates range from $423 – $543 depending on room booked. Does not include room & sales tax. Must be booked prior to arrival. Rates provided valid through May 25, 2012.
Please call 877-499-7651 for package rates after May 25th.
If seeking Couples Massage with this package, add $15 to package pricing.
Book online or call 877-499-7651 to reserve this package.
A huge congratualtions to Mary Bergin, author of the just released “Sidetracked in the Midwest: A Green Guide for Travelers” (Itchy Cat Press – www.itchycatpress.com).
Pinehurst Inn is so pleased to be one of many wonderful examples of green tourism opportunities. We particularly appreciate this most recent post to her blog, Roads Traveled, which provides a quick peek at a few green efforts and philosophy of our business.
Bergin’s book examines four categories of ecotourism: food and drink, lodging and retreats, nature and wildlife, and the old and the new, including festivals, parks, lodges, tours, farms, museums, nature centers, factories, wilderness areas, and retreats and more. A great must have for those seeking eco-friendly travel opportunities.
Thank you, Mary. And thank you to all the businesses, organizations and individuals who work to make these eco-friendly options available.
From 350.org.: So will you be turning off your lights?
Tonight, all around the world, people will be shutting off their lights at 8:30pm as a part of this year’s Earth Hour celebration (http://earthhour.org/). It’s a great moment to pause and remember that in addition to the community and political organizing we do, committing to real change in our personal lives is important too.
We can start with turning off our lights, and use that moment to think deeply about how we can go “beyond the hour” (this year’s Earth Hour theme) and commit to making other changes in our personal lives – getting out of your car and onto your bike or feet, hanging up your clothes instead of popping them in the dryer, eating food that is locally grown. We know these changes alone won’t get us to 350ppm, but they’re a part of the work we’ll need to do, and as organizers, it’s up to us to set the example of how we can all live happy, healthy, low carbon lives.
Holidays are filled with traditions. It may be useful to simply think about ways to build on those traditions in new, more sustainable ways. And it’s our guess that these steps might add significant quality to your holiday celebration. Some ideas for greener holidays from Eartheasy.com:
Buy Smart – think “green”. Look for locally made gifts, gifts made from recycled sources, or gifts produced by sustainable companies. Consider re-gifting!
Connect with Nature. Start a family tradition of giving back to the earth and instilling the values of sustainable living to your children, friends and community. Take a hike or snowshoe. Participate in the Annual Bird Count in your area.
Lower the impact of Holiday Lighting. Consider the size of your lighting display as well as the light sources. Explore LED lights that use up to 95% less energy than the traditional larger lights.
Choose a live tree. Live trees, on the other hand, are a renewable resource grown on tree farms, that are replanted regularly. They contribute to air quality while growing, and almost ninety percent are recycled into mulch. Live trees are usually locally grown and sold, saving both transportation costs and added air pollution. Live trees also smell like Christmas!
For more ideas, we suggest Eartheasy.com – a great side providing simple and understandable information on this topic and more.
Please share with us how you’ve altered your holiday traditions to honor both the holiday and the earth!
10/10/10 – A Global Work Party day organized by 350.org. For those who haven’t heard of 350.org here’s an overview:
350.org is an international campaign that’s building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis—the solutions that science and justice demand.
Our mission is to inspire the world to rise to the challenge of the climate crisis—to create a new sense of urgency and of possibility for our planet.
This great organization, headed by writer and activist Bill McKibbon, has been spending months encouraging individuals, groups and organizations to create work parties in their own communities focusing on ways to lighten their footprint while putting pressure on local, state, national and international leader to take climate change seriously.
Interested in learning more? There are over 7300 events registered to be taking place today all over the world. 350.org website has tons of information.
At Pinehurst Inn in Bayfield, we consider every day a work day, but today, there will be time spent both making more biodiesel and getting into the native gardens. Baby steps, but very real in our world.
The gardens are lush this year. And the produce baskets are overflowing. Yes, zuchinni, carrots, greens, beets (ah, beet greens!), peppers, and more. So the idea of World Kitchen Garden Day really struck us – a wonderful way to celebrate this time of year when we are blessed with this fantastic array of food.
World Kitchen Garden Day is an opportunity to
celebrate the multiple pleasures and benefits of home-grown, locally grown foods.
celebrate the positive role of organic kitchen gardening (good health, good community, and it taste’s so good!)
To raise awareness about the benefits of eating local and to encourage people to explore local food options in their areas
To build community spirit, at local and international levels, around the universal experiences of gardening, cooking, and eating (think Farmers Markets, community gardens, and more)
The concepts and ideas of this “celebration” are so important – and should be considered every day of the year. But today, look around your own community and get to know your local farmers and growers.
At Pinehurst Inn in Bayfield, we are thrilled to build our breakfast using not only our own produce, but numerous delicious veggies and fruits from our area orchards and farms. This morning we serve our very popular Pinehurst Blueberry Oven French Toast (using wonderful blueberries from Highland Valley Farm in Bayfield). And tomorrow we will be doing something wonderful with those fresh beet greens – stay tuned! We might even share another recipe.
This includes a wonderful group of inns that have innovative and creative practices highlighting their green efforts. Happy to be among such a great group.
More information on our sustainability efforts can be found on the Pinehurst Inn Website.
