Luxury Meets Ecology in the Blue Ridge

Primland is a luxury wilderness and golf resort that features conservation, sustainability and a green-built lodge that sits on 12,000 acres of pristine forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia in Patrick County. A firepit on the deck of the Lodge overlooks Primland's certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary golf course, designed by Donald Steel.  ©2013 Primland

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Primland Conservation a Priority (Virginia)

Where Luxury Meets Ecology: Over the past couple centuries in the secluded, forested and rugged hollows of the Blue Ridge Mountains in southern Virginia, moonshiners set up remote stills (distilleries) to brew illegal alcoholic beverages – away ...more

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CHP Energy Solutions (USA)

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