Healthy living: Places to go and things to do

Whether getting closer to nature or closer to naturally healthy, there is a place in North Georgia where the food is great, the view is awesome and serenity reigns. Visit for a week or a weekend and learn things that will bring good health to the forefront.

  • Beechwood Inn, Clayton: The owners of this Inn use locally sourced ingredients to create a food experience. The Farm to Table Foraging and Cooking tours let guests participate in planning a meal, shop at local farms and markets, then cook and serve the meal. beechwoodinn.ws
  • 26th Annual Best of Atlanta Party on March 11: The Taste of Georgia Pavilion will bring some of the top farmers markets, dairies and orchards together at the Cobb Galleria to give attendants a taste of Georgia. atlantamagazine.com
  • Banning Mills Lodge in the Lost Gorge at Snake Creek in Banning, Georgia: Enjoy the scenery, the views, the rooms replicated from the 1800 era and the spa. For more nature and adrenalin, try the zipline tours, nature trails or kayaking on the lake. info@historicbanningmills.com or phone 770-834-9149
  • Anderson Creek Retreat: Visit a 1500-acre mountain community with hiking trails, nineteenth century homestead ruins and trout streams. Located next to the Chattahoochee Natural Forest and close to Amicalola Falls State Park and whitewater rivers, this is the ultimate outdoors.
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Barbara left the corporate world and moved to the North Georgia mountains. After discovering there were hundreds of herbs and plants indigenous to the area, she began attending classes at the Georgia Mountain Education and Research Center in Blairsville. She began an intensive study of the...

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