Energy Efficient

Couch Mountain is a sustainable community that puts a focus on wellness for our residents and our environment. Here, you’ll find beautiful community gardens, miles of wooded trails, scenic mountain views, bees, chickens, and more.

We know that we are building for the future. With that in mind, we encourage you to incorporate renewable and green energy systems such as photovoltaic (solar), micro-wind generators, rain catchment for irrigation and geothermal assisted heating and cooling. You have the ability to design unique outdoor living areas that blend into the rock formations and rhododendron thickets, providing your family the opportunity to take full advantage of the beauty and tranquility of the Blue Ridge Mountains. At Couch Mountain, wellness and sustainability are our focus, now and for the future.

The word community means a lot more in Mills River than beautiful houses in a safe, scenic location. Community is about heart and home. The Western North Carolina Appalachian culture is famous for its warmth and hospitality: Southern charm and mountain sensibilities.
Coming home to The Farm at Mills River embodies that feeling – being accepted and made welcome. What you’ll find here, you won’t find anywhere else. It’s a sense of comfort so deeply engrained into the land and its people that even the most world-weary souls can be at peace.