Hospitality, History and Hollywood

Tryon’s GreenLife Inn at the Mimosa

farm near their home in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio, in 2007 and made it their home.

The GreenLife Inn at the Mimosa certainly catches your eye if you’re heading into Tryon on Highway 108, with its stately white columns and majestic magnolia and mimosa trees.

“It has quite a presence, that’s for sure,” says Kevin Parker, who owns and operates the inn with his wife Mary.

The inn wasn’t the Parkers’ first foray into owning and maintaining a historic building. They purchased an 1819

“Our restoration of the old farmhouse, barn and grounds hooked us on the process of saving and fixing historically important buildings,” says Kevin.

Mary’s love of old buildings has roots that can be traced back to her hometown of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, which has dozens of centuries-old buildings that are still in use today. She’s also dreamed of one day running a bed and breakfast inn. The Parkers discovered this area after their daughter moved to Tryon in 2012. They leased a farm in Gowensville