According to the Biomimicry Institute, biomimicry is a practice that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to solve human design challenges. It’s also the tool that treehouse design studio Artistree used to create each of the five eco-friendly treehouses that make up Cypress Valley’s unique canopy of elevated glampsites. Tucked away in the scenic Hill Country of Spicewood, Texas (fun fact: Spicewood is also home to the legendary Willie Nelson), each treehouse is built around an old-growth cypress tree and connected by a series of suspension bridges to ensure a light footprint on the property...literally.
Perched over a creek, each lofty aerie varies in shape and size, except for two leaf-shaped treehouses called Juniper and Willow. Both are single-room abodes that sleep up to two people with a shared bathhouse and use solar energy for power. The two larger treehouses, named Yoki and Nest, are spacious and luxurious, with Yoki sleeping two to three guests and enough room in Nest for four to six visitors.
