Posted by ppeery on July 18th, 2011 in Education and Inspiration, General
Yesterday after church my family and I stopped by Hot Cakes at Barracks Road Shopping Center for lunch. While waiting for our meals to be prepared, I couldn’t help but notice the beautiful and very familiar images hanging on the wall. After a few seconds, it dawned on us that paintings on display were the [...]
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Posted by Leif Riddervold on July 12th, 2011 in Agriculture, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment
Hello all! I hope that this post finds everyone well and that you are staying cool through this very hot spell! The heat index today will be about 110 degrees, so the summer heat is certainly on. The rains have been plentiful this year at Bundoran Farm, providing good conditions for the pastures and orchards. [...]
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Posted by ppeery on July 7th, 2011 in Agriculture, Education and Inspiration
Mary Hodges in the most recent edition of the Virginia Hot Springs Preservation Trust newsletter, included at short piece about Robyn O’Brien and her new book, The UnHealthy Truth, that talks about where our food comes from and related issues. Included in the story is a link to a TEDxTalk presentation Robyn give in Austin [...]
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Posted by ppeery on June 24th, 2011 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, Green Building, Project Updates
The Woodhill Residence at Bundoran Farm won the Virginia Sustainable Building Network’s ‘Best Residential Project Award.’ Congratulations to all involved in this wonderful project includingJeff Sties with Sunbiosis, custom builder Artisan Construction and most importantly, John and Diane Foraste, the owners of this home, patrons of this project and Bundoran Farm Founding Stewards.
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Posted by ppeery on June 16th, 2011 in Agriculture, Education and Inspiration, General, Green Building, Project Updates
Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards, situated at Bundoran Farm, opens to the public on Friday, June 17, 2011. Design Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards is posed to to be Central Virginia’s most comprehensive boutique winery and vineyard. Located on Bundoran Farm and just minutes from the University of Virginia and Downtown Charlottesville, Pippin Hill Farm [...]
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Posted by ppeery on May 9th, 2011 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, Green Building
Joe Barnes, Bundoran Farm’s development manager will be a featured speaker at the James River Green Building Council’s monthly luncheon. The program entitled “Green Building – A Developer’s Perspective” will focus on how and why developers are embracing eco-friendly designs to enhance the communities they develop and the individual buildings they construct. Joining Joe Barnes, [...]
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Posted by ppeery on February 28th, 2011 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, Green Building
Alexander Nicholson, a proud member of the Bundoran Farm Guild, was founded in 1980 by a pair of University of Virginia classmates, Michael Alexander Cernik and Jack Nicholson Stoner. They were strongly influenced by the oil embargoes during the 1970’s and began their career as builders of passive solar and energy efficient homes. Many of [...]
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Posted by ppeery on February 11th, 2011 in Education and Inspiration, Green Building
The City of Charlottesville, the County of Albemarle, and the University of Virginia are hosting a Community Workshop inviting the public to learn more about ongoing initiatives related to energy opportunities and impacts, including recent efforts to identify effective energy management strategies. Below are the event details: Cost: Free Date: Thursday, February 24, 2011 Place: [...]
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Posted by ppeery on February 3rd, 2011 in Education and Inspiration, Green Building, Project Updates
This past December, Bundoran Farm Guild Member, Artisan Construction, Inc. certified its third EarthCraft project, Woodhill, at the Gold level. Woodhill will also be Artisan’s third project certified under the LEED for Homes Rating System with Artisan having participated in the pilot phase of the young LEED Program and earlier, in the EarthCraft program’s pilot [...]
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Posted by ppeery on January 24th, 2011 in Education and Inspiration, General, Geobarns Updates, Nature/Environment
Today was a bit of a strange and frustrating day…in that we worked on a large number of disparate phases and were not able to finish any of them. the eaves are almost done but because we had plumbing inspections, etc–some of the foundation is not backfilled so we were unable to get our machine [...]
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