Posted by Joe Barnes on March 9th, 2010 in Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, Education and Inspiration, General, Project Updates
This past weekend was one of those weekends that makes me feel blessed and grateful to live in the Charlottesville area — a place with some many interesting things to do and people to hang out with.
I started my weekend off on Friday evening at the opening reception of “Our Water, Our Future” at the [...]
Posted by David Hamilton on March 1st, 2010 in Education and Inspiration, General
When I visit a new city, the first thing I want to know is “why is this here?” The answer tells you a lot about a place: sheltered deep-water harbor (Boston), big river for powering mills (Albany), inland navigable limit of the river (Richmond). And Charlottesville? Well there’s some transportation history (railroad gateway), and some [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on February 26th, 2010 in Agriculture, Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, General, Nature/Environment
With this season’s record snowfalls, Bundoran Farm has become a winter wonderland. The verdant pastures and majestic forests are covered with a broad and deep white coat making it quite easy to understand and appreciate the land’s features and resulting life experiences of this distinctive place and time.
By means of a short poll, we came [...]
Posted by David Hamilton on February 16th, 2010 in General
Bundoran Farm’s protected rural environment is beautiful, but what makes it special to us is the proximity of this idyllic spot so near to Charlottesville. This little college town continually surprises us, and this Valentine’s Day, the surprise we enjoyed most was Gearhart’s Chocolates.
Pastry chef – chocolatier Tim Gearhart established the business that bears his [...]
Posted by David Hamilton on February 3rd, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General, Green Building, Project Updates
In belated honor of J.D. Salinger, a deceptively simple observation on homes, by Joyce Maynard:
“A good home must be made, not bought.”
Taken a bit out of context, this assertion is, when you think about it, pretty radical. We buy homes, like we buy cars and home theater systems, though usually with a bigger loan, and [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on January 29th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, Education and Inspiration, General, Project Updates
Virginia Public Radio recently aired a segment on Bundoran Farmand our efforts to preserve the character and use of the 2,300 acres of this legacy landscape, promote ongoing environmental stewardship and craft a great place for people to live in and enjoy the countryside of Charlottesville, Virginia and Albemarle County region. Click here to for [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on January 28th, 2010 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, General, Project Updates
The Baldwin Center for Preservation Development is open for business 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, and by appointment on the weekends. You are invited to stop by to see and learn about all the interesting things happening at Bundoran Farm.
Our new contact information is:
Bundoran Farm
5005 Edge Valley Road
North Garden, VA 22959
434-295-3700
info@bundoranfarm.com
Since its [...]
Posted by Joe Barnes on January 22nd, 2010 in Agriculture, Baldwin Center for Preservation, Education and Inspiration, General, Nature/Environment, Project Updates
Below is the unabbreviated copy of the article written by Edward H. Carter that appeared in Piedmont Virginian magazine.
Where do we go with this? Posited the fleece clad Bob Baldwin as he stood next to a blank whiteboard facing the fifty or so participants in the inaugural conference of the Baldwin Center for Preservation Development. [...]
Posted by David Hamilton on January 22nd, 2010 in Baldwin Center for Preservation, Bundoran Farm Events and Occasions, Education and Inspiration, General
We received a nice mention of our inaugural symposium in the new issue of The Piedmont Virginian, a beautiful publication focusing on landscape and culture of Virginia. Apologies for the scan: there’s no online version:
BCPD-Symposium-PVMag-Jan-2010
Posted by David Hamilton on January 18th, 2010 in Architecture and Design, General
From the “Things We Covet” file: Sanyo’s new E-Bike. This is a standard, good-looking bicycle with a quiet 250 watt motor that kicks in on hills. The idea’s not new, but the execution this time is good. They’ve had practice, selling “tens of millions” of hybrid bikes in China.
The Bundoran Farm team suggests that this might be a [...]