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Sixth Annual Laurel Festival (2011)


2006 Laurel FestivalBY INVITATION ONLY -- Saturday 14 May 2011
11:30am: Picnic by brook.  Try to arrive BEFORE noon, so it's less hot out in the open before you walk through the woods to the brook, where it's much cooler.  Various activities will probably run all day.  404-373-3366.

Yes, the artwork is from 2006, but this invite is for 2011.

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN PICNIC FOOD, DRINK, AND PICNIC BLANKET.

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This is now the sixth year for our annual picnic next to the brook and under the blooming laurel trees.  We continue to enjoy our fabulous new home every day -- not that there aren't still things to finish on it!  (Elsewhere on this website you'll find "Construction Photos".)
We would love for you to join us for this family-friendly private picnic.

Our land is a little over 10 acres, in Ball Ground GA (actually east of Canton, south of Ball Ground).  I've finally got soil-retaining grass on the cleared area of the land.  If you haven't been here, there is an absolutely beautiful brook located down the hill through the woods. There's a picnic spot next to the brook. It's all surrounded by perhaps an acre of laurel trees, plus some azaleas, and they'll all be in bloom for the picnic. 

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EarthCraft House,™created in 1999, is a residential green building program of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association in partnership with Southface. This program serves as a blueprint for energy- and resource -efficient homes.

Laurel Brook Lodge is proudly built to EarthCraft House specifications and is anxiously awaiting full certification.  The builder is hoping to receive "Platinum" designation, the highest and rarely awarded level.

We recommend that ALL houses be built to EarthCraft House specifications.

We also recommend both owners and builders become familiar with the free information found at Building Science Corporation.  There's much to learn about envelope design, water shedding, roof and attic design, HVAC, etc.