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A Visit from the Farrier

As you know, we are blessed to have a herd of Icelandic horses here at ThorpeWood.  We use these horses for our Equine Assisted Learning program.  Today, we thought it would be interesting to give you a glance into one of the many things we do regularly to provide for the care of these wonderful Read More »

Head Start is Headed to ThorpeWood

We are so very excited to share with you the announcement of a fantastic new partnership between ThorpeWood and the Head Start program for Frederick County.  Over the course of 11 weeks, with one week off for Easter, ThorpeWood will welcome over 1,300 youth – ages three and four – to come to ThorpeWood and Read More »

A Drainage Issue that Led to a Beautiful New Space

So often in life, problems or issues arise that demand an immediate solution …and as we set out to tackle the problem with the determination to possess a larger view of the circumstance – the problem begins to look more like a challenge and an opportunity.  This approach so often results in unexpected good, that Read More »

A New Chapter for Canapes

As many of you know, and have deliciously benefited from over the past few years, Canapés is the exclusive caterer of ThorpeWood.  In fact, Canapés has operated out of ThorpeWood’s kitchen for the past seven years – a relationship and set of circumstances that have been very advantageous to both Canapés and ThorpeWood, apart from Read More »

Ready for the New Year

Happy New Year!  Well, Happy Almost New Year!  New Year’s Eve is always full of such promise.  Here at ThorpeWood, we are working on our goals and resolutions for the upcoming year, and taking the time to have a thoughtful look back at the year that is ending.  2013 was a fantastic year for us! Read More »

A Very Merry Christmas

We wanted to take a moment to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season.  Thank you for letting ThorpeWood be a part of your holiday celebrations.  As we close the door on the 2013 holiday season, we wanted to share a few of our favorite pictures with you and Read More »

Behind the Scenes: Generating Power

With this blog, we like to give you a more complete sense of ThorpeWood – the many ways that you can be involved with ThorpeWood, and a “behind the scenes” look into the inner workings of a nature preserve of this size.  Today we thought we would share with you some details of our recent Read More »

End of Year Giving

Well, it’s that time of year again.  The time when we all think about our end of year annual charitable giving   You all remember that we had a Goodwill donation box at our Open House, right?  Well, the box is actually still at the Lodge if you have any items you would like to Read More »