Category: Community Events

Our second week of May kept us busy… On May 8, Katie and Clare attended the BNBI STEM grant celebration at FCPS’s Learning and Leadership Center. The event showcased all of the past grant winners from 2019-2023, who presented how they used their award money. We attended in support of one of our favorite program Read More »

Wow, we sure have had a busy start to our Spring! Katie and Clare’s schedules have been packed. Lately we’ve been reflecting on this Spring’s programs and community events, and we’d love to share with you about our tree identification workshop. On a chilly Sunday afternoon in early March, a group of tree-lovers gathered in Read More »

Join us for Lauren Hill on June 3, 2023 at the lodge!

April continues to be a busy month for us! On the 17th, Heather Ridge High School sent students out to work in our garden (and see our animals, of course!) That evening, a local respite program sent their students out for a similar experience. We are really enjoying sharing our garden with small groups this Read More »

We had a grand time at our Earth Day events! Thanks to everyone who joined us on a forest therapy walk and road clean up on Catoctin Hollow Road!

Come join us for this FREE community event! We’ll be walking and talking and learning about mushrooms!

The advent of Spring is certainly bringing more life to the farm – many of our spring programs are starting up now! On the 12th, our community liaison, Clare, had Zach Carnegie from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay and Dakota Durcho from the Forestry Service out to lead a winter tree identification walk for Read More »

On the evening of February 15th, ThorpeWood hosted Eef Barzelay at our beautiful timber-frame lodge for his opening tour date! The lodge was decked out beautifully with old Clem Snide (Eef’s band) merch. ThorpeWood’s property manager, Jeff Isaac, is a fan from way back and had many old CDs, posters, and t-shirts to really immerse Read More »