On July 10th, we were delighted to welcome three new goats to our farm! They are 6-month-old Nigerian Dwarf goats. After much deliberation and quality time loving them, Clare named them Pippin, Wally, and Peanut! We adopted them from the animal rescue ‘Farm Sweet Farm.’ If you want to learn more about this rescue, take Read More »
ThorpeWood and the Frederick County Public Library are partnering to bring you this fun-filled community event! Come join us on Wednesday, July 12th to explore the natural wonder of ThorpeWood! Visit the horses, goats, cows, and chickens, get dirty in the mud kitchen, climb on the farm machinery, enjoy an outdoor storytime, and more on Read More »
My oh my, the time has come when all nine of our Hood College volunteers have completed their 27 hours of volunteering at ThorpeWood! That’s a total of 243 hours! We feel grateful and humbled by their generous service. Thank you to Molly, Casey, Riana, Alba, Kaelyn, Jordan, Phebe, Olivia, and Rebecca. Each of these Read More »
Come join us for this FREE community event! We’ll be walking and talking and learning about mushrooms!
We had a busy week! First, on the 20th, we got baby chicks! We bought 5 babies from Southern States, including three Silver-Laced Wyandottes and two Rhode Island Reds. These are simply little darlings and we are beyond delighted to have them. They are, as expected, very helpful with computer work (see photo below)! On Read More »
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 »
For the first time since April 2019, we welcomed back the wonderful organization So What Else! Here’s a bit about this wonderful non-profit: So What Else’s mission is to improve the lives of children and families living in underserved communities in the Baltimore-Washington Metro Area by providing food security, access to basic necessities, and high-quality Read More »
The ThorpeWood team assembled this past Saturday at the Ole Mink Farm Recreation Resort to attend The Catoctin Land Trust’s Woods in Your Backyard program. The event is designed to unite local landowners in caring for our woodlands. The Catoctin Land Trust, The Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forestry Service, and The Alliance for the Read More »
For more information, please contact Kaili van Waveren, Executive Director
301.271.2823 • [email protected]
