Category: The Farm

May ’23 Week 1: Hood College Volunteers

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 »

March ’23 Week 2: Tree ID, CASS Coordinators & EL Students

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 »

‘So What Else’ Overnight – 2023

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 »

Woods in Your Backyard

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 »

New Years Resolutions – 2023

Well the farm animals are all astir over the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023. They are a motivated bunch of critters – goal-driven, ambitious, unstoppable. Let’s take a look at what they have planned for the new year: Horses Mia – Keep my coat white and shining. Be a more benevolent queen Read More »

Introducing…Clare!

Oh my are we delighted to introduce Clare, our assistant program director and barn manager! She was already proven gold by the time we offered her the job – she volunteered with us for programs, animal care, and litter pick up. She swam in our mountain stream with us. She made us laugh. She proved Read More »