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Welcome to our July newsletter! Exciting changes are coming to the farm. Take a gander at some of last month’s adventures. Programs Frederick YMCA’s Strive High, a social-emotional enriched summer camp, joined us for a pleasant, mindfulness-filled day on July 3rd. They were tasked with team building activities and with forest-bathing inspired walks through the Read More »

Property Manager for Nature-Informed Mental Health Center ThorpeWood is a 156-acre mountain property, nestled 1500 feet high in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont, Maryland. Our beautiful setting of forests, fields, spring-fed ponds, and native trout streams provides a safe place for our community to heal and grow. ThorpeWood nurtures therapeutic relationships with our natural world Read More »

Happy Summertime and welcome to our May newsletter! Boy, those April showers sure did bring ‘em. Check out what ThorpeWood and its flowers have been up to this May. Programs Did you know that nonprofit and educational groups can facilitate their own programs at ThorpeWood? Students from the Poolesville High School Ecology Program joined their Read More »

Welcome to our April newsletter!  It was another busy month at ThorpeWood. The days have been flying by, alongside handfuls of pink magnolia petals and painted lady butterflies. Take a gander at what we did in last month.  In staff news, we are delighted to announce the arrival of Angelica Bristor, LMSW, as our new Read More »

Join us for our Spring Nature Photography Workshop with Master-Naturalist-in-Training Melissa Willhouse. Melissa is an environmentalist with experience in communications, storytelling, photography, and education. She has a M.Sc in Environmental Science & Policy from The Johns Hopkins University, and in 2023 co-founded the mental health nonprofit Mind & Environment Society. Saturday, April 20th, 9-11am. Bring: Read More »

Program Manager for Nature-Informed Mental Health Center ThorpeWood is a 156-acre mountain property, nestled 1500 feet high in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont, Maryland. Our beautiful setting of forests, fields, spring-fed ponds, and native trout streams provides a safe place for our community to heal and grow. ThorpeWood nurtures therapeutic relationships with our natural world Read More »

Hello ThorpeWoodians! My name is Casey Chamberlin and I am currently an intern at ThorpeWood. I began my hours with ThorpeWood for a community service initiative required by an Honors class at Hood College last spring. At Hood College in Frederick, MD I am a Junior and a Psychology major with a Criminology & Delinquency Read More »