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 »
A few updates and reminders for you, friends. Our Barn Dance is this Friday, October 11th. Now, we are going to be honest with you all – ticket sales have not been as we had hoped, and we are seriously considering canceling the event. Please help us out here and buy some tickets to this Read More »
Well friends, it is almost upon us. October 11th that is, which is known around ThorpeWood as Barn Dance day! We are so excited to welcome you all to our beautifully decorated Homestead Bank Barn to dance the night away and enjoy the fellowship of time spent with members of your community. In addition to Read More »
On October 11th, ThorpeWood will be hosting our second annual Barn Dance. Last year was our first year for this event, which the wonderful Julie Parlaman thought up as a real toss back to days gone by in our Thurmont community. The turnout was spectacular and a fantastic time was had by all. In fact, Read More »
We wanted to share the results of our 10K Trail Run with you. As you know, we think everyone who participated is a winner, and you all certainly helped the Frederick County YMCA Youth programs to be the biggest winner of the day as we were able to raise a tremendous amount of money to Read More »
A quick note at the beginning of this post for those readers looking for some information on the ThorpeWood Trails Race. We are working on the results and will have the link ready for you soon. Check on our Facebook page, as that will be where we will post the link. And, we will also Read More »
On this blog, we’ve talked about the many ways that the glorious property of ThorpeWood has been used by our community — as a natural playground for children, an elegant wedding site for couples, and this past week, as a classroom for graduate students from Johns Hopkins University. The graduate students were utilizing regional resources Read More »
Star gazing. It is something that many DC/Baltimore area residents have to forego, the light from these major metropolitan cities, and the countless smaller cities and towns that surround them, can make true star gazing almost an impossibility in certain areas of this region. But not at ThorpeWood. The way our property is situated, it Read More »
For more information, please contact Kaili van Waveren, Executive Director
301.271.2823 • [email protected]
