Holiday Open House 2023
Join us for this FREE community event at ThorpeWood’s lodge!
Live music! Kids’ Crafts! Santa! Cookies!
What’s Happening…
3rd Annual Chestnut Roast!
Looking for fulfilling and festive ways to fill your fall with fun? Check out this event hosted by SilvoCulture at the TW lodge on Nov. 12! Ticket proceeds will go toward SilvoCulture’s goal to plant 1 million nut trees in the mid-Atlantic. All tickets are tax-deductible. Click here for more info and ticket sales: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6110914
Sept ’23: Week 4: CAC Recovery Fair, Umbrella Project, Camp Jamie and JHU!
September 21-28: We hosted Johns Hopkins University Applied Sustainabilities students under the care of Professor Paul Kazyak. This group stayed over in our homestead house for eight days. During this time, they were going on all sorts of educational field trips, learning about green building, pervious pavements, landfills, solar energy, composting, Leave No Trace, and Read More »
Sept ’23 Week 3: Meetings and Planning
In this third week of September, we took it slow with programs and focused instead on all the behind-the-scenes work that makes ThorpeWood tick! To get an idea of what this looks like for us… September 19th: This was a big day for meetings. After our weekly full-team staff meeting, our intern, Casey, arrived to Read More »
Sept ’23 Week 2: Star Party, Cleaning Week, Head Start, Platoon 22, and more!
In this second week of September… We farm got busy all week with an enormous farm-wide cleaning project! We rolled up our sleeves, donned our gloves, and ordered the dumpster. And boy, was this an exciting project! So many of the back corners, basements, and storage rooms got a good tidying. It was so rewarding Read More »
Sept ’23 Week 1: Donations, Judy Center, and Master Naturalist Training!
In this first week of September… September 1st: We started the month strong with a big produce donation to the Frederick Rescue Mission! Our garden bounty is plentiful and we love to share! September 6th: We were delighted to host the Judy Center staff at the lodge and farm. They spent their indoor time building Read More »
August ’23 Week 4: Concert, Centro Hispano, FCDSS, and CASS!
In this fourth week of August… August 27th: The farm hosted a Hurrican Ian Relief Concert, benefiting our neighbors Harry and Dorothy Ott. This successful event featured the following musicians: April on South, Alec Arnold, Terance Auelta, Lauren Hill, Melissa Main, Sullivan is Dead, and BooBoo and Dirk Troxxell. Thanks to all who came out! Read More »
Star Party on the Farm!
Join us on the farm at ThorpeWood for a stargazing gathering! The TriState Astronomers will be bringing telescopes to help us take a closer look at the night sky. Reserve your spot using THIS LINK. Attendees can arrive anytime between 7:30 and 9:30 pm. Feel free to bring along your own chairs, blankets, and/or a Read More »