In this third week of August… August 21st: In our lodge, Middletown Middle School had a 90-person staff training, complete with guest speakers, full group activities, and department meetings. Meanwhile on the farm, Advanced Behavioral Health made wildflower and nontraditional bouquets from all sorts of nature items around the farm. We, of course, also made Read More »
In this second week of August… August 12: Our community liaison, Clare, organized a second Mushroom Walk and Talk with fungi expert John Beutler. The event filled up immediately and was a great success overall. We’ve been so delighted to share our farm with the public during our monthly community event series! August 14 and Read More »
In this first week of August… August 2nd: Program Director Katie attended another meeting of the 12-to-24 Collaborative’s Youth Council workgroup at Hood College. This opportunity to collaborate with other nonprofit community leaders and build a county-wide youth council from scratch has been so meaningful and fulfilling! August 3rd: ThorpeWood was delighted to host Frederick Read More »
On July 24th, we welcomed back Advanced Behavioral Health, this time with four cohorts from their mentorship program! We decided to do a bit of adventure art – searching the property for wildflowers and repurposing old glass bottles as vases. The youth enjoyed the challenge and artistic element to this program. We finished up our Read More »
On Monday the 17th, we once again invited volunteers from FCPS. We have one especially dedicated volunteer who has been coming all summer – we are grateful for their enthusiastic care of the farm. On Tuesday the 18th, the middle school aged Boys and Girls Club members came back for a second round of visits. Read More »
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 »
On Saturday, July 1st, we held our community Forest Therapy Walk in the bright early summer morning. We had a wonderful little group of ladies who came ready to engage with the forest and their senses. Their gentle presence at the farm was nourishing. We hope to do another community forest therapy walks again soon! Read More »
Join us for a road clean up of Catoctin Hollow Road this Saturday at 10 am! We will meet at our main horse barn and head out from there. Please bring water, gloves, and brightly colored clothing for road safety.
Let us know you’re coming by emailing Katie at [email protected].
See you soon!
For more information, please contact Kaili van Waveren, Executive Director
301.271.2823 • [email protected]
