What’s not to love about a 400-acre arboretum less than 30 minutes from your door for most of us living on the Mid-Shore? Nothing. But what is hard is to decide what you love the most about the Adkins Arboretum just outside Ridgely, Maryland.
This proves to be a difficult choice for the thousands of annual visitors and members of this natural Eastern Shore gem adjacent to the 4,000-acre Tuckahoe State Park in Caroline County. And it is particularly challenging for the Adkins staff who provide an extraordinary range of programming that includes nature, gardening, visual arts, music, poetry, and environmental education throughout the year.
All of that has not stopped the Spy in asking a few of the Adkins team what they loved the most of this “living collection” of more than 600 native plant species and natural forest. We sat down with Ginna Tiernan, its Executive Director: Jenny Houghton, Assistant Director; Kellen McCluskey, Membership; and Emily Castle, who works on the Arboretum’s Funshine Garden, to confess their top choices.
This video is approximately five minutes in length. For more information about Adkins Arboretum please go here.
Margot McConnel says
Wonderful interviews with the Adkins staff of whom I am so proud. They are a dedicated and creative group of folks who as good stewards of our natural world happily introduce adults and children alike to the magic of Adkins Arboretum. Margot McConnel, Board Chair
Ross Benincasa says
One of my absolute favorite spots in Caroline County. They do wonderful work.