From the rolling hills to the river shoreline, the Alice Ferguson Foundation shares the wonder and excitement of the farm, woodlands, wetlands and waterways of the Potomac River watershed with thousands of students, teachers and citizens every year.
- Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center programs facilitate rich outdoor-based experiences for appreciation, awareness and lifelong stewardship of our natural environment.
- The Bridging the Watershed program, in partnership with the National Park Service, provides personally meaningful, educational experiences that connect high school students to their place in the natural and cultural world.
- Through the Trash Free Potomac Watershed Initiative, AFF seeks to address the trash problem from a watershed-wide approach that will benefit the entire region.
New at the Alice Ferguson Foundation
Shoreline Restoration: The Alice Ferguson Foundation has received funding through American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) funds to implement a $1.1M shoreline restoration project in Piscataway Park, Prince George’s County, Maryland. This project is one of 50 selected from over 800 applications received by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Restoration Center (NOAA). If you are interested in learning more about this project, please click here to view a factsheet.New! Take a tour of Fergie's Garden past and present. Visit Fergie's Gardeners garden club web site.
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"From the beginning we loved the river more than any one thing about the farm. We walked along its beach on quiet days because it was lovely and took the same walk on windy days because it was exhilarating..." from Adventures in Southern Maryland by Alice L.L. Ferguson
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Winner of the 2009 Potomac River Watershed Cleanup Photo Contest
Fletcher's Boathouse. Photo by Johnny Bivera, OurVisualPlanet.
Click here to see all of the great photos from the Potomac River Watershed Cleanup.