Plent y
Autumn harvest Season • 2026
FEATURES
4 Regenerate Maryland From shared vision to shared action by elizabeth beggins and amanda cather
10 Urban Food Farming Builds Community Charles Koiner Conservancy grows food and a sense of place by melane kinney hoffmann
14 The Miyawaki Method Building dense, fast-growing indigenous microforests in urban and degraded spaces by evan whalen
24 The Promise of Poolesville The Freedom Walk Rally showcased the heart of the community by paul tukey
40 Summer Camps in the Age of Climate Change Protecting the joys of childhood
by christy korzen
DEPARTMENTS
20 Wild Thing Autumn is the Time for Turtles by rick borchelt
28 Food for Thought The True Seeds of Slow Living by mary kingsley
30 Treasures of the Reserve Where History Took Root:
Farms, Freedom and the Making of Freedman’ s State Park by cory a. van horn
36 Local Heroes Caring for Cats, Connecting with Community
by jeff sypeck
44 Roots and Records The Birth of Montgomery County
by knight kiplinger
49 Venture Out Roam the Reserve by sarah rogers publisher i managing editor & design Jane Perini publisher i staff writer & photography Wib Middleton
PLENTY, Autumn Harvest Issue 2026. Plenty is published three times a year by Thunder Mountain Publishing LLC. It is distributed free of charge in many Montgomery County, MD locations as well as locations in Frederick. © 2026 by Thunder Mountain Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. • www. plenty-agmag. com • 928-862-0600