Accokeek Foundation Inc, The

Preserving land and history along the Potomac River. Attractions include the National Colonial Farm, the Ecosystem Farm and Piscataway Park.  Teaching sustainable farming and living.  Offering meaningful outdoor experiences.

Why do we exist?

Founded to protect the view from Mount Vernon across the Potomac River, the Accokeek Foundation was one of the nation's first land trusts. Today, the Foundation stewards 200 acres of Piscataway National Park in Accokeek, MD, where visitors can hike a network of trails winding through wetlands, visit a native tree arboretum, and observe an award-winning forest restoration project.

The Foundation also runs the National Colonial Farm, a living history museum that depicts a Maryland middle-class family farm on the eve of the American Revolution. Through our heritage breed livestock and seed saving programs, nearly extinct heirloom crops and animals are preserved for future generations.

The Foundation's organic Ecosystem Farm emphasizes the future of agriculture as farmers learn the tools of a new trade and practice sustainable use of natural resources. "Shares" of the farm's organic produce are sold to area households. The park's beautiful grounds, trails, and programs are open to the public year 'round.

The Accokeek Foundation is a member-supported, nonprofit organization. We offer multi-faceted educational programs in history, ecology, and agriculture that serve about 30,000 school children and other visitors annually. You'll also be supporting research, enhancement and maintenance of the 18th century National Colonial Farm; maintenance of hiking trails and the fishing pier; preservation of heritage breed animals; and the research and work of the sustainable Ecosystem Farm.

What have you accomplished?

We have about 30,000 visitors each year, including 6,000 schoolchildren. Last year, more than 150 people attended workshops on sustainable living topics such as environmentally-friendly landscaping, rainbarrels, ecological design, and food preservation. Workshop participants tell us that we offer educational topics that they need and that no one else is providing in our area.

We offer a place for families to enjoy quality outdoor activities and education programs. Thanks to the support of our members and other funders, we can provide free and low cost events that are especially important to our community right now.

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