News and Events

The Goshen Farm Preservation Society announces its annual kayak raffle to support Goshen Farm! This year we are raffling off two beautiful Emotion Spitfire 9 kayaks – a $940 retail value. Tickets are $5 each, and we’re selling a total of 600, so your chances of winning [...]...

On Saturday, April 20th we held our first Spring Open House and Garden Party  at the farm.  With the help of the Boy Scouts we filled two lots with visitors cars.  The gardeners were busy displaying their plots.  There were crafts for the kids.  Guests were able [...]...

Twelve wonderful, hard-working, GFPS members, willing to give up 3 precious hours came out Saturday the 13th to help “spruce up” the Goshen Farm grounds.  I hope I did not miss anyone but a BIG THANKS go to Linda Beck, Becky Benner, Roy Benner, Lou Biondi, Karen Bunting, [...]...

The Cape St Claire Garden Club is pleased to announce A fundraiser to benefit Goshen Farm Preservation Society RAIN BARRELS $95 for your home, just in time for summer’s heat Pickup on Saturday, May 18th, 8am-2pm at our plant sale ORDER HERE: http://www.rainbarrelsintl.com/events-order.asp?id=6   Buy one for each [...]...

Celebrate May Day in the Cape! April 29-30 (time and location TBD) A fundraiser to support Goshen Farm Preservation SocietyPlease join us in celebrating spring’s arrival in a time-honored tradition: hanging a May Day arrangement at your home. Arrangements from small to large, $5-$30. Arranged in advance [...]...

Goshen Farm Preservation Society’s 3rd Annual Open House and Garden Party 1420 Cape St. Claire Rd. (Follow the signs) Date: Saturday, April 20th (Rain Date April 21st) Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Come out and enjoy this historic property that we are working to preserve see the [...]...

Thank you so much to everyone who came by the Clubhouse on March 10th  for our 3rd Java and Jazz. It was our best turnout so far. All of the tables were full. We had some great door prizes, did a little schmoozing, ate till we were full [...]...

If you like smooth jazz music, gnoshing on savory hors d’oeuvres and tasty treats, and sipping on coffee and tea, you will want to mark your calendar for the Goshen Farm Preservation Society’s Third Annual Java & Jazz Event, a fundraiser to benefit the restoration and preservation [...]...

My best assistant (Becky) has been helping me clear some trees with their attached covering of vines, just outside and to the west of the Sharing Garden. This will eliminate a great deal of late afternoon shade some of the northern plots were experiencing last summer. It [...]...

Hello Fellow Goshen Enthusiasts, With the help of my trusty helper, this fellow finally completed the Goshen Farm House side porch ceiling today. I purchased the wood last week and cut it to the rough sizes, then I stained it last Monday. I returned last Tuesday to [...]...

Goshen was formless and empty, darkness was all around the House. “And he said, let there be light,” and there was light.” Thanks to the new ‘Stealth 110 Sensor’ light installed on the front porch overhang. After this date, in the midst of cold, the light shown [...]...

Roy has been working on the interior of your new Sharing Garden Shed for the last several days. Attached are some recent photographs to bring you up-to-date on its progress. #1 The Sharing Garden Shed’s back wall, where I installed the plastic bin holding racks. I will [...]...

Here are four photographs of the newest Eagle Scout Project constructed at Goshen Farm. Jeff Bailey (Eagle Scout candidate) is the builder and designer of this new Bulletin Board/Bench located in the lower field near Walking Trail Site #1. This structure sits just inside the GFPS’s property [...]...

Thank you to all the volunteers and for all the support to get this project completed. A special thank you to Jason Brown of Annapolis Exteriors, Inc....

Barbara Morgan received the Preservation Volunteer Award from the Anne Arundel County Trust for Preservation, Inc. on October 10, 2012. The award was in recognition of her work, her leadership, and her perseverance in restoring Goshen Farm, the “old Radoff house” as she knew it growing up. [...]...

Jason Brown and his crew from Annapolis Exteriors has been working hard and long to give the house a new shingled roof. Goshen Volunteers have helped along the way both Saturday 9/29/12 and again yesterday (10/1/12) repairing the house’s roof decking and picking up the resultant trash. [...]...

Thanks to the generosity of the C.G. Smith family of Bella’s Liquors, who provided all of the wine and food for our fundraiser, and Chef Art Lewis and his wife George, who prepared the feast for the event gratis, the GFPS raised almost $1,000 toward the restoration [...]...

Thank you to all that helped with the roof replacement including Jason Brown and his guys from Annapolis Exteriors, plus Roy, Becky, Mike, Linda, Lou, Brian and Cecelia and Doug.  Thank you all for showing up! #1 – Annapolis Exterior’s crew with Jason the owner in the [...]...

As the GFPS prepares for the new roof to the Farm House; #1 The roof material is up in place; #2 Donated garden Mums planted and looking pretty good; #3 Just checking out the newly painted foundation; #4 The rolled roofing felt looks pretty good and warm [...]...

The Sharing Garden needed a Garden Shed and Alden Bogley volunteered to build our shed as his Eagle Scout Project. Alden raised approximately $1200 to construct and build the 10’ X 10’ Sharing Garden Shed. The shed was completed before the Goshen Farm Open House held on [...]...

Save the date for Saturday, October 27th at 7 pm for our 4th Annual Halloween Fundraiser. Beer/wine/Soda, appetizers, silent auction, 50/50, cake wheel, DJ, dancing and fun. Costumes not required.  Tickets are $20 for members, $25 for non members and will be for sale online and by [...]...

With great pride I would like to report that our first annual Harvest Dinner was a great success!! We served over 125 happy hungry people. It would not have been possible without all the generous donations and hard working, helpful volunteers. Words can not express my gratitude [...]...

A wine tasting fund-raiser is being hosted by Val of Bella’s Liquors on October 6, 2012 from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at her house located at 1504 Stacey Lane. Stacey Lane is located just off of College Parkway East, between the Bay Area Insurance Building and the [...]...

Please view several photographs of our painting work day at the Goshen Farm House, Saturday August 4, 2012. No one will know the amount of work these ten individuals did to transform the old goshen house into ‘The Goshen Farm House’ of new. This beautiful house on [...]...

All are welcome as the Goshen Farm Preservation Society will host an Open House at the Farm on Sunday September 16th, 2012 at 1422 Cape St. Claire Rd. (follow the signs). Admission is FREE! Get to know the members and check out the progress the GFPS has [...]...

First Annual Harvest Spaghetti Dinner Saturday • September 22nd 5:00 and 7:00 Cape Saint Claire United Methodist Church • 855 Chestnut Tree Dr, Annapolis Join us to celebrate our successful first year of gardening and harvest! Homemade sauce made with fresh vegetables grown at the Goshen Farm [...]...

Congratulations to Dani Snyder for winning the Kayaks! Dani is a Cape St. Claire resident and was extremely surprised to have won the kayaks. The winner was drawn at the St. Margaret’s Joust after all the tickets had been sold. Several Goshen Members were on hand to [...]...

Several Goshen Members came out to the St. Margaret s Joust to spread the word about the Goshen Farm and the Society. The remaining Kayak raffle tickets were sold and a winner was drawn. CLICK HERE TO SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS FROM THE JOUST...

Hey fellow gardeners, Stopped by the garden to check on things in my plot and caught some pictures of theses beautiful butterflies feeding on my sunflowers and zinnias. Everything is looking great, and I’m esspecially excited to sample this years variety of tomatoes from the garden. Hope [...]...

Before and after photo – plus two more. Notice any difference? Roy Benner has been working hard prepping the Farm House for paint, gutters, and a new roof. He discovered some areas that needs some TLC and went hard to work....

Ben Reynolds, and Roy Benner have been refining a new “Goshen Farm Trails” map which attempts to plot the many trails on the Goshen Farm property. This was completed with a GPS mapping device. There are several miles of trails on the property and some day the Society [...]...

The Boy Scouts are to build a storage shed for the Garden but the time frame is now some time in the summer.  So in the mean time the GFPS will use the Servant’s Quarter.  Roy Benner removed the plywood covering the door frame and constructed a [...]...

In mid April several Society Members got together to continue their window “replacement” efforts, and clean up. For now the ply wood panels have been painted to look like windows which gives the farm house a much cleaner look. “I believe, it really looks a lot cleaner [...]...

One thing these recent soil tests failed to show us gardener’s is the renewed interest in our Sharing Garden.  Please note the intense interest our ‘two newest gardeners’  have show in our garden.  They may even consider applying for a Sharing Garden Application to get on our [...]...

Kayak tickets are on sale – $5 per ticket- Take a chance to win 2 Bic Ouassou kayaks and paddles. If you don’t need two then donate one back. If you are a GFPS member we could use help selling tickets. Send me an email and I [...]...

On February 18th members, Smitty & Lou Biondi, Mike and Linda Buchet, Barb Morgan, Patty Feldt and Roy and Becky Benner along with Jon Morgan and Jake Edwards spent the day cleaning up the house, property and replacing the plywood in the windows. The plywood is being [...]...

The Strawberry Festival is just around the corner on Saturday, June 9th. We will need volunteers to man the booth in 2 hour shifts. If you would be willing to help please let us know by sending an email to goshenfarm1783@gmail.com. We schedule at least 2 members to each [...]...

Building Committee is seeking Exterior House paint Donations. Nick Neboshynsky, our Building Chair would like to put a fresh coat of paint on the exterior of the farm house. We are looking for something in a white/antique white, and enough to cover the whole exterior and possibly the new shed [...]...

The Cape St. Claire Gardening Club is partnering with a family-owned business to sell sturdy and beautifully constructed RAIN BARRELS. These beauties are $95, priced significantly below retail, and all proceeds will benefit Goshen Farm Preservation Society, to help preserve our local treasure of open space behind the elementary school. [...]...

On March 25th we had our 2nd Annual Java & Jazz Fundraiser. Over 60 guests came out to St. Margaret’s church for refreshments and to hear the Jazz Perpetrators perform. On hand was our slide show with the history of the house, the history of our organization and our [...]...

To learn the basics on why lead dust is a problem, everybody needs to read EPA’s brief pamphlet Renovate Right: Important Lead Hazard Information for Families, Child Care Providers and Schools. The main point is not to breathe or swallow the dust and not to track it [...]...

If you like smooth jazz music, gnoshing on savory hors d’oeuvres and tasty treats, and sipping on coffee and tea, you will want to mark your calendar for the Goshen Farm Preservation Society’s Second Annual Java & Jazz Event, a fundraiser to benefit the restoration and preservation [...]...

The weather was fantastic this weekend and the garden was buzzing with excited gardeners playing int the dirt! I finally had the time to plant my seedlings. I feel like a kid on Christmas day every time I walk over to the tap to fill my watering [...]...

The Goshen Farm Sharing Garden had its official opening on March 31st. Committee members and Chair Nicole Neboshynsky planned a lovely Garden “shower” where gardeners and members could donate gardening tools to share. Although the sky was a bit grey there was a nice crowd all day [...]...

A Great big thank you to Roy Benner for making and installing this fantastic bulletin board between the Farmhouse and the Garden. Roy has been insturmental in getting so many goals acomplished with the sharing garden. The Board and Committee Chairs appreciate all that he does. Thank you also to all [...]...

Although the updates been lacking we are still working very hard on growing the garden. We am so excited at the beautiful fence fellow gardener Roy and Terry erected. It is beyond anything I ever imagined and looks beautiful. THANK YOU gentleman! Roy has also been insturmental [...]...