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OVER THE EDGE: BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA

Spring has sprung in and around Frederick, bringing with it longer days filled with sunshine and blossoms and blooms everywhere you look.

If you’re hoping to make your own backyard (or frontyard) paradise, filled with plants and flowers, we have lots of expert advice to help you on your journey, in this issue.

We’re also featuring a bunch of local chefs who’ve built businesses around trying to help you save some time this season. They’ll provide a wide variety of delicious meals for you and your family, ready to eat.

Some of them will even deliver these dishes to your door: the ultimate in comfort food and convenience.

And if you’re ready for a road trip, check out our Over the Edge piece, featuring America’s first spa, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. So much to explore, so many places to relax.

Thanks for picking up this issue of Find iT Frederick! Enjoy flipping through the pages all spring long.

Molly Fellin Spence, Executive Editor P.S. If you love my springtime birthday cake that I’m holding above, credit goes to Another Slice of Cake in Myersville, who bakes beautiful, creative made-to-order treats. Find them at anothersliceofcake.com.

ON THE COVER: Betty White, mural painted by artist Jeff Huntington, aka, Jahru, and his wife Julia Gibb, at the public dog park on North Bentz Street. See Artist Spotlight, page 16.

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CONTRIBUTORS

GINA GALLUCCI-WHITE is an award-winning writer based in Frederick. Her work has been featured in a number of local, regional and national publications including USA Today 10Best website, Baltimore STYLE, Frederick Magazine and the Maryland Daily Record.

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CRYSTAL SCHELLE spent more than 30 years as a journalist before pursuing new opportunities in freelance writing. A native Marylander, she enjoys discovering places that speak to her love of history and the element of awe.

Freelance writer ELLYN WEXLER previously served as executive editor of the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County's CultureSpot online magazine and features editor for the Gazette newspapers. She currently spends her time exercising, reading novels and teaching drawing to elementary schoolchildren.

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many around the Washington, D.C. FAsorregion, spring means cherry blossoms. winter begins to fade, the anticipation increases. When will peak bloom be?

Whether driving down I-270 to find them around the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial, or spotting an abundance of them walking through Baker Park in Frederick, the hunt for cherry blossoms means springtime is here.

But, did you know that there’s another amazing bloom that comes out each spring in the region?

The bluebell, a species native to the Chesapeake Watershed, typically blooms in the first few weeks of April.

A carpet of bluebells in the springtime is a must-see. The delicate blue-and-pink flowers are a cheery, delightful sight in a backyard or along a trail.

These beauties show themselves for just a few weeks, then their foliage gently turns yellow, lays down and returns to the soil. Before you know it, they are gone, not to be seen again until the following spring.

So where can you catch a glimpse of these special flowers around Frederick?

There are several spots, including trails in Gambrill State Park.

But a favorite, relatively unknown spot where bluebells abound is the Monocacy Trail at Rivermist Park in Frederick.

Tucked behind the former Wal-Mart shopping center off Maryland Route 26, the park doesn’t look like much upon approach to the parking lot. But once you walk down past the trailhead, within a few hundred yards of the busy Monocacy Boulevard, a quiet, beautiful paved trail reveals itself. Vibrant woodlands with many tree species, native florals and plants and wildlife abound on either side of the Monocacy River.

Photo by Molly Fellin Spence

Even though you are very close to busy roadways and bustling shopping centers, once you are on the trail, all the noise and busyness melt away.

Spend some time here drinking up nature, but make sure you do it in April, when the bluebells abound. It’s a truly special, springtime-only experience. And once you’ve discovered it, you’ll be telling everyone you know where it is.

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IS ALL AROUND Engage with Frederick’s Remarkable Arts Community

by Becoming a Frederick Arts Council Member Today!

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For questions email info@frederickartscouncil.org

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ARTIST SPOTLIGHT:

Jeff Huntington a.k.a.

A J HRU

Frederick’s furriest residents have been enjoying a bright, beautiful new mural every time they visit the public dog park on North Bentz Street. The mural, painted in August by Annapolis artist Jeff Huntington, also known as Jahru, and his wife, Julia Gibb, is 8 feet tall and features four dogs surrounded by colorful shapes.

The dogs featured in the mural include Tank, an English Bulldog; Mingus, a Blue Lacy mix; Herbie, a Wheaton mixed with a wiry terrier; and Betty White, a boxer.

The mural was installed last summer. It was commissioned by Frederick’s Public Art Commission and funded by the Public Art Fund.

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Jahru is a Filipino American painter. He earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Corcoran School of Art. His work appears in Panama, Brazil, Colombia, France, Philippines, India, Hawai'i, and throughout the continental United States.

He and his wife founded the arts outreach program Future History Now, a nonprofit organization that facilitates collaborative mural projects with youth facing adversity in underserved communities.

Know a great artist we should feature in a future edition of Find iT Frederick? Email molly@ pulsepublishing.net with your suggestions.

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Photos courtesy of Jahru

DISTRICT Arts is a contemporary art gallery in the heart of the historic district in Downtown Frederick, MD. The gallery features over 35 local, regional, and nationally recognized working artists whose creations evoke the modern world through the dramatic use of color and form, reflect world influences and diversity, and inspire, challenge, entertain and educate.

Visit our website for information on special themed and featured artist exhibitions.

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15 N. Market St, Frederick, MD 21701 301-695-4050 | DISTRICTArts.com

NOMA Gallery represents 24 local artists working in a variety of contemporary styles and mediums. Our exhibitions change monthly, featuring solo, duo and group shows, with a monthly Third Thursday Artist Talk at 7pm in the gallery.

April 1- May 1 | under the influence Work by Jim Roberts Opening Reception: Saturday April 2, 5-8pm Third Thursday Artists’ Talks: April 21, 7-8pm

May 6- 29 | Iconic Harriet Wise Photographs Opening Reception: Saturday May 7, 5-8pm Third Thursday Artists’ Talks: May 19, 7-8pm

June 3-July 31 | NOMA Invitational, 2022 Opening Reception: Saturday June 4, 5-9 pm Third Thursday Artists’ Talks: June 16, 7-8:30pm & July 21, 7-8:30pm

GALLERY HOURS: Fridays & Saturdays 12-8pm / Sundays 12-4pm NOMA Gallery at the corner of 5th & N. Market St. 437 N Market St. / Frederick MD 21701

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One of New Market Main Street’s newest

Iced versions of all of the above are also on offer,

businesses aims to keep the eastern end of

alongside nitro and regular cold brews.

Frederick County caffeinated and full of sweet baked goods.

If you feel like a sweet treat or special snack to go along with your drink, you are in luck. 5 West

5 West Café opened in early 2022 and it was a

has a relationship with some local bakers, who

long time coming for owner Laurie Mills, who lives

bring delicious treats every day the café is open.

in Thurmont.

A recent selection included Boston crème and

Mills and her late husband purchased the historic building that houses the new café about eight years ago. The building was entered into the National

chocolate glazed doughnuts, cinnamon rolls, chocolate muffins, peach crumb bars and tomato and pepperoni puff pastries.

Register of Historic Places in December 1975 and

The baked goods offerings change often, but no

has served as a hotel, a tavern and even a post

matter the day, you’ll find something delicious. Just

office in the past.

try to come early for the best selection.

After Mills purchased it, it was lovingly and carefully

Bring your laptop and take advantage of the free

renovated to create the spacious and comfortable

Wifi onsite and get a little work done at one of

café that welcomes guests today.

the many tables in the café’s lounge. Or make

Head to 5 West Café for your favorite drink.

If straight-up coffee is your thing, you’ve come to the right place. 5 West has its own house brew, with notes of toffee and cocoa, roasted onsite daily by Stageline Coffee Roasters.

arrangements to meet up with a friend for some quality catch-up time.

Whoever you’re meeting and whatever the occasion, 5 West Café offers a cozy spot to curl up with with a good drink and enjoy yourself.

Photos by Molly Fellin Spence

Or warm up with an espresso drink, such as a cappuccino, latte, cortado, mocha or macchiato.

Or choose a hot tea or hot chocolate. Specialty drinks include the London Fog, brewed Earl Grey tea with honey and steamed milk, and the

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Canadian Maple Latte.

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Photo courtesy of Safi Personal Events

Dinner, delivered

by Molly Fellin Spence

Frederick chefs shift business models, offer home-cooked meals for weekly customers

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EAT

Even the most food savvy and creative among us gets sick and tired of making our own meals, three times a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Some people have no trouble at all planning, shopping for, and creating healthy, delicious meals every day. For the rest of us, we’re lucky to have a number of talented chefs creating amazing meals for singles and families and delivering them right to our doorsteps!

These innovative culinary masters have found a way to help us all by making dinner a little easier.

Sara K ep’s K itchen https://sarakepskitchen.com

Sara Kephart, 23, has been cooking since she was 2 years old, yelling “Bam!” like chef hero Emeril Lagasse in the kitchen cooking next to her dad. Now, the lifelong Frederick resident and Johnson & Wales University grad is crafting homemade, delicious County via her business Sara Kep’s Kitchen.

The idea for the meal delivery service came about in 2017, when she was a college student, short on cash.

“When I came home for Thanksgiving break I would sell freezer meals to friends and family to make some spending cash. As soon as I dropped a couple deliveries people were already asking if I would be 26

Photos courtesy of Sara Kep's Kitchen

meals for families and single folks all across Frederick

EAT

doing it again during winter break,” she said. “I made

it between pasta noodles and fresh ricotta with

a few menu tweaks and continued my freezer meals

herbs,” she said. “It was the first menu item back in

every break. My friends and family were telling their

the freezer meal days and our customers haven’t

friends and family and the circle who knew about

stopped asking for it since.”

these freezer meals kept getting bigger and bigger.”

Kephart took major inspiration from Middletown

Kephart says it actually helped her launch her

baking Deb King, owner of Deb’s Artisan Bakehouse.

business.

King’s daughter is Kephart’s best friend.

“We started while restaurants were at 50%

“She always fed us the best snacks at parties and

capacity and it was hard to find a lot of meat and

the most delicious breakfasts after sleepovers,”

produce at the grocery store. People did not, and still

she said. “The biggest thing I learned from Deb is

don’t,want to leave their house,” she said. “When

to never skimp on an ingredient or portion size.

they ordered from Sara Kep’s Kitchen they knew

Make sure there’s enough cheese, meat, toppings,

they would be getting everything they ordered.”

whatever to make sure it is amazing. I remind myself of this every time I create a new recipe or am plating a dinner.”

Kephart delivers family-style dinner bundles, Take-out box frame: istockphoto.com/Winai_Tepsuttinun

Despite the obvious challenges of the pandemic,

including a protein, starch, vegetable and dessert.

Or, customers can purchase each item a la carte. She also offers meal preps with nutrition information for customers who track macronutrients.

Kephart says Frederick can feel like such a big place at times, but providing a healthy meal for her customers helps her feel close to the community.

“After talking to some customers, you realize how small our community is. We will be chatting, they’ll bring up where they went to high school, realize they were in class with my dad, their grandpa was their Little League coach, they get massages

She posts a new menu each Monday, for delivery

from my aunt or used to work with my neighbor,”

the following Tuesday, and orders can be made

she says. “People here love supporting small

easily via her website www.sarakepskitchen.com.

businesses and will go out of their way to use us

Kephart’s best seller is her homemade lasagna “It is a huge labor of love. We make our own sauce

instead of a huge corporation. Making connections with customers helps me develop menu items to fit exactly what they’re looking for.”

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Veggie Annie facebook.com/veggieannie | IG: @veggieannie | veggieannie1@gmail.com Annie Marshall, 54, is the Annie behind Veggie Annie, a custom catering business where the customer’s needs and wants are always front of mind. A selftaught cook, Marshall has honed her specialties during the last 30 years and created a long list of delicious dishes that have a rabid local fan following.

“I’ve learned all I know by making every possible mistake in both the kitchen and the business,” Marshall says. “I feel like I’m finally getting the hang of it!”

Veggie Annie began when Marshall was a newly single mom with a toddler, trying to figure out a way to make a living while keeping her daughter close.

In my 54 years on this Earth, I’ve followed lots of eating plans; vegan, vegetarian, omnivore, locovore, etc., but veggies are always my best friends.”

Marshall has served on the Board of Directors of the Common Market Food Co-Op for 21 years. She designs each menu from scratch, and is renowned for caring for any kind of special diet folks.

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Photos courtesy of Veggie Annie

“I’ve always been passionate about vegetables!

EAT EAT

“I’m not a nutritionist, so I’ll never tell you what you

Loads of fresh veggies, dark red kidney beans, tiny

ought to eat. But if you tell me what your needs

pasta (or rice) to add separately, plus a pale green

are, I'll make it delicious,” she said.

pesto sour cream to swirl into each bowl.”).

Unusually Delicious is one of her business mottoes.

Much of Marshall’s menu is or can be made vegan

She intentionally build layers of flavor, “so when you

and gluten-free or adapted for other diets.

eat it, you get those big, delicious, flavor pows!”

Marshall creates food as local and organic as

through what looked to be a tough couple of years,

possible.

and it turns out that I love the delivery part of the

When the pandemic hit, and events were canceled

business as much as the catering part,” she says.

everywhere, it meant that Marshall needed to find

Now grown, Marshall’s daughter, Julianna Lufkin,

a new way to do business. So, she started offering

works with her at Veggie Annie, creating dishes

a weekly a la carte menu for delivery, via Facebook

and delivering them.

and Instagram.

Each Saturday she offers up a list of five different dishes that customers order by Monday for a Take-out box frames: istockphoto.com/Ratana 21

“I’m so grateful to the customers who carried us

Friday doorstep delivery.

Marshall is a lifelong lover of Frederick and is happy to call the region home.

“I believe that you have to know and love your ingredients long before you create a dish with

A recent menu included Mediterranean Tuna and

them. I adore my local vegetable and meat farmers,

White Bean Salad (“a delightful flavor combination:

along with the dairies, cider and beer producers,

tons of fresh herbs, sun-dried tomatoes, lemons,

distilleries, coffee roasters and beekeepers,” she

olive oil. Fresh, bright, lively - this unusual tuna

says. “Frederick County has such a rich agricultural

salad is the taste of sunshine!”) and Minestrone

heritage and current thriving scene; I can’t imagine

with a Creamy Pesto Swirl (“you know how

what my business would look like if I were based

sometimes a big bowl of Minestrone sounds SO

anywhere else.”

GOOD?! Well, that’s what happened here this week!

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EAT

Safi Personal Events safievents.com | 301.639.8352 Chefs Tiera and Brandon Sumblin, both 28, met as culinary students at Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, North Carolina about 10 years ago.

Together, they’ve worked with top chefs and in successful restaurants, including in the kitchen of famed chef Wolfgang Puck. And now their culinary creations are available for the lucky residents of Frederick.

The couple has been featured on the Food Network seven times, winning five of the food competitions they’ve competed in.

Safi Personal Events, their small personal chef company, was created as a result of the pandemic.

In May 2020, COVID-19 had just hit and both the chefs were out of work.

“We began offering date-night-at-home packages provide a restaurant experience,” Tiera Sumblin said, and it really took off.

“The pandemic is really what pushed us to start everything. It was kind of a blessing in disguise because we didn't know what our potential was until we were forced into it,” Sumblin says.

Safi means “fresh, pure and genuine” in Swahili.

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Photos courtesy of Safi Personal Events

where we would go into people’s homes and

EAT

“As an homage to our ancestors, we chose this

with two sides like mac-n-cheese, bacon braised

name to reflect upon our cooking style,” she says.

kale, candied yams, or stewed tomatoes and okra.

Currently, Safi Personal Events offers meal pickup/ delivery service on most Sundays and then book

Take-out box frames: istockphoto.com/Ratana 21

larger events throughout the week.

The Sumblins specialize in Southern cuisine with modern takes.

“These are recipes that have been passed down

Smothered fried pork chops, beef tips in gravy, and blackened catfish round out the choices.

And don’t forget dessert! Coconut cake, bread pudding and more are available to order as well.

Sumblin says Downtown Frederick has to be one of the best places to own a small business.

through our families for generations that we are

“The citizens of Frederick are all about ‘Support

now beginning to make more enjoyable for today’s

Local,’” she says. “Of course as a newer business

diners,” Sumblin says. “The main ingredient that

that started during the pandemic, we could use

never changes is the love we put into every dish.”

more support but, what we have had already has

Typical menus include fried chicken dinners (regular,

been amazing.”

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Audi Nagi says she and her husband, Michael, were

“I think we have a little bit of everything for

inspired to create their cafe Frederick Social

everybody,” Nagi says.

because they desired a downtown space with a relaxed environment.

“We both enjoy causal environments where we have options for drinks and can just hang out,” Nagi says. “Both of us worked remotely for quite some time and having the option to sit and work without any pressure” made them want to create a similar space for others.

Opened this winter, the café showcases a selfservice tap selection featuring a number of locally made rotating craft beers, wines and pre-made mixed drinks.

Guests choose how much to pour and use special cards linked to a credit or debit card to pay for generous or small portions in their glasses.

“Part of our goal and mission at Frederick Social is really to highlight the best of the best that is Frederick and part of that really is this (adult

Photos courtesy of Frederick Social

beverage) industry that is growing,” Nagi says.

With a goal of appealing to a wide audience,

Open every day of the week, the café can fill you up with generous platters or small bites for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Brunch is served on the weekends.

The space is fit for both families looking for a relaxing night of boardgames and nibbles or for an adult looking to work remotely with the opportunity to do some networking. And those looking for a happy hour spot would be comfortable here, too.

“Social environments are healthy and everybody needs a little bit of interaction,” Nagi says.

Part of the Nagis’ mission is to offer aide to organizations that need help. Each month, Frederick Social will highlight a local nonprofit through social media and have a designated tap’s sales go to the organization.

“I think that is a really important part of a small business, contributing to our wonderful little town,” Nagi says.

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Plan now for

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Summer's Bounty

By Ellyn Wexler

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Frederick-based experts offer advice for your spring garden

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Most successful home gardens require year-round attention and now is the time to plan for summer’s bounty. Experts including Frederick County’s master gardeners and Antonette Vasseur of Rooted & Wild Garden Design in Brunswick say planning and envisioning your ideal garden now will go a long way to getting you to your ideal space come the warm months.

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To select plants for a new garden, Frederick County master gardener Maritta Grau suggests having your “soil analyzed [and] determining the prevailing winds, the amount of sunlight/shade available, and the moisture the area will get.”

Most vegetables – including tomatoes, onions, p ot at o e s , g re e n b e a n s , s q u a s h e s , p e a s , cucumbers, peppers and even peanuts, do well in the Frederick area’s characteristic silty- and clayloam soils, as do many flowers, including roses, says master gardener Sheila Baylor. “Research should be conducted to ensure that the plant’s natural growing conditions can be met,” she adds.

“Avoid plants that are not winter-hardy to the zone, or are prone to fungal infection in humid areas.”

Grau suggests checking out what does well in your neighborhood, and plan from there.

“It’s probably best to observe neighbors’ yards and see what plants are doing well,” she says.

Permaculture designer Vasseur believes in “intentional gardening, working with nature” and establishing healthy soil. In her planning, the “observation” stage comes first.

“I take a holistic, aesthetic approach, seeing where everything goes – sun, shade, water flow – identifying your microclimate, and paying attention to how you will interact with the space,” in terms of traffic and privacy needs.

Photos

by Shuan Butcher Soil image: istockphoto.com/Chet_W

“I like to mimic what nature does in the forest: plant to capture water, and have the plants support each other,” Vasseur says.

This serves the ecosystem and your family; an added bonus is that the garden will “require a little less maintenance.” Her designs focus on diverse native plants in an effort toward “regenerative agriculture.”

For her next step, “visioning,” Vasseur recommends creating a Pinterest board of preferred colors and textures, and intentional spaces such as a place to enjoy morning coffee or serve as a memorial space.

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Spring Garden

Preparation Checklist Get your shed in order.

Check over your tools.

Clear out weeds, mulch and debris.

Do a spring cleaning of the garden, pruning or removing anything in the way.

Apply compost to established garden beds.

Divide perennials, such as daylilies.

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Set up new planters and garden beds.

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“Consider how your choices will affect you, your neighbors and the ecosystem,” she says.

Use pencil and paper, or a computer program, to work out where to place plants. This enables you to consider both available space and views of the garden, Grau says. Multiple factors deserve examination – “the mature size (height and width), leaf types and colors of the selected plants, and envision how they will look together. A general rule is to place the “tallest plants in the back, nexttallest in the middle, and shortest in the front.

Think about bloom times of the various species, and whether they will die off during the summer, leaving a gap [in the garden],” Grau says.

Plan in stages, Vasseur counsels.

“Baby-step it,” as necessary, developing a vision for the future according to available funds and time.

Implementation follows: “Just do it!, she says.

For an existing garden, “study the garden to see if any plants have overgrown their allotted space, and if you’re still able to navigate through the garden,” Grau says. Sometimes, for example, you may need to remove a source of too much shade or change the kinds of annuals or perennials.

Soil istockphoto.com/Chet_W Insetimage: Photos courtesy of Il Forno

To ready existing beds for planting, says Baylor, rake off mulch and remove any cardboard or paper material that has not broken down into compost. Do not till the bed, which would destroy microorganisms and soil structure; instead, dig holes as planting instructions specify, then water well. Add an inch of compost.

April is a good time to plant trees, shrubs, perennials and evergreens, and to divide perennials. First-time perennial dividers can consult the University of Maryland Extension (extension.umd.edu) website for directions.

Hint: It largely depends on the type of plant.

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Photos courtesy of Frederick Master Gardeners

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“Iris roots, for example, may barely be covered by soil, while hostas may have just the crown of the plant sticking above the soil,” Grau explains.

Once you determine where to place the divided plants, “dig up the perennial, roots and all; cut root divisions with a sharp knife or pry apart sections.

Bury the roots of the new plants in the ground to the same level the mother plant was,” she says.

Blades should be cleaned after every use and sharpened as needed.

Grau often fertilizes when she plants. Thereafter, she usually fertilizes flowers, new trees, or shrubs every two weeks until mid-September. Mulch in the spring, she says, “keeping it a few inches from the trunk or shrub stems, spreading it evenly to the drip lines of the branches and piling it up a little to make a dike that will help hold the water in.”

Weeding weekly – or more often, she says, “allows wanted plants to grow and keeps invasives under control.”

Prune flowering shrubs and vines in May, directly after they bloom, and plant warm-season annuals and tender bulbs both in the ground and in containers, as well as warm-season vegetables and new fruit plants after the last frost.

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After Mother’s Day, Vasseur says, is the best time to plant edibles as well as bushes and native pollinating flowers.

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Hillary Davis is a self-proclaimed maker of all things who quit her day job to share her love of creating with Frederick.

make mistakes and it’s never going to be perfect.

Accepting this and instead finding peace in the process and pride in the end result is success.”

“I did the scary thing and followed my passion to embrace a life as a maker and hopefully help make more makers,” she says on her business website, sewhillary.com.

She loves watching a student slow down, do it right and learn to enjoy and find peace in the process of creating something for themselves.

After becoming a first-time mom in May 2020, right at the beginning of the pandemic when the world changed for everyone, Davis, 32, realized she wanted something different than a 9-to-5 life.

She had dabbled in sewing, mostly out of the need to save some cash by repurposing thrift store finds.

But it was during a bout of postpartum depression that she “refound” herself by designing and creating a line of diverse cut-and-sew dolls (see them at willfulwildflowers.com).

“I’ve always known that being a maker is what drives me and grounds me,” she says.

Photos courtesy of That's Sew Hillary

From there, Davis decided to launch That’s Sew Hillary to share her passion and desire to help others discover the maker inside themselves.

“I talk to people every. single. day. who tell me ‘I’m not very crafty’ or ‘I’m not creative.’ We’re all makers, our ancestors were all makers, if you are human, you are a maker,” she says.

Davis believes sewing is easy and a good gateway craft for someone who is caught up in taking life too fast.

“The hardest part is the mindfulness that it demands, and in this way, sewing is equally great for perfectionists and those of us who rush, rush, rush through things,” she says. “You’re going to

She calls Frederick “pretty darn cool and hip,” and loves her adopted hometown of five years. She says Frederick has “a very traditional thread that is still visible in the community,” which makes people “feel connected to these ‘skills of the past’ that they watched their mothers or grandmothers do when they were children.”

Davis offers workshops for small groups or private lessons as well as regular sewing hangouts (virtual and in person, too).

All ages are welcome to sign up.

“My workshops focus on the process of learning by doing - no prior experience is needed for any of them (and I supply all the materials and machines),” she says.

That’s Sew Hillary hosts lessons and workshops from a small studio space on West Third Street, and has partnered with Downtown Frederick businesses Relish Decor and Treaty General Store to offer crafting workshops exploring everything from punch needle designs to macrame to jewelrymaking. Find out more by following her on social media or visiting her website.

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Photos courtesy of Berkeley Springs State Park

BERKELEY SPRINGS, WEST VIRGINIA

Relax at

‘A merica’s First Spa’

by Crystal Schelle

Background photo: istockphoto.com/Kevin Keen

Nicknamed “America’s First Spa,” the small town of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, is a haven for those looking for a relaxing weekend — or longer.

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ocated roughly an hour northwest of Frederick, Berkeley Springs has been a mecca for Washington, D.C., and Virginia elite since as early

as the mid-1700s. In fact, a teenage George Washington and his family vacationed in the town when it was still a part of Virginia. Lord Fairfax himself often used the town as a place to relax and many of his friends

The Washington family came to the town in 1748

In 1776 the Washington family, wealthy tobacco

following a tip from Thomas Jefferson who told of

farmers, purchased plats of 136 lots in the town.

mineral streams that stayed warm year-round and

There they drew up streets and incorporated it as

may even hold healing powers.

the Town of Bath, borrowing its name from the spa

You can visit the site marked “George Washington’s

town of Bath, England.

Bath Tub,” though locals fully admit they can’t

By 1802, the town changed its name to Berkeley

exactly pinpoint where he bathed.

Springs (because there was already a Bath County, Virginia).

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Inset photo: istockphoto.com/Greg Bethmann

would join him in the spa in its renowned warm springs.

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Berkeley Springs State Park

Just like in Washington’s time, the springs are

Berkeley Springs Castle

what calls visitors to Berkeley Springs. In the

landmarks, the Berkeley Springs Castle. Privately

center of town is Berkeley Springs State Park

owned, the castle is not open to the public.

where warm springs offer visitors a chance to dip

Photos courtesy of Berkeley Springs State Park and Berkeley Springs Castle

their feet into 74-degree waters, year-round.

Sitting above the town is one of its largest

Included in the National Register of Historic Places, the castle was built by Col. Samuel Taylor Suit as

The park offers patrons a place to be pampered.

a wedding gift for Rosa Pelham, whom he first

The park’s Old Roman and Main bathhouses

met when she was 17. Suit purchased the land in

offer a wide selection of spa services, including

1885, but he never saw the castle complete, as

massages, saunas, baths and showers.

he died in 1888. His will stipulated that the castle

Baths are best described as individualized heated pools where floating is encouraged. Each

was to be finished for his young wife. It took until 1891 before Rosa could live in the 15-room castle.

bath is filled with 750 gallons of water heated to

Rosa would throw lavish parties there until her

102 degrees.

money ran out and she was forced to sell in 1916.

For years, visitors to the town would bring buckets to gather mineral water from a spigot in the park;

Today, it’s owned by the Berkeley Castle Foundation, which sometimes hosts private events.

however, health department regulations put in place years ago stopped the practice.

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The Historic Star Theatre

Movie lovers should make a point to take in a show at The Star Theatre at 49 N. Washington St. Built in 1916, the historic Star became a movie theater in 1926. It was owned for 42 years by Jeanne Mozier and Jack Soronen. Mozier was known for touting all things wonderful about Berkeley Springs and West Virginia. They installed the theater’s modern stereo sound, air-conditioning, an upgraded digital projector, and commissioned the theater’s stained-glass windows by a local artist.

Current stewards of the Star Paul and Trey Johanson reopened the theater after a brief pandemic silence in Spring 2021.

regular movies, or $5 for family film matinees. On Two-buck Tuesdays classic movies are shown for $2 admission. For $3 more, turn two tickets into a cozy loveseat – only three sofas are available, so show up early.

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Photos courtesy of Star Theater

Ticket prices remain affordable, at only $6 for

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Berkeley Springs Salt Cave

Berkeley Springs Salt Cave at 19 Greenway Trail is a new addition to the town’s scene. Longtime local business owners Anthony and Janet an attempt to reproduce the unique microclimate

Give Purrs A Chance

and healing properties of the deep salt caves of the Himalayan Mountains.

Anyone who loves cats should make sure to visit

Here, a manmade cave contains 7,000 pounds of

Give Purrs A Chance, a cat café. There, patrons pay

Himalyan salt and technology to create a unique

an entrance fee and can play with kittens and cats

wellness experience.

for hours.

There is a salt therapy room and a separate massage

In 2017, George Farnham transformed a large

room to help you relax and an infrared sauna to

Victorian home at 51 Independence St. into what

sweat out all those toxins. The business also has a

it now the largest cat cafe in the country, by

shop to purchase crystals and other items.

square footage. Many of the cats come from area rescues, and since its opening the café has been able to find fur-ever homes for thousands of cats and kittens

Phot courtesy of Give Purrs a Chance

Lamp: istockphoto.com/grafvision; Top right: Courtesy of Berkeley Springs Salt Cave

Zakrzewski opened the salt cave in May 2021 in

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Berkeley Springs Brewing Company

Feeling thirsty? Berkeley Springs has several breweries in the area including Berkeley Springs Brewing Company at 110 Michigan Lane, owned by Karl and Denise Wagenbrenner.

The brewing company started as a homebrew retail store in 2012 and expanded a few years later into a brewpub. Since 2018, the brewpub has been located on Michigan Lane, which gives the brewers direct access to the area’s famous mineral water.

Here, the motto is “No B.S. just Good Beer.”

Craft brews are offered by the pint or half pint, or choose a flight to sample four different varieties.

Growlers and cans to go are also available.

House-made kombucha and vanilla bean root beer are on tap as nonalcoholic options.

Food is also available on site, and includes a selection of snacks, such as soft pretzel braids, spinach & artichoke dip, hummus or nachos. For

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Berkeley Springs State Park 2 S. Washington St. wvstateparks.com/park/berkeley-springsstate-park Berkeley Springs Castle 276 Cacapon Road berkeleyspringscastle.com The Historic Star Theatre 49 N. Washington St. startheatrewv.com Give Purrs A Chance 51 Independence St. givepurrsachance.org Berkeley Springs Salt Cave 19 Greenway Trail berkeleyspringssaltcave.com Berkeley Springs Brewing Company 110 Michigan Lane berkeleyspringsbrewingcompany.com

bigger appetites freshly smoked meats and sides, sandwiches and wraps are also on offer.

Normal brewpub hours are noon to 7 p.m. on Thursdays and Sundays. They stay open until 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Check their website

They even offer an AirBnB rental above the brewpub for those looking to extend their stay.

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Photos courtesy of Berkeley Springs Brewing Co.

for updated hours.

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THE MARYLAND IRON FESTIVAL Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22, 2022, 10am-5pm

Join us for our free, family-focused festival! The event features blacksmithing and casting demonstrations, traditional metal casting, log hewing, guided hikes in Catoctin Mountain Park, live music, heirloom plants and flowers, an artist and maker market, craft demonstrations, trails, tours, historic gardens, children’s activities, “feats of strength” challenges, food trucks, plein air artists, a beer and wine garden, and more! Admission is FREE!

MUSEUM OF THE IRONWORKER Saturdays and Sundays, 10am-2pm and by appointment

Learn about the diverse workers who lived and worked in Catoctin Furnace! Exhibits include unique forensic facial reconstructions of two enslaved workers; an innovative “under the floorboards” archaeology exhibit; fascinating interpretive panels; rare historic clothing found during the excavation of the Forgeman’s House; Catoctin Furnace’s famous cast iron stoves; hundreds of iron artifacts and more! Suggested donation $5/person Hike the Catoctin Furnace African American Cemetery Trail, see the furnace ruins, and visit the historic kitchen and pollinator gardens while in the village!

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After nearly a decade on the food truck scene

Choose from dishes such as tortellini, lasagna

in the Washington, D.C. region, Tempo Di Pasta

bolognese, canelloni verde and lasagna de

opened its first brick and mortar store in Frederick

zucchini.

in December.

Claudia Tempo was inspired to create the restaurant due to her Italian roots.

much of the produce sourced locally.

The restaurant also features an onsite market

She and her family, including husband and

(mercato in Italian) where customers can

executive chef Harold Pena and their son, Joseph,

purchase unique pasta shapes as well as olive oil,

want to bring people to the table to enjoy al dente

gift baskets and panettone.

Italian dishes.

Photos courtesy of Tempo Di Pasta

The pasta is made fresh daily in the shop with

Fans of the Tempo Di Pasta food truck can also

The business name, a nod to its founder, translates

rejoice. The vehicle will be hitting venues such as

to “pasta time.”

wineries for events starting in March.

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traditional original pasta dishes from different regions of Italy.

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Sky Stage is a two-story sculpture that doubles as an interactive openair theater for a variety of shows and activities. Envisioned by artist Heather Theresa Clark, the structure has won several sustainability awards for its environmental design. SkyStageFrederick.com

A contemporary art gallery in the heart of Downtown Frederick, DISTRICT Arts features the work of local, regional and national artists whose style and technique focus on the modern world through the use of color and form. DistrictArts.com

During the second weekend of June, more than 100 artists of various media descend on Carroll Creek Linear Park for the annual Frederick Festival of the Arts. Now in its 28th year, the festival is set for June 1112 and will feature artist exhibitions, activities and live entertainment. frederickartscouncil.org/programs/frederick-festival-of-the-arts/

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Head downstairs to the Cellar Door where an unforgettable meal is paired with fun entertainment options including comedy shows, pourhouse trivia and karaoke. CellarDoorFrederick.com

When it’s time to eat, head to Black Hog BBQ which has four locations in Frederick County ready to ser ve you a variety of meat smoked onsite daily. BlackHogBBQ.com

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