January 2, 2024 / Last updated : January 2, 2024 Rudy Dieperink Friends of Eastern Neck FOEN Small Business Saturday Pop-Up Shop November’s Small Business Saturday in Rock Hall gave FOEN a great opportunity for community outreach. Gift Shop and Bookstore manager Carol Sutera designed window displays and organized a pop-up shop […]
January 2, 2024 / Last updated : January 2, 2024 Rudy Dieperink Education FOEN Hosts Field Trip for Elementary School Students In the first on-site youth program sponsored by the Friends of Eastern Neck since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, 35 fifth-grade students from Rock Hall Elementary School spent the […]
January 2, 2024 / Last updated : January 3, 2024 Rudy Dieperink Friends of Eastern Neck Visitor Contact Station gets a fresh look A long-awaited facelift for the landscaping around the main entrance to the Lodge, which houses the Visitors Center and FOEN Gift Shop and Bookstore, took place in November. The Friends […]
January 2, 2024 / Last updated : January 2, 2024 Rudy Dieperink Butterfly Garden FOEN Relocates Butterfly Garden Gazebo The gazebo adjacent to the Butterfly Garden, installed in 2015 by the Friends of Eastern Neck to honor the late George and Jean Bankey, had long been in need of […]
October 17, 2023 / Last updated : September 16, 2025 Rudy Dieperink Butterfly Garden Monarch Butterflies There’s still time to spot Monarch butterflies at the Butterfly Garden on their yearly migration to Mexico and other parts south. Those currently making its way south are fourth-generation descendants […]
October 17, 2023 / Last updated : October 17, 2023 Rudy Dieperink Friends of Eastern Neck Interns at Eastern Neck NWR As part of a nationwide program to learn more about how the public uses and benefits from visits to National Wildlife Refuges, a team of two interns lived on Eastern […]
October 17, 2023 / Last updated : October 17, 2023 Rudy Dieperink Friends of Eastern Neck Friends of Eastern Neck Gift Shop and Bookstore It’s a season of transition at the Friends of Eastern Neck Gift Shop and Bookstore housed in the historic Lodge, as new FOEN Board member Carol Sutera has taken over as manager of this all-important space for our organization.
October 16, 2023 / Last updated : October 18, 2023 Rudy Dieperink Friends of Eastern Neck FOEN Board Member Installs New Purple Martin Houses FOEN Board member David Holyoke supervised the installation of new Purple Martin houses in front of the Lodge this fall.
July 20, 2023 / Last updated : July 23, 2023 Rudy Dieperink Friends of Eastern Neck Garden Renewal The Bayview Butterfly Garden, the half-acre maze of pathways through a burgeoning array of plantings near the western shore of the island, is always one of the most popular destinations for visitors […]
July 11, 2023 / Last updated : July 21, 2023 Rudy Dieperink Friends of Eastern Neck Banner Days Three new informational and educational banners that highlight and explain the history of Eastern Neck Island before and after the establishment of the National Wildlife Refuge are now on display at […]
