by Kate McGowan, Educator If you’re somehow not familiar with the cultural phenomenon that is Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the premise is simple: your character is brought to an uninhabited island and can transform it into an island paradise of your choosing in real-time. The island itself is filled with natural resources you can utilize, including everything from cartoon versions of real-world insects, to fruit trees, to even what the game, unfortunately, labels “clumps of

Written by Molly Meehan, Community Outreach and Education Coordinator Pawpaw in Bloom As I journey into my third year working at the Accokeek Foundation and, essentially, my third year directing my attention toward our incredible local plant world in Southern Maryland, I am beginning to understand the mysterious and wonderful language of the local plants. The landscape is almost like one of those magic eye pictures. If you just turn your attention in a certain way long enough