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May 2019
Flanders Art Committee to Hold 1920’s Farm Tea
To celebrate Flanders Nature Center’s first beginnings as a working farm, the Art Committee of Flanders will host a 1920s-themed Farm Tea on Sunday, May 5, from 4-6 pm in the original Flanders farmhouse, at the corner of Flanders Road and Church Hill Road in Woodbury. In 1926, on a visit to friends in Southbury, 25-year-old New York artist Natalie Van Vleck fell in love with a farm on Flanders Road in Woodbury. She promptly persuaded her parents to buy…
Find out more »The Woodbury Path: A Historic Roadway
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust will be hosting a “History Bites” lecture at Flanders on Thursday, May 9 at Noon. “History Bites” is a free lunchtime lecture series sponsored in part by the Connecticut Community Foundation designed to bring topics of local history to the attention of the regional community. Starting at the Derby seaport and going past Flanders’ main campus in Woodbury on its way up to Litchfield and beyond, this 350 year old roadway was used to move…
Find out more »June 2019
Flanders Field & Forest 5k
Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust has announced plans for its fifth annual “Field & Forest” 5 K trail run! It is being held on Friday evening, June 7th at the Flanders Van Vleck sanctuary in Woodbury at 6PM. All ages and skill levels of runners, joggers and walkers are welcome to register to enjoy this 3.1 mile run/walk through the trails and rolling hills of the picturesque nature center. After the race, participants will enjoy a post-race celebration with…
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