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Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust
Type Nature center and land trust
Location 5 Church Hill Road
Woodbury, CT, USA
Area 179 acres (72 ha)
Created 1963

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust is a non-profit nature center and land trust located at 5 Church Hill Road in Woodbury, Connecticut. Established in 1963, the organization holds in trust over 2,100 acres of open space in seven preserves in Woodbury, Bethel, Southbury and Middlebury.

The center offers classes in nature, art, summer camps, after-school and other programs for adults, children and school groups.

Reserves

  • Van Vleck Farm and Nature Sanctuary, Woodbury, teaching campus with a farmhouse, studio, trail house, sugar house and barns
  • Whittemore Sanctuary, 686 acres, Woodbury
  • Manville Kettle, 6.5 acres, Woodbury
  • Hetzel Refuge, 54 acres, Middlebury
  • Fredrick W. Marzahl Memorial Refuge
  • Leavenworth Preserve, 126 acres, Woodbury
  • Fleming Preserve, 28.5 acres, Woodbury