NOTE: The Farm Trail at the Van Vleck Farm and Nature Sanctuary is temporarily closed.
From farming fun to outdoor explorations, art adventures or creating cooking, Flanders’ summer camp offers more than 70 programs to keep children ages 3 to 13 entertained! Great spaces, great programs – for all ages!
Feb 20 – Join Flanders Curator, Marc Chabot, for a a brief discussion about the art included in the new art exhibition themed “Natalie Van Vleck – Views of a Timeless Nature.”
March, April & June – Enrich time out of school with nature-based learning! During school vacation days, Flanders offers a camp-like day of adventures outside, ecological learning, crafts & activities and student-interest driven fun.
To understand permaculture, we first need to observe nature deeply and be informed by it. Starts January 2026.
Stop by and pick up some nature products, our very own maple syrup
or a hiking map!
Summer Hours: M – F | 10AM – 4 PM
Saturday | 10AM – 2PM and Closed Sunday
Natalie Van Vleck, Flanders founder, was a gifted child, excelling at the Brearley School in New York City as both athlete and budding artist. Her short hair and boyish dress defied the conventional from an early age, and her decision to become an artist was made during a trip abroad with her parents at age twelve. It was the first of several trips she would later take as an artist to Europe and the tropics; fascinated with painting the exotic people and colorful landscapes so different from those of her own land.
