NOTE: The Farm Trail at the Van Vleck Farm and Nature Sanctuary is temporarily closed.

Flanders Summer Camp Opening Soon!

In our popular summer camp series, children can explore nature, art, agriculture, and ecology in a fun healthy and stimulating outdoor environment. 

 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!

CAMPERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES! Flanders has been the beneficiary of generous donations in support of campership. Please call Amber McDonald at (203) 263-3711 x 12.

From fall through early spring, we’ll explore how to identify wild herbs and fungi, craft your own remedies, and align your life with nature’s rhythms.

Nov 7 – Get your early access ticket for a sneak peak! Open daily starting Nov 8 thru Dec 23 | 10AM – 4PM (closed Thanksgiving Day)

To understand permaculture, we first need to observe nature deeply and be informed by it. Starts January 2026.

Flanders Welcome Center & Gift Shop

Open Year Round at the Van Vleck House!

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

Closed Sunday

Art at the Nature Center

Natalie Van Vleck:
The Cultivation of a Personal Aesthetics

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.

Community Events

Learn to build and decorate a beautiful holiday wreath from scratch! Enjoy a morning or an afternoon session together as a family taking a hike to gather evergreens.
This important annual fundraiser will bring together a devoted group of Flanders advocates for a fun send-off to summer!