Ongoing
Pre-School Programs – Ages 3 to 5 years
Outdoor Rangers
Mondays and Tuesdays, 9 am – 11:30 am or 12:30 - 3:00 pm
January – June 2012
Children explore, discover, experience and connect with the natural world. Daily nature hikes build physical strength, natural curiosity and nurture environmental concern.
Be Smart With Art
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9 am – 11:30 am or 12:30 - 3:00 pm
January – June 2012
Young artists connect science, nature and art. Dress for a mess and to express. Discover the joy of painting while exploring Flanders 200-acre outdoor campus.
Program fee per class: $20 members/$27 nonmembers
For more information, click here.
To register on-line, please click here.
February
Annual Maple Volunteer Meeting
Come to the planning meeting and put your particular talents to work in the maple syrup making process: tapping the trees, collecting the sap or cooking it down to make maple syrup. We also need volunteers to explain the history and lore of maple syrup-making to our visitors, on weekends. If you’ve helped before, we welcome your assistance again this year and, we’re counting on seeing many new faces, too. We’ll have refreshments available.
Date/Time: Thursday, February 2, 7 p.m.
Location: Studio, Van Vleck Farm and Nature Center
Call (203) 263-3711 to let us know you’re coming.
Family Blue Bird Nest Box Building
Learn the status of bluebirds and the ways you can help monitor not only them but also fellow native cavity nesters.
Bluebird natural history will be provided and followed by an opportunity to build a bluebird nest box.
Date/Time: Saturday, February 18, 2 – 4 p.m.
Location: Trail House, Van Vleck Farm and Nature Sanctuary
Cost: $20 per nest box made
Pre-registration is required.
To register, call 203-263-3711.
To learn more, download a flyer here.
President's Day Vacation Workshop
Spring is just around the corner which means that our feathered friends who migrated south for the winter will soon be returning. Help out the blue birds by building tham a nest box. Bluebird natural history will be provided and an opportunity to explore their habitats and learn about the wonderful world of birds.
Date/Time: Monday, February 20, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Location: Trail House, Van Vleck Farm and Nature Sancturay
Cost: $20 Flanders members/$25 nonmembers
(Please note that each child will build and take home only one blue bird nest box.)
Pre-registration is required.
Please pack a lunch and dress for the weather.
Call 203-263-3711 to register.
To download a flyer, click here.
Annual Meeting 2012
Join us as we take a look back at 2011 and ahead to 2012. We will have representatives from our Board of Directors, our volunteer working Committees, and our Staff sitting around a table and sharing accomplishments, challenges, and ideas for the coming year. We welcome all members to come and see how Flanders people work together to accomplish our mission! It is our tradition to serve dessert and beverages over which we can discuss your experiences and suggestions. If you cannot join us on February 23, please feel free to communicate your thoughts via e-mail, or by written note on your return ballot. We always want to hear from our members!
Date/Time: Thursday, February 23, 7 pm
Location: North Congregational Church, Woodbury, CT
Bald Eagle Viewing Trip
Adults
Flanders sponsors a field trip to the Shepaug Bald Eagle Viewing Station in Southbury to view one of the largest concentrations of wintering eagles in Connecticut. Other birds which might be seen include red-tailed hawks, sharp-skinned hawks, goshawks, great blue herons and a variety of waterfowl. Volunteers will be available to help with the station’s telescopes and answer questions. Participants should dress warmly, bring binoculars and stop at the Eagle Observation area to be admitted at 10:30 am as a group, with a Flanders reserved confirmation number.
Date/Time: Saturday, February 25, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Location: Shepaug Bald Eagle Viewing Station, Southbury
Donation: $5
Introduction to Permaculture
Adults
Permaculture is a design process that is focused on observing nature and working with its resilient patterns to design ways of living. Whether farming, gardening, landscaping or a home owner, living in the country or an urban apartment, you will benefit from a better understanding of permaculture, which fosters low-tech, self-reliant methods for living that work in harmony with nature. Instructor Cynthia Rabinowitz is a soil scientist and Permaculture Design Consultant, and co-owner of The Center for Sustainability in Bethlehem, CT.
Date/Time: Tuesday, February 28, 6:30 – 8 pm
Donation: $12 for Flanders’ members and $15, non-members.
March
Organic Vegetable Gardening
Guy Beardsley, owner of Guy’s Eco Garden, a certified organic farm in Shelton, CT, and founder of the Shelton Farmers’ Market will speak on the many aspects of growing vegetables organically, including soil amendments, composting, crop diversity and site preparation.
Date/Time: Thursday, March 15, 6:30 – 8 pm
Location: Welcome Center, Van Vleck Farm and Nature Sanctuary
Donation: $12 for Flanders’ members and $15, non-members.
Organic Care of the Land: Health, Ecology and Biodiversity
Bill Duesing, Executive Director of CT NOPFA, will share practical knowledge from his 35 years as an organic farmer, author, environmental artist and promoter of organic agriculture and greater local food sufficiency. Organic principles can be used to grow food, flowers, trees and grass to create a beautiful home or community landscape. Duesing will focus on choosing optimum sites and styles, crop rotation, companion planting, soil testing and improvements, and other practical information, to create abundant gardens and beautiful landscapes.
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 20, 6:30 – 8 pm
Location: Woodbury Library
Donation: $12 for Flanders’ members and $15, non-members.
Culinary and Medicinal Herb Gardening
Adult
Dr. Eugene Zamperion, Naturopathic Physician practicing in Woodbury, professor at the University of Bridgeport School of Naturopathy, author and radio personality will present and illustrated educational program on culinary and medicinal herb gardening. In his program, Dr. Zamperion will share his passion for growing as many varieties of medicinal and culinary herbs as possible.
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 27, 6:30 – 8 pm
Location: Woodbury Library
Donation: $12 for Flanders’ members and $15, non-members.
To register for any of the adult programs, call 203-263-3711.
To download a current calendar of adult events flyer, click here.
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