Woodbury & Middlebury Weekend Guide: Indigenous Stewardship At Flanders And A Winter Palette Painting Class

Flanders hosts a talk on Indigenous land stewardship and wreath workshops, and the Woodbury library offers a Flo Gris painting class.

By Rich Kirby, Patch Staff

Nov 11, 2026 7:32 AM EST

Flanders hosts a talk on Indigenous land stewardship and wreath workshops, and the Woodbury library offers a Flo Gris painting class. (Scott Anderson/Patch)

WOODBURY, CT — Flanders Nature Center hosts a talk Thursday on how Indigenous communities have cared for the land and waters of Quinnetukut, and holiday wreath workshops Saturday. The Woodbury Public Library teams up with the Florence Griswold Museum for a Winter Palette painting afternoon.

This Weekend's Arts & Entertainment

Quinnetukut: Indigenous Stewardship of Land & Waterways, Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Gabriel Benjamin, executive director of the Institute for American Indian Studies, leads the talk. Flanders Nature Center Studio, 5 Church Hill Road, Woodbury
Wreath Making Workshops, Saturday, Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Instructors guide participants in designing and decorating a holiday wreath from scratch. Flanders Nature Center Sugar House, 48 Church Hill Road, Woodbury
Winter Palette Painting, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2 to 3:30 p.m. The Florence Griswold Museum leads an afternoon of painting on an artist's palette. Woodbury Public Library, 269 Main St. South, Woodbury

Indigenous history, holiday wreaths and a painting class give Woodbury a thoughtful weekend.

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