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The Farmington Land Trust

A Story of Stewardship

The Farmington Land Trust has a single mission: to protect open space in perpetuity. We do this through acquisition, stewardship, education and advocacy. As one of Connecticut's oldest land trusts, The Farmington Land Trust has pursued this goal since its founding in 1971. 

Thanks to the generosity of its donors, the Land Trust now protects 290 acres of fields, forests, wetlands, scenic vistas, historic sites and wildlife habitat from development. All of the Land Trust's 65 parcels will remain as open space forever, enriching the quality of life for Farmington residents for generations to come.  We appreciate the commitment of our donors to the future of Farmington.

The Land Trust is governed by a board of Directors, elected by its membership at its Annual Meeting in April.  Current Land Trust members offer invaluable financial and volunteer support for maintaining and preserving the property under the Land Trust’s protection and for acquiring additional open space.

The Farmington Land Trust is a private, non-profit, tax-exempt organization supported by town residents dedicated to the preservation of open space.


For more about our history and our work to protect and preserve open space for current and future generations, view the video, "A Story of Stewardship", below. 

For more about our history and our work to protect and preserve open space for current and future generations, view the video, "A Story of Stewardship." ​​

Farmington's Open Spaces

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This newly created map shows the FLT parcels and all of Farmington's other open lands as the town progresses towards its goal of preserving 40% of its land as open space.
​ Click to download.

The Outside Is Good For Your Inside

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There’s no secret to why we at the Farmington Land Trust value open land​ and the preservation of forests, meadows and the other ecosystems those still-wild spaces support.

We appreciate the visual splendor of the natural world and the diversity of species it harbors. We celebrate and honor our past in the preservation of historic sites. We like the legacy these open spaces will provide future generations. Green spaces offer carbon sequestration, respite from urbanity, and can serve usefully as flood plains or other functional elements of the larger landscape. We take pleasure in providing home and habitat for the myriad critters that fly, crawl, and walk through the part of the world we share with them. Those rewards are compelling enough for our members and friends that they make donations to help us preservation efforts. 
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There’s another reason to love the land, one which we have known about, or at least suspected, all along. But this other reason has been a rather elusive concept, one that has proven difficulty to verify definitively, and even more challenging to assign it a value.
As it turns out, open space is boon to our well being. A walk in the woods is more than a good time; it is proven beyond any shadow of doubt to be a measurably health-giving venture. And all the funding and anxiety over health care in our country and around the world begs a question: why aren’t we investing in what we know makes people healthy? How do we start convincing cities and governments and perhaps even the health acre industry to invest in nature from a public health perspective?

Currently most health care dollars go to treatment rather than prevention. But putting money toward prevention may in the long run be a far better investment in improving public health. 

First, it helps to understand just how beneficial green spaces can be. In our increasingly city-centric world, where 70% of the population is expected to live in an urban area by 2050, open space, alive and green, is a proven antidote to the stresses of urban living.
Read more ...

A Home for Furred and Feathered 


Announcing Our
2019 Photo Contest

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Enter your photos monthly...

Real2Reel Best in Show

Angela Choe's iPhone video named 'Best in Show' in our 2018 competition.
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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, February 19th at 5:30 p.m.
Snow Moon Snowshoe Outing
Tunxis Country Club
see more...

Sunday, March 3rd at 2:30 p.m.
Ticks!!!
Farmington Community & Senior Center

Thursday, April 4th at 5:30 p.m.
Annual Meeting
Sarah Porter Memorial

​Saturday
, May 4th at 7:30 p.m.
Birding along the Pequabuck 
Cowles Parcel off Meadow Road

Sunday
, June 2nd at 9:00 a.m.
CT Walk Day  -  Hike to
Hospital Rock
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To learn more about the value of open space in Farmington and how it benefits our community, see "For What it's Worth" 

Get Involved

There are many ways to 'get involved'! Join us as a member, volunteer for one of our projects or programs, become a steward and help manage a property, get out on the land for a stroll or a hike, or simply read up on events in our newsletter to stay in touch!

Find out how you can get involved.

Our Properties

The Farmington Land Trust is fortunate to have ecologically diverse and historical important properties most of which were donated. 

Learn about the properties.

SAVE THE LAND, Share the Responsibility
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Join others who take advantage of this opportunity!  Click on the amazon smile logo to designate the FLT as your charity of choice.  Amazon.com will then donate one-half percent, 0.5%, of each purchase to the FLT when you shop at http://smile.amazon.com .
Combined, these small but regular contributions from Amazon.com are a significant source of revenue to help SAVE THE LAND.


Get Started with the Farmington Land Trust:

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                       Farmington Land Trust, Inc.           128 Garden Street #C          Farmington, CT 06032          860.674.8545