Sanctuaries of NEWFS
image: Coffin Sanctuary
image: Butler Sanctuary image: Eshqua Bog image: Arbutus Sanctuary
image: Hobbs Fern Sanctuary

The New England Wild Flower Society owns and manages eight sanctuaries in New England, protecting rare species as well as examples of New England habitats.

These preserved tracts of wild land serve as living classrooms and are used for many of the Society's field trips, classes, and other programs related to the study of native plants and their habitats.  

NEW!FERN SANCTUARY

The Hobbs Fern Sanctuary in Lyman, New Hampshire, given to the Society by Christina and Sturtevant Hobbs in 2002, contains 248 acres of spruce/fir forest, northern hardwood forest, a bog and associated wetlands, and a very unique calcareous ledge community. [MORE]

image: Arbutus Sanctuary

New England Wild Flower Sanctuaries

Of our eight sanctuaries in four New England states; seven are open to the public. For information on these sanctuaries and how to visit them, you can download a copy of the NEWFS Sanctuary Guide in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. [For more information about opening Adobe Acrobat documents, see NOTE below.)

  • Arbutus Sanctuary, Winchendon, MA
  • Plainfield Sanctuary, Plainfield, NH
  • Hobbs Fern Sanctuary, Lyman, NH
  • Eshqua Bog Natural Area, Hartland, VT
  • Harvey Butler Rhododendron Sanctuary, Springvale, ME
  • Annie Sturgis Sanctuary, Vassalboro, ME
  • Robert P. Tristr am Coffin Wildflower Reservation, Woolwich, ME
  • Wayne Bog, Wayne, ME – not open to the public

CLICK HERE to download the NEWFS Sanctuary Guide, describing all the sanctuaries.
image: Plainfield Sanctuary
image: Eshqua Bog Sanctuary

Link to Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition website: http://www.massland.org

Link to Land Trust Alliance website: http://www.lta.org
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