The Giving Garden at Coogan Farm in 2016 grew more than 6 tons of fresh vegetables, all of which was donated to the Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center for distribution via its mobile food pantries. Nearly 30,000 residents of New London County received…
The Coogan Farm Nature & Heritage Center is home to an official Little Free Library, thanks to the Gionet family of Mystic. A ribbon cutting and reception to officially open the Little Free Library is 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22 at Coogan Farm, 162 Greenmanville…
The Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center is offering adult cooking classes through the summer and fall in its new teaching kitchen at the Coogan Farm Nature & Heritage Center. The classes are an expanded version of the Center’s long-running Back to Basics series. The teaching kitchen…
The Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center’s Giving Garden is too good at growing tomato plants – we are overrun! Our Tomato Plant Sale begins at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 14, and lasts until the plants are gone! In addition to buying beautiful hand-raised plants, you will…
The Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center will officially open the John E. Avery House & Welcome Center and the Jules X. Schneider Nature & Arts Barn at its Coogan Farm property, 162 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, at 1 p.m., Monday, April 25. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, U.S….
The Giving Garden at Coogan Farm raised 3,500 pounds of fresh, organic vegetables for the region’s hungry families, and reached 968 households in nine communities at the end of its second growing season. Additionally, dozens of volunteers gave nearly 3,300 hours of their time to…
The white barn at Coogan Farm, which has stood for more than 100 years along Greenmanville Avenue as an icon of the property, will soon become a Nature and Creative Arts center in honor of the late Jules Xavier Schneider of Stonington. Ana and Jeffrey…
The Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center’s Coogan Farm received two pieces of great news at the end of August, learning that The Conservation Fund will provide a $700,000 bridge loan for building renovations, and also that the property’s farmhouse will be named the John E. Avery…
The Hamm Pavilion Classroom was officially opened during a sunset ceremony before nearly 100 guests Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 at the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center’s Coogan Farm. The Hamm Pavilion Classroom is a cornerstone of the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center’s plan for Coogan Farm. Generously…
What’s happening at Coogan Farm? The transformation of Coogan Farm into the Nature & Heritage Center began in May, and is moving right along! So far in the farmhouse: Interior demolition of second floor, first floor and basement. Structural reframing of second floor. Exterior demolition…
