Established in 1960, the New Canaan Nature Center is a not-for-profit environmental education center and sanctuary offering visitors access to the study of nature, horticulture and related sciences. Based in New Canaan, Conn., the 40-acre site features habitat diversity, including wet/dry meadows, ponds, wet/dry woodlands, dense thickets, an old orchard and a cattail marsh offering a variety of horticultural experiences. Some of the facilities at the comprise an Interactive Discovery Room, the Animal Care Building, the Birds of Prey exhibit center, the Bliss Education Building and an Educational Annex House. The Birds of Prey exhibit features seven aviaries while the Educational Annex House houses the NCNC Preschool as well as classrooms for summer camp, birthday parties, scout programs and other social gatherings. Also open to the public are a teaching tropical greenhouse, maple syrup shed, naturalists garden, butterfly garden, wildflower garden and herb garden.