Support Conservation at Wethersfield Leonardo da Vinci treated nature as a living textbook, as did Wethersfield Estate & Garden founder, Chauncey Stillman. Together with Farm Manager, Owen Boyd, they pioneered conservation and agricultural practices designed at Wethersfield to protect and nourish nature throughout much of the 20th century. Many of the practices begun here are now the standard in today’s environmental movements. Their work remains a valuable precursor to modern day biodiversity a

Support Wethersfield for Future Generations Wethersfield’s values today continue to be driven by the remarkable, enduring vision of its founder, Chauncey Devereux Stillman, a true renaissance man whose vision was shaped by the best of classical minds. He approached nature, conservation and beauty in ways that combined classical inspiration with the humanist ideals of the Italian Renaissance. Taken together, this informed Mr. Stillman’s vision of bringing nature, conservation, wildlife habitat, h