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Celebrate Earth and Arbor Days by helping The American Chestnut Foundation plant an orchard in Guilford, CT. Our goal is to produce a blight resistant American Chestnut tree that will thrive in Connecticut. We're doing this using a traditional plant breeding and selection approach. In celebration of Earth Day, we plan to build a fence around the orchard on Saturday April 19th following weekend on Saturday April 26th, in celebration of Arbor Day, we will complete the fence, layout the orchard and plant. Plan to bring work clothes and a smile!

For more information contact Leila Pinchot at 598-5808, or Jennifer Allcock at 453-5041.

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The American Chestnut Foundation

3 days ago

What an incredible tree the American chestnut was! As The American Chestnut Foundations continues its decades-long work to restore this species, we welcome you to join the cause!

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"Arrived and displaced native peoples" had to throw that in didn't you?

They can bring back a dead wolf from hundreds of years ago but they won’t bring back something useful like the American chestnut

And then the Europeans came.

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The American Chestnut Foundation

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The American Chestnut Foundation

2 weeks ago

Join us on Friday, May 16, 2025, from 11:30AM – 1:00PM (EPT), for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat.

Special guests Duane McKenna and Michael Charles will discuss beetle evolution and the rediscovery of a lost species, the greater chestnut weevil.

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The American Chestnut Foundation

3 weeks ago

Huge thanks to our amazing Bonner Scholars, Maddy, our dedicated Farm Assistant, and Gabbie, our creative Social Media Intern for all their hard work this semester! We’re so grateful for their contributions and can’t wait to welcome them back in August for another season of collaboration.

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