Feast on Art

Feast on Art

American Chestnut: Lecture and Educational Tasting CANCELED DUETO INCLEMENT WEATHER (to be be rescheduled for later this spring.) With Steve Conaway of The American Chestnut Foundation, and a Culinary Demonstration and Tasting with Chef Silvia Baldini and Heirloom and...

Field Trip – the Graves Tree

By Sara Fitzsimmons In mid-November of 2005, I had the pleasure of visiting the Connecticut Chapter and presenting at their Annual Meeting. Being sponsored by Yale, most specifically the School of Forestry and Environmental Resources, the meeting was held in New...

Final IRS Determination

Good news for the Connecticut Chapter! On December 7th, the Internal Revenue Service completed our review, and reclassified us as a public charity. Reading from their letter,”Based on information you submitted, our letter dated APRIL 1997 in which you were...
Flowering Season is Now!

Flowering Season is Now!

The showy flowers of the chestnut attracts pollinators galore, a feast for birds. Flowering Season in CT High summer is chestnut flowering season. Chestnut is one of the last of the northeastern native hardwoods to flower each year. If you’d like to see a...